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026 Meeting Fe Hidalgo (2)
It was a spoil sport moment. There we were, tired yet jubilant that our school year opening preparations Oplan Balik Eskwela was a resounding success. At the same time, I had to bring up a problem—on that day—that would take away some of our jubilation.
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025 Meeting Fe Hidalgo (1)
It was ManCom day at the Central Office of the Department of Education, so everyone was there. It was also going to be a long busy day. Browsing through the thick set of handouts, one thing caught my eye—a seemingly innocuous item that could turn into a problem, for the department and for my boss,…
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024 Hello, Iloilo (3)
I wasn’t expecting any problems that day. The speech I was to deliver on behalf of the secretary of education was for an audience of school administrators, all of them members of an organization of private schools in the province of Iloilo. My only concern was that then Secretary Jesli Lapus wasn’t able to read…
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023 Hello, Iloilo (2)
This wasn’t planned at all, at least as far as I know. The idea was for me to have one speaking event on the second day and another on the third and final day. I wasn’t even supposed to be the speaker. But with Secretary Jesli Lapus cancelling at the last minute, just before our…