The group conducted a coastal cleanup at the shores of Taberna, Bauang, La Union as their community involvement project. The article describes the planning process for selecting the project and provides photos from the cleanup event. It also includes short profiles of each group member reflecting on their experience and lessons learned from participating in the project.

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February 22, 2014
Volume 1, Issue 1
The Professional Teacher
A Noble Proposal
Inside this issue:
Editorial Cartoon
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A Teacher is A Cleaner
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Coastliners
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Sea you there!
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What‟s Your Story?
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Feature Story
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Our Group
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Special points of interest:
Last January 5,
2014 a very interesting
scheme was cooked up
within the four walls of
the Multi-Purpose Hall
of DMMMSU Open
University System.
Under the tutelage of the very charismatic Dr. Estella Cayabyab, the students of
Certificate in Teaching
Class 1 agreed to involve
themselves in community related projects out of
their own volition. The
class was divided into
eight (8) groups composed of (5) members. A
meeting
was
held
2. Choose one that benefits the community, 3.
Choose an activity that is
achievable and lastly
choose one that also benefits the group.
amongst members of the
groups as to what their
community involvement
projects they are to have.
The criteria for the projects were simple: 1.
Choose a project which
is cost effective—the
less expenses, the better,
A presentation
to the class of the project
will be done on the 22nd
of February. The same
date will be the deadline
for a paper detailing the
said activity.
All
groups
agreed
and
eagerly
planned their own community projects.
 Colored spread of „caught
in action” photographs
 Points to ponder inside
 Teaching Through The Ages
 Free Wall: “Tell Me „Bout
Your Teaching Experience.”
One Bright Idea!
Pet
adoption.
Alms giving. Blood letting.
A lot of these ideas have
come to mind. The phrase
to many to choose from has
driven us nuts from making
one solid choice. Our
group, consisting of five of
the brightest (ahem) , most
active (translated as rowdy)
and
most
extroverted
(simply put talkative) students under CT-Class 1,
has finally chosen to have a
coastal clean up at the
shores of Taberna, Bauang,
La Union.
Why? 1. We love
nature especially the beach
and we would love to help
keep it clean for the kids to
come. 2. It is red-tape free.
No hassle from permits and
what-not. 3. It cost us only
our sweat, effort and time!

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Editorial Cartoon
Taken from bladimer.wordpress.com
“A teacher takes a
hand.
Opens a mind.
Touches a heart.
-Anonymous”
A Teacher is A Cleaner Too!
Our trade is education. Our basic tools are the blackboard and
chalk. We live daily for our students. But for today, we live for
Mother Earth. Let us be warriors with brooms and trash bags in
hand, armed with determination to battle it out with dirt. Just for today we hope to start a ripple effect that will echo through out the
years to come. One piece of trash by one, we can clean up the world.
Coastliners– Waging A War With Sea Waste
Here we go! February 8, 2014. A
hot and humid Saturday afternoon. One
short ride from the Municipal Market of
Bauang, La Union to the well-known and
loved shores of Barangay Taberna and we
were ready to roll.
Armed with gloves, thongs and a
lot of trash bags we had that determined
look on our faces aiming to pick up as
much trash as we could.
Beach combers and some of the
locals waved as we passed, probably
wondering what we were up to. The onlookers possessed outspoken curiosity at
the sight of this wee group of
―basureros‖ in our customary bright yellow uniforms.

