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It's time to do our homework. Sabsy Ongkiko is a proud Ateneo alumna who is currently pursuing her personal vocation in life as a public school teacher. She's currently living out her dream of teaching by using her students' dreams as her inspiration to push for a better education system in the country. What will be the parting remarks of this DepEd spokesperson before she leaves to pursue further studies on Education in Australia? She grows the nation with her passion for education.

I've been thinking about school a lot lately. Mostly because my son is already in school and partly thinking how I can make his school experience better and instill in him the love for learning. I borrow books from the library every week and we make sure to read to him every night. Because of this routine we did since he was old enough to listen to stories, around 2 or 2 and a half years old, he now has the habit that he has to be read something every night before he will go to bed. So how does this relate to why I'm thinking about school? Partly it's because of my experience with teachers while I was in school. I never really had any good teachers I can think of except for the two I had in my 3rd year of high school. One is Mr. Tumambing who was our Chemistry teacher and the other is Ms. Go who was our Geometry teacher. I would say that both of them inspired me to do very well in their subjects. Mind you, I'm not an A student, most of my grades were just above passing,...