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Now it Can Finally Be Told:In the Exigency of the Job, teaching in mountain barangay, nearly carried away by current, hailstones

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Now it  Can Finally Be Told: In the Exigency of the Job Now it can finally be told. Where the road leads us, we follow. As  mentors, only bringing with us our  dedication and skills, we face  challenges, without question, just so  we can teach and bring light to  everyone, even if  deep inside,  we are uneasy leaving our comfort zones. Sworn to the job, we shed fears and doubts, and try to put on a mask of  courage and with hearts quivering,  we go forward to uncertainty.   Dumalama Road Sometime 2007, this was long before I retired from the service, I took up a  teaching post in Mindanao. It was  the second farthest barangay in the municipality. We were not entirely alone because my husband's sister lived in the town proper.  But up in the mountains where  I taught, most of the  poblacion   people have not even been  there. There was an army outpost  stationed in the area, and that speaks  a lot of how it was in that place long before. From the town, it was rough  road (that time)

FYI: It is FULL-FLEDGED not FULL-PLEDGED, Correct Usage, Bisaya to English of Common Vegetables, Fishes, more bits of info

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 FYIπŸ”ŽπŸ”ŽπŸ”Ž: Bisaya to English of  Common Philippine Fishes,  Vegetables, Flowers,  Animals,  πŸŒΊπŸŒπŸ’πŸ‘πŸ πŸŸbits of info   You'll be surprised πŸ’¨ Full- p ledged is  wrong ,   correct way is full- f ledged,  explanation below. Mr. Roa, my Grade 5 Teacher of long ago at Cebu Normal and one of my  favorite teachers, was brilliant. He  spoke really good English and had excellent grammar. He was one teacher a student could  not easily forget. This he taught us that up to this day I still could  remember. Haven't you noticed?  Many have committed this mistake. Everytime someone uses the idiom  full-fledged (correct way) he uses full-pledged which is entirely  wrong. He is now  a full- p ledged lawyer after passing the bar, is wrong. It should be, He is now a full- f ledged  l awyer  after passing the bar .  According to Sir Roa, the term full- fledged is likened to a young bird  already having big feathers that are large enough that the bird can now fly on its own. It refers then t