Elenita Alibang

Wishful Redemption: A Teacher's Journey from Misery to Victory

In the Philippines, teachers are dubbed heroes. The most popular slogan describing them, My Teacher, My Hero, fits well with the real predicament of the teachers in this country who work their fingers to the bone, go the extra mile, or burn a candle at both ends. Indeed, our teachers exemplify the identities of being a subject expert, a reporter, a mentor, and a good role model. I am one of these 900,000 public school Filipino teachers at all levels of basic education, and I am no hero. I have changed—a radical and revolutionary change.