Foreign Teacher Lands in Rural America: ‘I Was Surprised’ | VOA Connect

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  @RuleofFive · 2 years ago

  UPDATE:  She is no longer with this school district.  She lives in Denver, Colorado now and is a research analyst.

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  @krisztinakovacs2604 · 5 years ago

  "I had classroom management issues" - how nicely she said that the kids didn't behave themselves :)

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  @ysarns · 5 years ago

  as a filipino, her last lines where she mentions that she felt the loneliest during birthdays and christmas hits hard

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  @pinkcloud8182 · 3 years ago

  even as an american, i would feel incredibly lonely in a rural city like that with no family nearby. props to her. i'm an educator too and i know the struggles that come with teaching students here. not only the students behavior, but the parents behavior and even admin support (or lack of) can make or break you. i wish her all the best and i hope she knows we are so grateful she is here. as for the leaders of this country, i desperately hope you do something about our education system before it crumbles to dust.

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  @Husni123100 · 6 years ago

  She’s the meaning of what being a teacher is. I’m not a Filipino but I’m sure damn proud of her. She has guts and more then that she dedicated her knowledge to those in need. Bless her.

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  @nickhanlon9331 · 6 years ago

  ''Suddenly math became the most popular subject in high school with the boys''.

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  @davidlinscheid2618 · 6 years ago

  Charmaine has qualities that will continue to serve her well, and we Americans are fortunate to have her here.

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  @Ohno1999 · 3 years ago

  In Asia, people value , respect education and hard work. They need it to get out misery and poverty. &nbsp;Respect , honor our parents, older people and teachers is normal.<br>I remember my English teacher declined job offer in the U.S. after a job orientation. She was so glad to be back with her students even though the pay was lower.

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  @gawainethefirst · 6 years ago

  It takes a lot of courage to go to the other side of the world and teach other people’s kids.

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  @mrjinkorea · 4 years ago (edited)

  Imagine moving &nbsp;straight from Manila, Philippines - one of the biggest cities in the world - to a town in rural America that&apos;s a million miles from nowhere and has only one restaurant and one post office!! And to do this alone not knowing a single person takes a lot of courage! I wish her well. She seems like a good &nbsp;caring teacher and a decent person

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  @ozzo870 · 5 years ago (edited)

  Having studied in both the States and then later in the Philippines I can tell you that Filipinos respect their teachers 10000000X times more than Americans do. It was actually quite a culture shock for me, the most disrespect I saw in a Filipino classroom was sleeping in class. In the States kids would make it a point to make their teacher cry if they could. So I feel for this teacher, teaching in the states is its own entire beast.

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  @steve-o5600 · 2 years ago

  When my mother was in a nursing home on the Eastcoast almost all of the nurses were from the Philippines and they were by far the most skilled, competent, kind and respectful of the patients compared to the other staff. Even their English was better than some of the American staff. They made the last few years of my mother&apos;s life much better. Thank you Charmaine for doing what you do. Your students and community are lucky.

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