March 15, 2024. It's Friday. The college of teacher education proposed an activity to gather all the education students from different majors (Filipino, English, Mathematics, Science, Physical Education, Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education). And the theme is " Health and Wellness." The said activity starts at 6:00 am with Zumba and paint party. I can see that everyone enjoyed.
Exerting energy and purring sweat with the beat of music, feels like education students escape from reality. The reality to education students are those stressful days and sleepless nights doing random school. Reporting here, reporting there(cramming days be like). One of the most difficult and challenging task is the teaching demonstration. I mean there's a lot needed like lesson plan and teaching aids. I felt pressured everyday because of unending deadlines, it makes me feel sick. Being an Education student isn't easy but others might underestimate our course. Especially my major is for Early Childhood which is from kindergarten to grade three. It's the most challenging and exhausting task for me to take care little kids. Yet, I also believe that dealing with youngsters with diverse personality is a great opportunity to learn new things and discover a lot of strategies in order to address the needs of the kids.
What is health and wellness? Is it important?
Health refers to the condition of the Human body or physical aspect which is free from any diseases. On the other hand, wellness refers to the overall balance as to the daily lifestyle, mental aspect and spiritual well-being of a human. I believe that health and wellness are important. We can't do our task properly if we're not healthy. Through this activity, we, Coted students are able to improve and develop our physical aspect, by doing zumba and joining play. This activity became a hero to us. It saves our heart, soul and mind. This also lessen our burden for a short period of time, it gives us joy. It's like we came back to being a child. We play like there's no tomorrow. We spend time with our classmates, schoolmates and our teachers to escape the reality.
Every major provide a game, but should choose atleast 10 participants to join the games provided. They will be given a paper with checklist to determine if they accomplished every majors given task. The group that will submit the paper first would be considered as the winner.
The next activity provided by the Education society(officers) is the (batu-bato pik) and I don't know how to explain it in English but I know most of you are familiar with it. I find it fun as well. It can help develop critical thinking and mentality of the students. The last and final game is the "protect the queen". Every major has a queen which is our teachers. The main rule is to protect the queen from the paint thrown by the other group. In this game, students develop creativity and chooses different strategies to win the game.
Therefore I conclude, that this activity has a big impact in our holistic development especially in our health. We need to find remedies to cure our wounded soul, whether it's in the form of play or anything that interest you the most. I believe that every difficulties encountered in life can be altered with success in the end. We need to be patient, strong-willed and smart in every decisions we make in the future. I want to share this moment to you my fellow hivers, not just to spread awareness but also to encourage all of you to never stop dreaming despite the hardships. Everything we do today, tomorrow and in the future, matters! I love you all.