Final Blog for ED641 Summer Session C

I apologize for blogging a few minutes after midnight, but I have been redirected to Google accounts for the nth time, before I finally was able to log in. I would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to our respected and very considerate Professor, Dr. Rivera, for all the hard work that she made me do in this course. Your assignments truly tested my limitations, and I can actually say that I went beyond my limits! :) To my MAT cohort -- what would I do without you? I have enjoyed every learning opportunities with you, and am looking forward to more insightful moments with you! Hang in there, we're almost near the ladder of more success! To everybody I met and have interacted through this course, it was nice "knowing" you via the Moodle forums, and in person, for some of you. This is it, we definitely did it!!! :))))))))))

Below is my final self-reflection for this course. Please delight in reading it, if you have time.

Final Self-Reflection

Fritzie Reyes

I cannot emphasize enough the kind of student I am in ED641 – I believe I have done good enough, but I could do better. Given enough time needed in parallel to the amount of work required for me to complete in this course, I can say I fared well with the quality of work that I did, as well as the level of cooperative efforts I have given towards my cohort. The areas of improvement for me would be forum contributions as well as submitting work on time. Everybody has his/her unique situation, and I am not using mine as an alibi. Nevertheless, my experience in this course as a student is truly one practical and valuable lesson for me to carry as an educator. Through this class, I learned the value of communication via forums, blogs, literature circles, even personal emails – between student and teacher, between student and other students – the sharing of inquiries and thoughts, the relationships borne and strengthened out of simple interactions regarding a reading text in common, the blessings of learning from one another’s perspective, and the beautiful opportunities created by the learned to impart their newly-gained knowledge to others. I have also learned the power of one’s faith in oneself in the face of overwhelming amount of daunting tasks to be completed in a seemingly short duration of time. Through this course, I have learned the true meaning of undergoing the pain in order to savor the gain. I have never been so pressured in my entire adult-student life to produce works of quality in the best of my ability, while I am in the race against time. In the end, it is all worth it – this course truly pushed my limits as a student, and I learned my capabilities as well as weaknesses as a student, as wells as an educator. Through this course, I have learned the most valuable lesson I can truly benefit from if applied accordingly – that passion for one’s profession teamed with compassion towards others’ unique needs produces empowered students not only of the academe, but of life. For this beautiful lesson, I am most thankful for my Professor, my cohort and all the people I have encountered in ED641. Through this course, I am more prepared to become a better educator.