One day last schoolyear, Ivan came to visit COLF as he usually does at least once a year since he had been in College.
I asked him if he would like to contribute something to the alumni page of the COL website. He sent me this article by email May 29. I would like to share it with you. His recollection of life and learning experiences in COL is wonderfully detailed and accurate. Thank you very much our dearest Ivan.
Teacher Feny
Back in the Good Old Days: Looking Back at My Experiences During My Days as a CL Student and Where it has Led Me
“Being able to watch myself grow as a CL student is the best gift God could ever give to a child, and for that I am grateful.” – Gabriela Gongora CL Batch 2016.
The quote above was written by a batchmate of mine in one of her reflection papers on her life in Community of Learners, which my batchmates incorporated into the speech made at our graduation. I use this quote to introduce how my experience in COLF was because this is also the same sentiment, which pops up in mind whenever asked about how my life in Community of Learners is. Why is that? My answer is: My stay in COLF was actually something which I also value as a gift from God when I was a child. I grew up in the school maximizing it’s facilities until I had to head to college and move on to the university.
In fact, being in COLF had always been and will always be a blessing which I treasure in my whole life. It was a huge privilege for me to spend my life in that school beginning Lower school until High school. Now I am taking up AB Humanities at the University of Asia and the Pacific and I am currently in my fourth year in the university. I am a member of the World Youth Alliance, a Non-Government Organization that advocates for the defense and the promotion of Human Dignity. And I still look back to COLF, as my experience in this school helped me grow… CONTINUE READING FULL ARTICLE HERE