English Notes with Angie

We often think that literature lives in books,

but this class reminded me that it also lives in the people who read them. ✨

When we read alone,

we bring our own perspectives and interpretations.

But when we read together,

our understanding becomes richer.

One of the things I love most about teaching literature is that

no text is ever truly read the same way twice.

We begin to see meanings,
questions,
and possibilities
that we may never have discovered on our own.

This class reminded me of that again and again.

Your insights,
questions, and
willingness to engage with the texts transformed our discussions

into something far more meaningful than any lesson plan could achieve.

I may spend hours preparing lessons, choosing readings,
and thinking about how to make literature come alive.

But no amount of preparation can replace a classroom filled with students who are willing to appreciate, question, and connect with what they read.

Thank you for being that kind of class.

You did not just embrace literature,

you helped me sensed it in the most beautiful way.

This class has come to an end,

and I find myself reflecting on how memorable this experience has been.

Thank you for making me fall in love with literature ❤️

Yes, I offer coffee dates where we can talk about literally anything. ✨

I’ve always been a fan of deep conversations. I love sharing insights, hearing people’s perspectives, and learning from them too.

That’s why whenever I get invited as a guest speaker (like recently, when I spoke about classroom management), I always try to reconnect with students beyond the event itself.

So instead of giving away material things, I offered something simple:

A coffee session where they can ask me ANYTHING.

Teaching.
Confidence.
Internships.
Life.
Difficult people.
Career doubts.
Anything meaningful.

We honestly thought it would only last for a short while.

But we ended up talking for almost 4 hours.
And honestly, it still didn’t feel enough. 😅

The time, effort, and energy they gave just to show up meant a lot to me, so I also wanted to make sure they walked away with something valuable.

From lesson planning hacks to internship survival tips, to real conversations about confidence and life, we learned so much from each other.

And seeing their growth now?

It’s such a solid reminder of why I love teaching.

The girl in the photo is Fraise, one of the sweetest souls I’ve ever met.

I always knew she had potential, but back then, she wasn’t fully confident if she truly fit leadership roles.

She became my student in the Speak Confidently class, and slowly, I saw her start owning her voice.

Now?

She’s the current president of PaGES, the mother organization of the school.

One thing you can learn from her?

You do not need to figure everything out first before saying yes.

Sometimes, you just say YES, do your best, and eventually, opportunities start finding you too.

And the other one is Ced.

He told me I’m his most unforgettable professor.

Want to know why?

Because I gave him his first 2.25. 😅

Until now, he still can’t explain why he still talks to me after that. 😂

But honestly, I think that says a lot about his character.

He was never obsessed with grades.
He was after growth.
After learning.
After becoming better.

And that kind of mindset is rare.

Meeting them again today made me realize something too.

Most people are actually in the middle of becoming someone.

They have dreams.
Goals.
Potential.

But many people are still unsure about their next step.
Unsure about themselves.
Unsure if they are truly capable of becoming who they want to be.

And sometimes, what they need is not another lecture.

Sometimes, they just need someone who can guide them, challenge them, give them honest conversations, and help them see things more clearly.

Someone aligned with where they want to go.

Maybe that’s why these conversations felt so meaningful to me too…

because our visions aligned.

Not just as teacher and students,
but as people trying to grow into better versions of ourselves.

And honestly?

I’m thinking of opening more Coffee Sessions soon,
online or face-to-face, whatever works.

Thank you, Fraise and Ced, for proving to me that conversations like these actually matter.

So if you feel like you need conversations that help you grow,
maybe this is for you.

Message me or comment “coffee” if interested. ☕

My task:

Read one novel, annotate, and write a reflection.

Their output: 🥹🥹🥹

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Thank you for letting me witness your out of the box creativity.

PS. Marami pa yan sila, pero ito lang ang nakunan ko.

Ending the parsing season today.

It was never an easy sem for them,

But I bet this subject will always be part of their core memory.

Haha! ❤️

One thing my students probably don’t like about my habit as an English instructor:

I don’t answer questions right away.

Especially when I know the answer is already somewhere in the discussion,

or when I know they’re capable of figuring it out themselves.

Every time someone asks me a question,

there’s a high chance I’ll respond with:

“What do you think?”

And then I see the reactions.
The frowns.
The disappointed faces.
The silent “Ano ba yan si Ma’am?”

But here’s the thing:

I don’t want to spoon-feed my students.

I want them to think.
To process.
To question.
To build confidence in their own ideas instead of waiting for someone else to hand them the “correct” answer.

Because sometimes, their answers are even better than mine.

In class, we go around first.
We listen.
We challenge ideas.
We think critically.

And only after that do I step in and conclude.

So please bear with me when I don’t answer immediately.

I’m not trying to make things harder for you.

I’m trying to help you become thinking individuals, not just students who memorize and repeat.

Because the real world will not always hand you answers.

Sometimes, all you’ll have is your ability to think for yourself.

And honestly?
Do you learn more from being given the answer…
or from discovering it on your own?

The Philippine Senate has slowly become a circus.

And the scary part is… we got used to it.

Every hearing becomes entertainment.
Every issue becomes content.
Every serious national problem somehow turns into performance.

Flood control failures.
Political drama.
Public officials acting like celebrities instead of public servants.

People laugh, make memes, move on, then wait for the next episode.

But none of this is actually funny.

Because when a country starts treating leadership like entertainment, something deeper is broken.

And honestly, I think this is why education should be the real national priority.

Not another rushed program.
Not another surface-level curriculum change.
Not another “solution” that looks good in headlines but changes nothing underneath.

I mean real rehabilitation.

Back to the foundation.

Teaching people how to think.
How to question.
How to analyze.
How to choose leaders beyond popularity, noise, and performance.

Because the quality of our leaders will always reflect the quality of thinking we build as a nation.

A wise population is harder to manipulate.
Harder to distract.
Harder to fool.

And maybe that’s the kind of progress we should actually fight for.

Not just producing graduates.

But producing Filipinos who can think clearly enough to protect the future of this country.

In our Structures of English class, whiteboards and markers are always necessary for discussion.

Now, there’s this one whiteboard in our classroom that’s already so stained that no matter how much you erase it,

there are parts you just can’t write on clearly anymore.

There are moments when students misunderstand what’s written on the board.

They get the answers wrong not because they didn’t listen,

but because the board itself changes the way they see the lecture and examples.

Due to this,
Some may get low scores.

Not because the lesson is difficult,
but because they literally cannot see it properly.

So we adjust.

We move to the other side.
We squeeze everything into the remaining clean space.

I simplify my explanations even more.
I try harder as a teacher.

But that unused space is still there.

“Sayang.”

We could have written more.
We could have explained things better.
We could have done more with the space we already had.

But we can’t.

Because no matter how good the discussion becomes, the stain is still there.

And what’s ironic is that people looking at the situation from afar will probably think the solution is…

to revise the discussion,
change the format,
add more instructions,
introduce a new approach,
or redesign the entire flow.

Anything except fixing the actual surface everyone is struggling to write on.

So the class keeps adjusting around a problem that has been obvious from the very beginning.

At some point, you start realizing:
people get so busy rewriting the system that they forget to repair the thing the system is being written on.

And somehow, everyone acts surprised when nothing becomes clearer.

The stain is obvious.
The surface clearly needs fixing.

But instead of repairing it,
people keep putting band-aid solutions somewhere else and calling it improvement.

And no, I’m not just talking about the whiteboard.

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