Teacher spends late nights preparing modules, draws praise from netizens

A teacher who persevered through late nights in order to prepare modules for her students amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic melted the heart of netizens and drew praise on social media.

According to Oscar Oida’s report on “24 Oras,” a photo of teacher Aurora Arellano working late into the night has gone viral.

“Sana maging inspiration si mama, ‘yun po, para maisip nila na ano po na hindi lang basta-basta bond paper po ‘yung modules kasi pinaghirapan ‘yun ng mga teachers. ‘Yung pagod, puyat,” said her daughter Christine, who posted the photo.

In her post, Christine said her mother did not even know how to turn on the computer before the country transitioned into blended learning.

“Proud po ako kay mama kasi kahit ano po, ‘yung ano po kahit nga cell phone nahihirapan siya gumamit. Parang trying hard po talaga siya kasi gusto niya talaga matapos, magawa niya ‘yung modules kasi po hinahabol ngayong pasukan,” Christine said.

“Kaya kahit pagod po kami, tinutulungan po namin si mama para, ‘yun po, para mabuo din po ‘yung modules niya,” she added.

Arellano said that she could only make modules late into the night.

“’Yun lang po ang oras ko para mag-gawa ng module kasi kapag umaga po, andoon kami sa eskwelahan at ‘yung printer po namin, pinadala ng aming punong guro para iba naman kaya ang trabaho sa i-school at sa bahay. Kung dito sa bahay kahit na gabi po ay magagawa mo po ang module,” Arellano said.

Christine said she posted her mother’s photos in answer to those spreading the hashtag #Punitin_ang_module_challenge.

“Sumama po ‘yung loob ko bilang isang anak po ng teacher. Kasi kami pong magkakapatid kahit may work po kami, after ng work po namin, tinutulungan din po namin si mama kahit kami din po napapagod,” Christine said.

“‘Yun po na-hurt po ako. Kaya naisip ko nu’ng time na po ‘yun na naglabasan ‘yung challenge na ‘yun, naisip ko po ‘yung gabi na nagpri-print si mama,” she added.

Though she did not expect her post to become viral, Christine expressed the hope that it helps others realize the importance of education as well as the dedication of teachers.

“Syempre, masaya ang nararamdaman ko kasi sa ganitong edad ko, ngayon ko lang naramdaman na kahit na sa TV or sa radio ay naipapalabas po ako. Sobrang saya,” Arellano said. — Joahna Lei Casilao/BM, GMA News