Going Public

Let me tell you how I got into teaching and why I have decided to transfer to a public school.
1. I started teaching in 1988, five years after graduating from UPD (mayabang ako, proud maroon here). I grew tired of job hopping and commuting to and from the business districts so my HS alma mater beckoned.
2. I stayed with my alma mater for 6 years interrupted only by my getting married and having my first baby.
3. I quit and tried the resto business. It lasted for just over a year and by 1997, I realized teaching is the only job I know well.
4. I started teaching English and Literature. I used to teach Filipino and Araling Panlipunan. After another year, I shifted to tertiary level teaching.
5. I was with AMA, CSB, Manila Times School of Journalism, DLSU, and FEUTech.
6. Last year, osteoarthritis started making things difficult for me so I decided I have to transfer to a school nearby. Also, teaching language and literature to uninterested technology studes has become tiring.
7. Kto12 transition was a blessing. I am now a teacher in Senior HS. Nearer place of work, shorter work hours. Lower salary but I do get home before the hellish rush hours. God is good!
8. I hold a Master's degree in Language and Literature and ABD (All But Dissertation)  in Applied Linguistics. Both from DLSU-M. (Mayabang sabi ako e.)
9. You can call me Ma'amSyj.