I am very excited to meet my new teachers and new classmates. I had been saddened to leave my old classmates of my elementary days but I prepared myself for this new environment.
All seemed new to me—new school, new teachers, new schoolmates, new classmates, new classroom and new environment. Where will be my classroom? Who will be my seat mate and friends?How about my teachers? Are they strict? So many questions came to my mind with the coming of the first day of class.
Then classes came. I woke up as early as 4:30 am on my first day. My parents fixed everything I need, my baon and breakfast,and I prepared myself for school. Wow! As I came near the school, my excitement rose up as well as my fear. I am afraid of so many things. I don't know why. I just feel uncomfortable. Then its classes time. I met new classmates and got friendly with some of them. My teachers are the best of a kind. They have different personalities and different style of teachings. We have a breed of the old and new generation with lots of brains and experiences to share to us, their students.
Ma'am Rabago was the first teacher that I met. She told us a few things about U.P. She also told us the reason why U.P teachers are not wearing uniforms. “We can express ourselves through the kind of dress we wear”, she said. And it was really true, because as the days went on, she dress herself on that belief. She always wear ethnic dresses with ethnic accessories. Honestly, I find her so nationalistic.
Life in UP is both fun and hard work. School days are full and there are also days that are easy. I came to experience here that everybody are required to clean the room and its surroundings. Homeroom officers function as officers. Everybody has his own share of work to do. And it's Fun! And we have the best adviser in the person of Madam Gallo. She taught us a lot of things especially, on good manners, relationships and behavior. She's like a mother to her 35 children. And here in UP, I learned to love my class in Science where before I hate it. Oh, everything in UP is so new to me!
The happiest moment that we had was winning our homeroom cleaning contest where we were treated by Madam Gallo on an ice cream spree. We “sweat” ourselves in cleaning every nook and corner of our room and winning the contest was also “sweet”!Wow, it's fun!
At home, I spent hours in my studies. I learned from our orientation on the first week of our classes that we should spend two or more hours doing our studies. And, yes, it paid off. We will not be prepared by the next day in class if we will not find time studying at home.
I have learned so many things on my first year of being in UP, and I know there are more to come. These are my first lessons and these are different from my previous school, the Mabolo Christian Academy. It's great to be a UPian and to belong in this school. I am very happy I am here and I am proud I am a Upian!
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