Well, it is a done deal. I am referring to my return to full-time teaching starting SY 2007-2008. It has been a long time since I taught full-time. It was SY 1997-1998 when I had my first appointment as an administrator. I was asked at that time by Rene Valladolid to be his Math Area Coordinator. Since then, I had been Chairperson (General Education Program, SY 1998-2001), Dean (School of Multidisciplinary Studies, SY 2001-2003), Director (Center for Learner-Centered Instruction and Research, SY 2003-2004), and Vice President for Academics (SY 2004-2007). It has been a long journey. I experienced both joy and sadness, successes and failures, ups and downs associated with the various jobs, appreciation and bitterness, challenges and boredom. I learned a lot of things.
Going back to full-time teaching is like a new beginning for me. It is like having a career shift entering midlife. I want to make sure that I will manage the transition. Creating this new blog is part of that weaning away from what I have been accustomed to do for the last ten years.
But I can't be in transition mode for a long time, can I? I want to hit the ground running. I want to continue doing things which interest me and things which I am good at. I am not getting any younger and I want to continue making a difference. I will see opportunities and make the most out of each. I will seize the day, because life is short and time is fleeting. Carpe diem!
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