Jeth, The Educator

What does this mean? Am I too time conscious? Or I’m not enjoying what I do.                   Yes, both can be true. But I’m happy with the way I started my career as a teacher, again. I waited like forever, bored, felt like useless and damn tired right after my application. The processes were absolutely tedious and terrible to say. But, hey, here I am, finally teaching after a very long wait. Super excited to meet my new students, colleagues and everything inside the campus, along with the new roles and responsibilities I need to comply, it’s a mixture of feelings in one soul then.                 I have heard someone saying that, a man is sad when he always thinks about time, but he who forgets is happy. This is true, but my argument is, I’m happy so far with the way my colleagues welcomed me as new member of the family more so the students. Respect from stud...

University of Mindanao Professional School Maa, Davao City Ed.D. 607 -Social and Moral Philosophy Final Examination A.                    We cannot deny that our traits are our values. This is   recognized by Grospe. According to him, “ there are values behind our traits”. He lists   as many as 21 values behind our traits. In our attempts to    understand Filipino values, we first of all tried to understand the Filipino in terms of his identity, humanness, and theories of Filipino values. After understanding who Filipino is, we tried to establish a linkage between the Filipino Character traits and his values.      In the light of the explanation above, answer the following questions concisely. Just follow the instruction. 1.    Does value have an indispensable place in ethics? Explain your answer in 1 paragraph compose of 5 s...

BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY: EPISTEMOLOGY CHIEF TOPIC: KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS RELATED TO EDUCATION: 1.     Should teachers lecture, ask questions, provide experiences, or encourage activities to enable students to learn? The above-mentioned activities are vital approaches that will cultivate knowledge and hence these should be done in the classroom for learning to take place. Without implementing these approaches, learning could be difficult to achieve. 2.     How do scientist do science? Basically, they will test hypotheses based on the published scientific knowledge. Hence, will pave way to another breakthroughs and ultimately contribute to the growing collections of knowledge in the world of research and science. BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY: AXIOLOGY CHIEF TOPIC: VALUES, ETHICS, AND AESTHETICS QUESTIONS RELATED TO EDUCATION: 1.     Are students basically good or bad? Students are greatly affected by the way they are raised,...

It's a struggle... Up until now, no exact definition I have found for a very simple yet complicated word - "life". The struggle during the process of appreciating and searching its meaning is undeniably painstaking. It indeed requires time, deep reflection and deep immersion to decipher its beauty. The story why I'm writing this..... Often times, I have caught myself asking a lot of things, sometimes philosophical, and thought of putting it into writings and having it published in this blog where no one visits. I think it's something worth reading after years. Tonight, I was reminded again, that I'm too old to be young, funny it sounds, but yes!, I'm in my late 20's and it would be crazy having nothing to be done which I personally consider worthwhile. Hence, something must be done! And, starting tonight, I have promised before my journal book and my Faber Castle pen, to write when moment calls me. So sorry if my writings sound uninteresting, ...

JETHRO A. ODOY                                                                                        EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva T. Fabros Professional Reading No.4 Title: This is why Finland has the best schools                         I really envy the way Finnish run their schools, like it’s super amazing and it’s something we need to contemplate on how to at least implement their system, just even one o...

JETHRO A. ODOY                                                                                        Doctor of Education student Social and Moral Philosophy Professional Reading No.3 Title: 10 Distinctive Features of the Japanese Education System that Made This Nation Envy of the World I love reading articles from “Bright Sides”, they features wonderful stories that inspire everyone to live, work and be happy. I have encountered this article long ago but it seems I forgot the whole thing of it. And yes, good thing was given again to review some sor...

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                               May 5, 2018 EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Learning of the Week No. 2                         Learnings I have this week were beyond expectations. Though I can personally say that with the experiences I have and with this doctoral study endeavor I am up right now, I can at least say that I’m quite prepared to face the challenges of this 21 st century educational scenario. However, after the very meaty discussions, I have realized that I still have a lot of things to update and wo...

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                        Student, Doctor of Education-Educational Management Professional Reading No.2 Title: The Story of Father Anthony Hofstee 1.     What values are exemplified by Fr. Hofstee? Generosity, Humility, Love, Passion, Service 2.     In what consists Fr. Hofstee’s Heroism? Fr. Hofstee was considered hero because of his love for others and being a person for others. I have never known great man who was very passionate...

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                      May 5, 2018 Doctor of Education-Educational Management Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva T. Fabros Professional Reading No.1 Title: Everybody Does It By: Santiago Dumlao, Jr. Plain, simple and straight but eye opener-composition, truly moving. This story taught me many things in life, more especially on my moral obligations. This brilliant piece can inspire many people to become the persons of high moral values, breaking the unacceptable practices that become norms in the society at large. Honestly, I have been in the shoes of Johnny many times, in my workplace, school and in many situations. It seem like it becomes a norm nowadays ...

JETHRO A. ODOY, MAEd                                                                                       May 5, 2018 EdD-EM Social and Moral Philosophy Professor: Dr. Minerva Fabros Learning of the Week No.1 Morality is a quality of a thing manifesting its conformity or non-conformity with its norms or criteria. Hence, I must say, in my opinion, morality is relative and it is influenced by culture, tradition and beliefs of a certain individual. For instance, giving tip to someone who offers service may be acceptable in the Philippines but in Japan it’s a big no, the same case with asking ice for your water in the restaurants in the Philippines is quite okay but never do that in the country like France. Yes, indeed it is relative and the culture that was boun...