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Teaching Through the Ages
When
Socrates
was put on trial in ancient
Athens, one of the two
charges brought against
him was "corrupting the
youth" (the other was failure to believe in the appropriate gods of the city).
Because he taught a method of rational inquiry instead of mere information,
Socrates is considered one of the most important teachers in histo-
SOCRATES
ry. The records of his
dialogues with his students have given us
what is now known as
the "Socratic method" -a way of discovering
new truths by relentlessly asking questions
until a satisfactory answer is reached.
A pupil of Socrates's informal school in
Athens, Plato went on to
become an important philosopher in his own right,
recording the teachings of
his master for posterity
(though how much we
should truly attribute to
Socrates is debatable), and
pondering questions of
what makes good government in perhaps his most
famous work, The Republic. In this dialogue, Plato
argued
for
an
allencom-
PLATO
You probably know
the story of Anne Sullivan
(1866-1936), who became
famous for teaching the art
of communication to Helen
Keller -- a girl who had been
both deaf and blind since
she was less than 2 years
old. It's hard to imagine the
difficulties involved in such
a task, as Keller could not
see to read or view examples, nor could she hear to
learn instructions or find
encouragement.
passing,
state-provided
education that went from
young childhood well into
middle age.
In his view, one of
the primary roles of government was to educate the
people, and education was
the principle project of life.
After the death of Socrates,
Plato started his own academy, where he instructed
students in philosophy for
the rest of his years.
ANNE SULLIVAN
Famously, Sullivan overcame these obstacles by the sense of touch,
teaching Keller the alphabet by allowing her to
touch objects and then
spelling words into the
girl's hands.
Source:http://www.discovery.com/

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Sea You There!
“A teacher takes a
hand.
Opens a mind.
Touches a heart.
-Anonymous”
Combing the Shores
-Not for shells nor treasure but to remove the things that do
not belong to the sea!

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N e w s l e t t e r
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A team that cleans together, learns
together!

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T h e
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Rowena Robiñol .
I am a simple
girl who understands
that our world needs all
the help it can get to stay
clean and beautiful.
The coastal clean
up we did was satisfying
for me. If anything I realized that I have to be
kind to the environment
“Most of us end up
with no more than
five or six people
who remember us.
Teachers have
thousands of people
who remember
them for the rest of
their lives.”
-Andy Rooney
by picking up trash and
being responsible for
our litter.
Small steps lead
to bigger ones. It definitely makes a difference. It was a super enjoyable experience with
my cooperative team.
Annalyn Tejano
It was something different. It was a wonderful
experience and even if it
was really hot, it felt
good for me. I liked the
feeling of helping in
saving our environment
even if only in the sim-
plest way. What I am
really hoping for is that
whoever saw us that
day, while cleaning up
at the shoreline, will
look at us us examples
and inspirations to do
the same.
Fernando Ferrales
It (Coastal Clean
up) was a great experience for me as part of
the community to show
love and concern to our
environment. And to
share our time in small
activities like cleaning
the coastal area—just
like what we did! We
are all part of the community.
As simple as it
may seem, the effort we
have given can be of
great importance. It is
something I would like
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Maree Lyne Rodriguez
We had a coastal
clean-up. We all know the
importance of our natural
resources especially the
bodies of water – one of
which is the ocean. For
many of us, it is a source
of income – the fisherman,
diver or the boatman. It is
used to transport or export
goods. But as the time
goes by, we don’t even
think of how to protect the
ocean, we just think of our
own interests.
In our community
activity, I saw how people
abuse the beach. It has become their own waste disposal ground. There’s sanitary napkin, food wrapper,
diaper, old clothes. Even
though residents see the
marine debris they don’t
even pick it up or clean it.
We don’t even know if
they were the one who
littered there. Visitors are
problems too. They swam,
had their picnic but have
no sense of environmentalism whatsoever and just
left trash here and there.
As teachers, we
don’t
only
teach
knowledge, skills or attitude. We can be and we
should be involved in
community activities. Be
role models on how to
save not only the bodies of
water but also the other
natural resources and the
mother earth for the next
generation.
Arlance Sandra Marie Garcia
My first thought
was, ― How can we, a
mere group of five, do
something for our community?‖ It boggled me. The
idea was to do something
out of our own initiative,
without incurring too
much expenses. It became
sort of a puzzle for me.
Then, there was also
choosing group members.
I had to think fast. And so
I opted for my closest
friends, not just because
we were close but we all
lived in the same area,
Bauang. Then we recruited
Ann who also came from
Bauang and Kuya Fer
from a neighboring town,
Naguilian. The burden of
choosing an activity was
then shared burden. After
awhile we finally came up
with the idea of a coastal
clean up drive.
February 8 was
very hot afternoon. I was
worried about what to
wear. My uniform did not
fit me anymore at 7
months of pregnancy.
Awww. Nevermind. I just
hurried to our meet up
place. Maree was kind
enough to bring a long
pick up tool for me to use
as I can not bend anymore.
The walking was difficult
for me on the sand. I was
itchy, sweaty and huffing
as if tired. But I was astonished to realize that I was
not tired. I was happy. I
was having fun. A lot of
the locals were watching
us. If anything, I hoped
that the sight of us picking
up
trash
on
their
―backyards‖ awakens them
to act and be more conscientious of their waste. As I
walked, I was chanting in
my head ―Lord let our
world be clean again, one
trash at a time.‖
“I am indebted to
my father for living,
but to my teacher
for living well.”
-Alexander the
Great

