Di na Ako Uu-LET

The long wait is over. My worries popped like bubbles when I had seen my name in the list of new teachers released by PRC.



Thank you Lord for this early birthday gift. I may have not made it to the top 10, but my friends , many of them, copped the spots. And that made me happier. And my school also performed at its best with a hundred percent passing rate in both levels.



There is enough reason for me to celebrate :)

Waiting is...

Whoooh!

I was hoping that the PRC would be posting the April 2010 result today. It's been almost a month of sudden palpitation when thoughts of the exam result would cross my mind.



My LET-directed life is still hanging by a thread. I still don't know if the careless mistake that I made has totally ruined my LET result. I was in a haste when we were told to detach the answer sheets. The proctor instructed us to detach only the last page, what I did was the superlative--all three pages.



A co-Reading major confessed that she also made the same exact mistake a year ago. (Reading majors think alike just like great thinkers.) And lo and behold, she surpassed the test. I hope my fate goes with hers. And I do have faith that God would give the desires of my heart.



So, here comes another week of letting-my-thoughts-meander feats just to avoid the anxiety of waiting for the exam result.



"Father into Thy hands I commend the exam's result".

LET's Over

LET days are over. Matapos ang ilang buwang paghihintay (mali ka, hindi pagrereview), e sumabak na nga ako kanina sa kauna-unahang Licensure Examination for Teachers o LET ng aking buhay. (Sana ay wala nang repeat performance.)

January 29, 2010 nang magfile ako, kasama sina Kim at RV sa PRC-Ever sa may Recto. Doon na nagsimulang bumilis ang tibok ng aking puso tuwing mababanggit ang LET. Sino bang hindi kakabahan, e major TEST ng buhay 'yon e. Mala-UPCAT nang konti ang feeling. Ang pinagkaiba lang, kung sakaling di ako pumasa ng UPCAT, pwede pa akong kumuha ng PUPCET o test sa PNU (na pareho ko namang hindi kinuha), e sa LET, kapag di ko naipasa, no choice kundi umu-LET.

Bago ako magpatuloy, magti-thank you muna ako sa lahat ng taong nagpakita/ramdam ng suporta at nagsama sa akin sa kanilang mga personal prayer time. Salamat sa lahat ng college friends, co-teachers, blockmates, orgmates, high school buddies at siyempre sa aking pamilya. Thank you housemates dahil isang linggo akong nagbuhay-don dahil may excuse ako para bawasan ang pagtulong sa mga house chores at matulog, este, magreview hanggat gusto ko. Salamat sa pampi-pressure :) 

Salamat kay RV na nagpahiram ng hiniram niyang LET reviewer at nagturo sa akin ng probability, permutation at ilang EDRE concepts. Sa iyo din Shawie, na nagpahiram ng PNU reviewers na mukhang espesyal daw dahil PNU almuna ka :)

Anyway, back to the LET thing.

Hindi ko na-receive ang letter ko from PRC na mag-iinform sana kung saang lupalok ako magti-test. Buti na lang meron sa Internet. Thanks PRC! Salamat sa pag-a-assign sa akin sa San Andres, Malate, Manila. Hindi naman pala siya gano'n kalayo mula sa San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Kinailangan ko lang umalis sa bahay ng 3:30 para nasa Aurora Quezon Elementary School na ako by 6:30 a.m. Mama ko ang nag-insist na umalis ako nang ganon kaaga. So quarter to five pa lang, nasa Quiapo na ako. Nag-pancakes na lang ako sa Jollibee Recto habang naghihintay na magbukas ang MRT. Nakakatuwa dahil ang daming nakaputi na may dalang plastic envelope.

Bago magsimula ang exam, e di nag-fill out kami ng forms, something na matagal ko nang hindi nagagawa. Akala ko hindi ako magkakamali. Patapos na e...dun pa ako nagkamali ng punit ng answer sheet. Dapat pala isa-isa lang. E, ako, tatlong answer sheets agad ang tinanggal. So, alam na, kapag hindi lumabas name ko sa list of passers, na-invalidate ang test ko. (H'wag naman sana.) Pero feeling ko, di naman yun major mistake, kasi yung code sa tatlong answer sheets ay iisa lang for one examinee.

LET BLOOPER: Sabi ng proctor, mag-pray daw muna kami. She asked a nun-examinee to read a prayer printed in a short bondpaper na 12 Arial Black yata ang font. It was supposed to be a solemn communication with God, pero nung basahin na ni Sister X ang part na "Lord, help those who will take the Nursing Licensure Examination", nawala ang concentration ko, pati na rin siguro yung iba. Humirit pa si Sister X ng "Make them nurses who heal blah blah". Wala na. After we said Amen, nag-comment yung proctor. "Ay, pang-nurse pala yon."

There are three sets of test for those BEEd majors--general education, professional education and content courses. 150 questions per subject. Ang haba ng time na binigay. From 8:30-1:30 general educatio at professional education. 2:30-6:30 content courses naman. Hindi ko na-consume ang lahat ng oras (which is favorable sa mga proctors). 11:45 at 4:00 ako natapos.

Pinakamahirap yung content courses. Professional at general education, so-so. Sumakit nang sobra ang ulo ko matapos ang 6 consecutive typographical errors sa Filipino at math part ng content courses. Walang salungguhit, kulang ng choices, walang operations, pare-parehong options. 

Ini-expect ko na pang-gradeschool ang content ng CONTENT COURSES, dahil nga BEEd major ako/ actually Reading major), tapos bigla na lang may 3rd year at 4th year Math. At dahil waterloo ko ang science, nahirapan din ako. May mga common sense questions naman. Kailangan lang gamitin ang analytical skills. Effective din ang elimination method lalo na kapag di ko alam ang sagot.

Sa prof ed, may mga subjects na wala man lang ni isang tanong na lumabas, like LAWS/mga batas. Nag-rush pa naman ako sa pagmememorize.

May part pala sa LET na nangako kami na hindi magle-leak ng mga questions. So, hindi ko pa naman siguro naba-violate yon. Anyway, isang buwan pa ng anxiety o kawalan ng peace of mind (?) dahil sa susunod na buwan pa ang result. I-ta-try ko na lang na huwag munang isipin ang LET at magpapakalunod sa trabaho this summer. Basta, sabi ko kay Lord, magiging masaya ako, anu't ano pa man ang regalo niya sa akin :) 

P.S. Salamat pala kay Kim na taga-UP din at 169 batch mate ko. Dahil sa kanya, may nakausap ako during the lunch break.

Sana 100% passing rate ng Diliman :)

TOPPING THE LET

I dream of topping the LET ( Licensure Examination for Teachers), a feat that most (if not all) teachers want to achieve. After coming short of graduating with honors, I made a vow to myself that I would aim to make it to the cut (top 10, at least).



Ambitious.



I sometimes joke my batch mates about having them as my rivals in the April 2010 test. We even  seem to plot a conspiracy, that we would dominate the top spots.But, I am still clueless if I would be making it. April is nearing yet I haven't opened any reviewer.



Just yesterday, the October 2009 LET result came out. I was as excited as the ones who took the test. I was so eager to know who those who copped the top spots. I am always expecting a former classmate/orgmate/batchmate to be in the top 10. And yes, they haven't failed me. A close friend, Carina Cenidoza, got the 2nd spot in the elementray, together with college friend Christine Gapuz and former orgmate Ate Leah in the secondary top 10. (Side story: Days after the exam, Carina told me that she was clueless if she would pass the exam, the same thing that Lorivi, the April 2009 big winner in the elementary, relented),





My warmest congratulations to them!

Sigh.I need to have the right motives. I need to dream with eyes wide-open.