With You

Chapter 4

“Ready na ang presentation ria..thank you so much” sabi ni lienne
Anyways madali lang naman yon kasi Perceptions of subject difficulty and subject choices lang naman yung topic napadami yung file dahil sa contents ng ipinapagawa base kay prof.
“always welcome lienne”
Agad namin pinuntahan ni lienne si prof. sa faculty area para ibigay yung summarize ng file at yung USB

Pagpasok ng faculty area sakto na andun si Ms. Lestia
“Good morning Miss, ahmm we’re here for prof. Jason po” bati ni lienne
“He’s not here, he has an emergency but he leave a note on his table. Kunin ko lang” sabi naman ni Ms. Lestia

The heck.. his not here pala eh bakit hindi sinabi kay lienne
“Ria, paano toh?” alalang tanong ni lienne
I just hold my bestfriend’s hand cause I know she’s worried about the presentation

Bumalik si Miss Para ibigay ang naiwang note ni prof. Jason

“thank you Miss”

“I have an emergency meeting with those school advisers so I am begging you lienne to be the one who will present the topic to our dean and to those stock holders of the school..goodluck and advance thank you!”
“Hala Ria, hindi ko kayang mag-isa na magpresent tapos kay dean pa” sagot ni lienne

Tama nga naman, Malaki ang standards ni dean sa isang presentation lalo na kung matured and serious content ang pag-uusapan
“Ahmm.. don’t worry sasamahan kita, sabihan mo sina mateo and Ai na back up sila duon para pag nagka technical problem andun si mateo at pag may kulang na file anduon si Ai. Tayong dalawa ang magdidiscuss okay ba?” suggest ko kay lienne

“okay okay..” still worried answer ni lienne
Ito nalang yung paraan para hindi mabigo si prof. Jason

“You have 3 hours pa for the presentation Ms. Garcia, don’t worry makikinig ako dun sainyo to report this to Prof. Jason” paalala ni Ms. Lestia

“Yes Miss, thank you..we have to go po” sabi ko
*Time Skip*

Habang nakaupo sa gilid at nanonood sa presentation dahil sabi ni dean si lienne daw ang gusto niyang maunang magdiscuss..ramdam ko ang kaba ni lienne dahil sa utal niyang pag eexplain
Kitang kita ko din kung paano basahin ni dean ang nasa utak ni lienne at mga pinapahiwatig nitong galaw sa harapan

“How can I appreciate the topic if ganyan ang nagpepresent?” reklamo ng isang stock holder
“ahhmm..ah- sorry,s-sorry po” utal na sabi ni lienne
“sorry is not enough! You are wasting my time I have two meetings pa.. Dean ano ba naman toh?!” sigaw nung stock holder

“Save her ria..” bulong sa akin ni Mateo

Agad akong tumayo kung saan napukaw ko lahat ang atensyon dahil sa tindig ko..i don’t care
“at ikaw?” sungit sa akin ng stock holder

“as far as I know you have a policy to leave the meeting if you’re not interested” sagot ko

Agad naman akong tinitigan ni Dean sa ginawa ko. I know what am I doing, im just stating the fact and its not right to scold a person in front of other people lalo na kung masyadong mababaw ang dahilan ng ikinagagalit mo.. stock holder pa naman pero walang respeto edi nagulo yung meeting hindi ba?
“Take a seat lienne, I can handle this” bulong ko kay lienne sabay lipat sa next slide ng powerpoint

“can you take your sit sir?.. please if you want na matapos agad toh, cooperate nalang po” taray kong sagot
Nakita ko naman na nagulat si dean sa ginawa ko but I just want this meeting to be done too.. may klase din kaya kami
“Debate about perceived disparity in the difficulty of different subjects has occurred
over many years and this might be contributing to a lower uptake in certain ‘key’
subject areas. The purpose of this research was to explore whether teachers’ and
students’ perceptions of subject difficulty might be having an effect on which subjects
students choose to study in secondary education, and whether other concerns subject enjoyment or usefulness might interact with this relationship.” I explain

“What’s the qualitative research design for this executive summary?” tanong ni dean
Lipat ng next slide ofcourse

