Types of ‘Pinoy’ Teachers

     1. The All Knowing

      This type believes he knows everything yet is pregnant with syntax errors. He is power hungry and fantasizes to lead a herd of sheep. He is also a politician. He hops from one agency to another to befriend people and use them for career advancement. Since he has built a clout, he always gets the best pie. Cunning and dangerous because he claims he is good, he projects an aura that he is the busiest molecule on campus. In short, he is called the ‘full hot air balloon’.

      2. The Laid-back

      This type believes his job is only confined in the four corners of the classroom. He gets burned when he stays in school beyond her official time. He is the mediocre teacher who thinks that change is a burden instead of a challenge. He collects notebooks and stacks them in the faculty room without even checking its content. Oftentimes he talks of small things and feels that teaching is more of a job than an engagement. There are times he comes to school in ‘maong’ pants, net woven blouse, and tight fitting jeans and wears brunette hair. He thinks school is a huge fashion arena and that ‘beauty’ is synonymous to intellect. 

      3. The Business Tycoon

      This type has commodities sold to students. He comes to school not to do his duty but to make monkey business. He gets angry when the merchandise doesn’t get sold and at times gives additional grade to his “parukyano”. Students call him the “rolling store”. Another type of business he does is dealing and befriending parents and later on borrowing money from them. Worse, he also makes his students his milking cow by asking a penny whenever he is in dire need. Oftentimes, he also requires projects that are not related to his subject or asks presents like cake and other stuff when his birthday comes. He uses his charm to deceive. He has motives to do so because he wants to protect his “empire”.

       4.  The Drill Sergeant

      This type does his job pretty well. However, at times he feels downtrodden by complexities of the profession. Nevertheless, he teaches beyond what is to be given to his clients. He taps and maximizes students to their fullest potential. He always manifests the authority in him to continue the spirit of keeping the flame burning. He is not a coward because he speaks his mind. On the other hand, he happens to be the most misunderstood molecule in the hive. He believes that discipline is the core of learning. Being a nonconformist, he loves experimentation coupled with in depth observation and evaluation that would carry him to a life long journey to real learning. Peers and students either love him or hate him.

       5. The Baloney Fly

This type is a symbolic message of temptation from the path of righteousness. Extremely assuming, he believes that he is the caretaker of the colony. Being a shenanigan, he has huge skeletons in his closet and carries deadly viruses that could manipulate a few and later on inflict harm. Having a multi personality and being a great story weaver, he creates his own deceptive world where he can be his master and slave at the same time. Why baloney? Because at times he can be a leech that sucks blood, a chameleon that easily changes hues, and then goes back to being a fly again that lives mainly on cow’s manure. 

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