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T h e
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FREE WALL
“If you can not
explain it simply,
you did not
understand it well
enough.”
-Albert Einstein
T e a c h e r

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Feature Story
A Teacher's Life Lessons Using a Jar and Some Golf Balls
This is a very important life lesson that a
philosophy teacher taught
his students.
The
teacher
cleared off his desk and
placed on top of it a few
items. One of the items
was an empty mason jar.
He proceeded to fill up the
jar with golf balls until he
could fit no more. He
looked at the classroom
and asked his students if
they agree that the jar is
full. Every student agreed
that the jar was indeed full.
The teacher then
picked up a box of small
pebbles and poured them
into the jar with the golf
balls. The pebbles filled all
of the openings in between
the golf balls. He asked the
students if the jar was full.
Once again, they agreed.
Now the teacher
picked up a bag of sand
and poured it into the mason jar. The sand filled in
all of the empty space left
between the golf balls and
pebbles.
He asked
the class again if the jar
was full. The students
agreed it was technically
full.
Finally, the teacher pulled out two beers
from under his desk and
poured both of them into
the jar filling the empty
space between the sand.
Now the students began to
laugh wondering how far
this was going.
The teacher waited
until the laughter stopped.
"I want you to recognize
that this jar represents your
life," he started. "The golf
balls represent the important things. Your family,
children,
health,
friends, and passions. If
everything else was lost
and only they remained,
your life would still be
full.
The pebbles represent the other things in life
that matter, such as your
job, house and car. The
sand---that is everything
else. The small stuff. If
you put the sand in first,
there is no room for the
pebbles or golf balls.
The same goes for
life. If you spend all of
your time and energy on
the small stuff, you will
never have room for the
things that are most im-
portant. Pay attention to
the important things in
your life.
Enjoy time with
family. Go to dinner with
your spouse. Play games
with your kids. There will
ALWAYS be time to clean
the house or take yourself
shopping.
Take care of the
golf balls first---the things
that really matter. The rest
is just sand. You are dismissed."
Before the students left, one shouted out.
"You never mentioned
what the beer represents!"
The
professor
smiled and said, "Well I'm
glad you asked. The beer
just shows you that no
matter how full your life
may seem, there's always
room to have a beer with a
friend."
Source:
http://www.sunnyskyz.com/
feel-good-story/111/A-
“The mediocre
teacher TELLS. The
good teacher
EXPLAINS.
The superior teacher
SHOWS. The great
teacher INSPIRES.”
-William Arthur Ward

18. Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
Open University System
City Of San Fernando, La Union
Saving the Seas, One Trash at A Time
(A Community Involvement Project)
Fernando Ferrales
Arlance Sandra Marie Garcia
Rowena Robiñol
Maree Lyne Rodriguez
Annalyn Tejano
Dr. Estella Cayabyab
Adviser
About the Group
Five members. Five different personalities. Five beautiful minds. Connected by chance
in a small classroom.
Coming from different
walks of life, all had started out
from different paths. Now sharing the same call: to be a teacher.
Left to Right: Fernando Ferrales, Annalyn Tejano, Maree
Lyne Rodriguez, Rowena Robiñol, Arlance Sandra Marie Garcia
Our dream is small.
Our vision is big. Our aim
is to inspire. Simple people
we may be, but we desire to
change the world, beginning
with ourselves!