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Is there "LIFE" after teaching? Part III - The Best Encounter

 Part II - http://arlineraijmakers.blogspot.nl/2013/12/part-ii-second-encounter-happy-and-sad.html While still working at my previous job, I’ve taken my education to the next level by enrolling at a post graduate degree (Master of Arts in Nursing). I’ve met the people I will be working with for the rest of my teaching career.   The ones that encouraged me and 2 others to apply for a teaching job were nurse educators at one of the best nursing schools in Laguna, the Colegio de San Juan de Letran .   It was also during this time that I have met some of the most wonderful people in our profession. Attending a master’s degree class made all the difference for me. I will never forget one of our professors who taught us about assertiveness, she explained that we as professionals should be aware of our rights, be confident and direct in claiming one’s rights or putting forward one’s view . I was elected the president of that class in the first semester of 2006. I was honored that

Is there "LIFE" after teaching? Part II The second encounter (happy and sad)

 Part I - http://arlineraijmakers.blogspot.nl/2013/11/is-there-life-after-teaching.html A lot of things happened in my life after my first taste of one of the noblest of all professions. I spent 2 years (1993-95) in Taipei working as a private nurse in a military hospital. I learned a new language, Mandarin which I thought then was difficult to learn just like what I speak now most of the time, Dutch but because it was spoken every day, made it easier for me to get used to it.   I learned how to cook Chinese food which became one   of my favorite cuisines in the whole wide world. I’ve met the father of my daughter Isabel soon to be born in 1999 whom I thought was one of the good things that happened to me and will last for the rest of my life. Went abroad again for 2 years with Isabel’s father. Went back to the Philippines, lived a domestic life, got pregnant while managing a small business. Had a difficult life while pregnant and a broken heart after Isabel even turne