”A qualitative research design was chosen to allow for an in-depth exploration of
these issues. One-to-one interviews were held with 49 teachers and focus groups
were held with 112 students, both from 12 schools across England. Thematic
analysis was used to analyse the coded transcripts and the main drivers of students’
and teachers’ behaviours were identified.
In general, although subject difficulty was an important consideration for teachers,
much of their advice was based upon what each student would enjoy and find useful
for future education/employment”

“How did you get that?” Tanong nung masungit ng stock holder

“Teachers agreed that whether a student found a
certain subject difficult or not was very much dependent upon each student’s
individual strengths person-specific difficulty. Teachers had an influence over
students’ subject choices via the advice they gave, and school policies also had an
effect. Entry criteria policies were often based upon general notions of subject
difficulty, which served to prevent students from taking subjects they would find too
difficult. Some schools also chose not to offer certain subjects because they were
seen to be too difficult, again preventing uptake in those areas. Teachers sometimes
discouraged students from taking subjects that might be too difficult for them, but
stated that this was mostly although not exclusively done according to personspecific subject difficulty, as opposed to more general notions
of subject difficulty.” Sagot ko

“Do you think this topic can give us an idea on how does students overcome a difficult subject? Why should students study all subjects?” tanong ni dean
Shocks namannnnn
“Yes, remember to Meeting the Challenge. It's not uncommon for students to drop difficult classes out of fear of damaging their GPAs. But some challenging classes are required for graduation, and others may be interesting enough to be worth the hard work. Here are some strategies you can use to overcome academic pressure and succeed in even the most advanced courses.” I explain

“Any subject becomes more complex as the body of knowledge accrues over time, therefore to gain an in-depth understanding, it is necessary to study within the confines of that subject and build up your knowledge of it. Studying different subjects can therefore bring a different perspective to many different issues” dagdag ko

“Tss. I hate the topic..i gotta go” reklamo ulit nung stock holder

Nababanas na ako kanina pa ditto ahh..
“Wait sir! Before you go I just want you to know that This topic aims to promote timely, effective and fair responses to allegations of research misconduct. These procedures are designed to cover such problems as: fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism in proposing, performing, or reviewing research, or in reporting research results. Kaya wag ho kayong mag-inarte na ito ang topic ng presentation. You’re an school stock holders but you didn’t care about this serious topic po? HAHAH so funny naman”

“aba..-”
“okay..meeting dismissed, Alam ko na kung san papunta ito.. Thank you Ms. Garcia  and Ms. Gonzales for this wonderful presentation, You can go to your classes now” Putol ni Dean Duon sa Maarteng matandang stock holder

Nag Nod lang kami ni lienne at lumabas ng Dean’s Office

Pagkalabas namin agad akong niyakap ni lienne

“Thanks for saving me! I owe you Astria”
Syempre natuwa naman ako kasi natulungan ko si Lienne
“Tara libre kita..galing mo future CEO HAHAH” asar ni mateo
“sus ako lang toh tanga” sabi ko
“sinabi ba naming kami? HAHAH kagigil ung gurang na stock holder ahh” sabi ni Ai agad ko naming tinakpan yung maingay niyang buinganga

“shhhhatapppp.. tara na nga” aya ko sakanila

Habang papunta kami sa cafeteria dahil may 30 Minutes pa naman before nung class biglang may nakakuha ng atensyon ko..It was her if I was not mistaken

Its her.. Yung babaeng hinintay ni matthew sa Hortexian garden
Anong ginagawa niya dito? Tinignan ko naman kung nasaang building na kami
#BUILDING B5#
Oh fuck..building niya pala toh
I don’t want to see them
“guys bilisan nyo” sabi ko kina Lienne at nauna nang maglakad sakanila naghaharutan pa kasi bwiset

Bakit ikaw na naman lagi ha? Pwede bang wag ka ng magparamdam?!
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Perceptions of subject difficulty and subject is a A topic to explore whether teachers’ and students’ perceptions of subject difficulty might be having an effect on which subjects
students choose to study in secondary education, and whether other concerns subject enjoyment or usefulness might interact with this relationship.

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