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Sa Mahal Kong Kapatid,

Congratulations! You made it! I’m sure your mind is filled with memories and reflective thoughts as you close a chapter of your life.

Graduation is not only the end of a chapter. More importantly, it symbolizes the first step in your next journey. And as you begin your next adventure, I would like to share with you these two poems and six pictures that have guided me in this game we call “Life.”

Yesterday, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with Education Secretary Jesli A. Lapus. Gigi and Pam of the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam invited me and Michelle to the despedida party of Consul-Gen Baisa and Ms Bel. Sec Lapus was the guest of honor and luckily, Ambassador del Rosario asked me to join them at their table.

We talked about life, family, careers, and of course, CyberEducation! Here are some of the insights I gained from Sec Lapus and from my own research about CyberEd:

I am an elementary school teacher. I teach at a school where the role of language is very important because our students come from 36 different countries.
For the parents at our school, there are two essential elements that are crucial to the overall language learning of their children. The first one is called mother tongue […]

Ako po ay isang guro sa elementarya. Sa paaralan kung saan ako nagtuturo, napakahalaga ng papel na ginagampanan ng wika sapagka’t ang mga mag-aaral namin ay mula sa tatlumpo’t anim na bansa.
Para sa mga magulang ng aming paaralan, may dalawang bagay na kinakailangan upang maging ganap ang pag-aaral ng wika ng kanilang mga anak. Ang […]