THE LEARNING

In my English 114 I could not attend in the screening of THE LEARNING movie because that I had my Math exam in the same day. By the way I saw it via online.  The movie films 4 different women teacher who are recruited from the Baltimore district. They are encouraged to go there because the fact of the salary was higher there and to leave their  family in the Philippines. In these fact shows how the Filipino cultural value of “Pakikisama”, “Kapwa” and “Utang ng Loob” are seen. They sacrifice by going in a foreign place for them in the purpose of giving a better life for their families. When they are in Baltimore teaching in schools they suffer in many ways. As a women working abroad they suffer culture shock.  Even it was difficult the everyday of their journey they had the courage to keep going and still moving on.

These teachers and all the Filipinos working hard are my role models to pursue to be able to success in the United States. It gives me a motivation to pursue my dreams and to value this opportunity that God offered to me. I feel identified to them because I am always moving and leaving what I have because of the circumstances. I left Philippines almost 10 years ago to stay in Spain and when I was already comfortable living there my family decided to move in United States. I would rather stay in Barcelona to finish my career and to go directly in the University that I wanted because I was confident in there. Now I have to learn English, accustom myself in the American school system that were really different from the Spanish system. However, this movie gave me the attitude to survive in San Diego. “Move on” was the word that I kept in my mind that I took from the movie. It’s my motivation word to keep going and not to give up as a student. Life offered me this opportunity to study in the United States and I will not waste it. My friends always said me that “it’s an opportunity and that without any effort I will not take the fruits of the success”. In someway I drain energy to keep going because of my family, friends, teachers that want me to work hard to be able to reach my dreams.