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Starting this blog to document our journey on homeschooling during pandemic.
I'm a 46-year old mom. I used to be a journalist for 25 years and I've been an instructor in a prestigious university in the Philippines. My kids are a 10-year old girl and a 8-year old boy.
Two months from the onset of a pandemic, I hosted a virtual talk show called "Usapang CQ or Community Quarantine" and one of my topics is about education during pandemic.
My guests are two friends who are knowledgeable on education -- a public affairs official from the Department of Education and then a CEO of a company which pioneered the distance education in the Philippines.
During that one hour meeting, I realized that no matter how good the school was, no one was more prepared for distance learning as no one -- even fortunetellers -- was able to predict the COVID-19 pandemic.
So among the methods being thought of -- modular, synchronous, asynchronous, homeschooling, unschooling -- I chose homeschooling because I knew my kids are still young and regardless if the teachers teach them online, I will still end up repeating the lessons anyway.
And among the homeschooling providers, I chose Catholic Filipino Academy because I wanted still to inculcate spirituality to my children -- which I feel we badly need now during pandemic.
So join me as I blog this journey. Hopefully hindi ako tamarin in the future.
May God bless us all.
"Maytreesh"
"In teaching others we teach ourselves" - Proverb
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