A TALK WITH KUYA BOK ABOUT BEING TEACHABLE

A TALK WITH KUYA BOK ABOUT BEING TEACHABLE

If there's one thing that I would like to impart to all of you, that would be the virtue of being teachable.

Before I entered the seminary, I was already a teacher. I finished my degree in Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English, prompting me to experience managing classes of almost 200 unique individuals; I also experienced leading students by giving them instructions that need to be followed. To cut the story short, being someone that educates isn't new to me already. 

That's why when I entered the seminary, I made some big adjustments. As a teacher-turned-seminarian, the need for me to go back to being a teachable student is necessary. It's part of being open to the formation.

If there's one thing I realized, it is that it takes humility to be teachable because only in being humble that you can also be able to listen. Humility is when you remain to be teachable, regardless of how much you already know. 

Mga bok at 'ter, we should always be reminded of this: the more knowlege we gain, the more humble we must become; the bigger the authority we attain, the lower our head bows. Pride against learning will keep us away from growing, because when we pretend to know everything that's the time that we also let our ears stop itself from hearing; our eyes from seeing and; our heart from accepting.

Now, let us ask ourselves, are we teachable enough to be worthy of the authority given to us or we're only proud to pretend that we know all? 

I want to end this reflection by sharing with you the quotation that I learned from my college dean, "Rember this everytime you teach, Red. The one who really intimidates the teacher is not the genius of the class, but the student who think he is better than the teacher."