AN ADVISER TO BE

"Am I really deserving to be an adviser?"

This was the first question that came up into my mind the time I was informed that I will be an adviser for the school year 2010-2011...

At first, I was hesitant to accept the offer of our school chairperson -- to be an adviser of first year students, but her words encouraged me soon, so I said nothing but "YES", so from then on, I set my mind that I will be an adviser, and I need to be ready.

Days passed, lots of unexpected experiences happened, eventually, I met again the chairperson to let me know about my teaching loads for SY 2010-2011. I did not know what to feel when I learned that I will not be a first year adviser anymore, but a THIRD YEAR ADVISER. It was indeed a shocking revelation to me, because to be an adviser of a higher year level means a lot of readiness and strength to survive it, because these students are done with the transition period of high school life, so they need to be guided to which path they need to take in.

Luckily, these third year students were my previous students for two consecutive years, so somehow, I know some things about them that could help me on how to deal with them.

Right now, I'm making myself ready to be an effective adviser of third year students, I'm as well pressured because my co-advisers in the third year level are all experienced in that area, hoping that I can attend to the needs of my advisory class to be levelled to my co-advisers, or be better than what they can do...

THE CHALLENGE IS ON...

"WILL I BE AN EFFECTIVE ADVISER?"