my so-called life

i cannot help but feel excited at the thought of school starting next week.

maybe it’s because i am a geek at heart that i look forward to the ringing of the school bell and the hustle and bustle of students in a university, but i love the beginning of another school year…this has always been a constant.

being a teacher hasn’t changed that perspective. in fact, it has given me another take on the same feelings of anticipation and excitement.

these days, i look forward to meeting my new classes and scout the ones i believe would make it a few years down the line when they take the bar exams. i take sheer delight in planning what to wear on the first day just to make sure i make the right impression on my new students. nothing too flashy but nothing too conservative either to make them think their teacher isn’t cool. i still enjoy the scents and sounds of a new year. the opening of new notebooks and selecting the colors of the pens i want to use, highlighters, and other new stuff. the smell of something "new" is always appealing somehow.

i celebrate the start of another school year because it is another opportunity for the faculty to sit down and have dinner with dean inigo, reconnect with colleagues and meet the newest members of the group. this tight knit has become like second family and the yearly faculty meeting is almost like having sunday brunch at home. 

the new school year also marks a time to re-connect with old friends whom i have not seen for quite some time. in the flurry of activities, june also is a time for reunions and catching ups. a time to renew old routines which give me comfort somehow…something as seemingly mundane as winding down after a hard day’s work at a nearby coffee shop or going to mass makes me feel grounded.

last semester, i told my class that it might be the last time that i will be teaching at the law school. i honestly thought that was it. i was supposedly moving onto a new and unmarked chapter in my life — i had plans to study abroad, taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing else much that ties me here.

then i got elected to the IBP. plans had to be rearranged. my dream of further studies had to be deferred for a few more years just until i can finish my term as secretary this 2009. or maybe further studies was never the path i was meant to take. who knows.

i only take comfort in the fact that with the start of a new school year, my usual routine has not changed. i will start classes in a week… i cannot resist the urge to smile and say, "here we go again.."

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