Sandali lang!

This happened in my class a few weeks ago, I just had to share it! Z was able to finish his food ahead of his classmates, so he heads over to the reading area to read while waiting. 

Teacher: Z, why don't you practice writing your name on the board?

Z: Teka sandali lang nagbabasa pa ako eh!

We just laughed. Oo nga naman. We were just astonished with how our student responded, but of course, we told him to repeat what he said, in a proper manner. I guess my point for this blog really was my realization that the kids deserve to choose what they want to learn in school. After all, it IS their skills and capacities that are utilized in school. Teachers must align the curriculum with the child’s pace and capabilities. There is even this quote that I read somewhere, it goes something like this: “your child designs his own curriculum” I liked the way the school put it, and it is exactly why I am a strong believer of progressive education. It may not be fully feasible to be able to design a curriculum for each individual child, but to be able to work WITH the child, and not ask the child to work for the grades or anything else. To facilitate learning, and not to direct everything; for cooperative learning, and not a one-sided classroom.