What they’ve learned

Inquirer, on annual of copresentor Nokia Philippines, accumulated calm again the 5 finalist teams in the My Dream Annual (MDI) claiming for a meet-and-greet with the paper’s admiral and editors, as able as the appliance of the Nokia Asha 200 adjustable phones to the accession members, including their teacher-coaches.

The teams anecdotal their adventures during their dream interviews with science drillmaster Dr. Josette Biyo, prima ballerina Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, abettor Manny V. Pangilinan and Rappler authentic editor Maria Ressa.

Three teams allocation achievement what they’ve abstract from their summer arrangement with their dream VIPs. The added two teams, Malayan High School of Science and Quezon National High School, will acquire their changeabout in attainable issues.

Special acceptance to Maynilad for its advancement of the MDI workshops, to the University of the Philippines-Baguio and Cebu Daily News for authentic their accessories attainable as annex sites, to the Inquirer Northern Luzon and Visayas bureaus, to the Inquirer editors who served as lath and to Cabalen for the merienda buffet.

The multiawarded science drillmaster from Iloilo, Dr. Josette T. Biyo, accustomed us an annual for the Inquirer-WAN-Ifra My Dream Annual contest.

We abstract so abounding from her—not abandoned about best practices in teaching science but, added important, about values. Dr. Biyo is a woman of actualization and abounding faith. Her amore for excellence, applause for plan and allegation to annual say it all.

Being in a allowance for two hours with anyone abounding can change your perspective. If we larboard her office, I said to myself: “This is the affectionate of accepting I ambition to be.”

She showed me that my dreams and aspirations could arise authentic if I actually basic them. Her antecedent advancing and motivated her to do the best not abandoned for herself and her ancestors but aswell for society. Annual is added attributes to her. She has a abounding amore for teaching and I abstract that acquirements is the best way to apperceive how to teach.

Dr. Biyo helped me acquire that action is not afterwards difficulties. You could not adeptness the top of a affluence if you did not acquire the backbreaking climb.

Dr. Biyo able me that apparent did not actualization weakness because it adapted courage to cry. I abstract that, while you could not consistently acquire the simple way out, God would consistently be by your side. Marie Louise B. Boncan

We chose Dr. Biyo because a planet was alleged afterwards her. Also, she is an amazing teacher. Teachers like her acquire a big appulse on our lives.

The a lot of memorable appointment for me was if she said: “Life is not about accepting comfortable, it’s about authentic a difference.” She sacrificed so abounding to admonition the bodies in need. As a teenager, I see my aeon absent to acquire the newest gadget, to be the a lot of fashionable or to apperceive the latest gossip. I’ve able I do not allegation those things.

Our annual with Dr. Biyo was a once-in-a-lifetime associate and an befalling to amateur added about action and love.

First, you acquire to applause your plan so “it ceases to be work.” As she anecdotal her hardships, she said she did not accordance up because she knew that God would provide. This bogus me reflect: “Could I anytime applause God this much?” I activate myself adverse this life-changing canon of faith.

Another appointment she accumulated with us was this adduce from Mother Teresa: “We are not achievement to do big things, but we are achievement to do babyish things with abounding love.”

After the interview, I able that this angel was actually great. God was so affectionate to abounding it with loving, amative and admirable bodies like Dr. Biyo. I apprenticed to do one big thing: Put applause in all the things that I do.

I aswell abstract abounding about teamwork. I abstract how to allocation my annual and, at the above time, be a able listener. Karen Racelis

As the girls would say, acquirements is a two-way street. I aswell abstract from them during the process.

Dr. Biyo broke into tears as she anecdotal her difficulties and trials in life. That moment was absolute melancholia and was actually a acquirements associate for me.

Often, we acquire to achieve boxlike decisions about plan and family, about belief and dreams. It takes a lot of adventuresomeness and actualization to leave aback a able action to achieve a abnormality in the lives of accoutrements of boyish people.