MY ELEMENTARY LIFE
By Jan Beatrix Ayson Peralta
My elementary experience is full of fun and
excitement.
It is hard and full of adventure, too.
Elementary life is very challenging and I am
proud to complete it.
Too much playing and going out with friends
are some of the reasons why I was not able to
concentrate enough on my studies.
There is a sort of regrets having no award
but I can say I enjoyed my elementary life.
My graduation is fast approaching and I am
excited to walk in front on the stage to receive my
diploma.
My parents will surely take pictures as I receive
the proof of my elementary success.
I have many plans after graduation. Pursuing
to a higher education is my major plan. I want to be
ready before I finally face my high school life.
I must face this new challenge with pride and
will try my best to finish it with awards.
Well, let’s wait and see…
MY EXPERIENCES AS A STUDENT
Waking up early is not easy.
This part of being a student is what I hated
most during the first part of my studies.
We, me and my sister, are being fetched by
our school service as early as
5:00 a.m.
This means we have to wake up at around 4:00 A.M. and at 4: 50 A.M.; we must be ready to go.
Of course, there are times that our school
service waits for us.
While I was at lower grade, I cried everytime
my mother wake me up in the morning. My mother had a
hard time as well as in feeding me. I do not eat on
my own until I reached Grade IV.
I am now adjusted and sort of saying - “grown
up”. I do not cry anymore and I can already eat and
take a bath alone.
Going to my personal attitude and study habits, I
have to admit that I am not very much concentrated
in my studies. Most of the time, it is the reason
for my mother to scold me.
At my age, I still want to play and go out
with friends.
It is just a matter of balancing my studies
and friends. During the first part of my elementary
grades, I do not really study my lesson if my mother
do not sit down and study with me. She can only do
that during periodical exams because of her
busyness.
I was very irresponsible at that time.
It is during my Grade V level where I started
to study on my own. I am more concerned now with my
studies as compared before. I know I am not doing my
best but I see to it that I will pass all my
subjects.
It is really hard to be serious because as a
student I want to enjoy and have fun.
In my elementary level, I learned many things from
my subjects and from my encounters with friends.
It is fun and exciting, meeting new friends
and guys. I enjoy chatting and playing with them.
We share jokes and laughter.
Sometimes we are being scolded by our
teachers due to being very “makulit”.
It is there that we do not listen to our
lesson, sometimes we copy each others assignments
and we tease each other.
But of course, I do my assignment on my own.
During break time we run after each other,
teasing one another.
These made me happier while in school.
If possible I do not want to be absent
because I do not want to miss new lessons and of
course the moments with my friends. I can not forget
my first intentional absenting from the class
wherein my sister and my schoolmates who are also my
service mates agreed not to go to school during that
day. It
is the day where the third periodical PTC was
scheduled in the afternoon.
I still took a bath and wear my uniform that
morning but asked my mother if I can be absent
because I am sleepy.
She did not agree at first but I insisted.
My mother asked me if we had an agreement
with my friends and I said no.
But we were caught when one of my friends
texted through the number of my mother, and there I
was not able to lie anymore.
I am glad my mother just told me not to do
that anymore. She
is very understanding and I am abusive sometimes.
Looking forward to my GRADUATION, the end of my
elementary level, I can say that my elementary life
is full of fun and unforgettable experiences.
ACHIEVEMENTS
It might be funny to consider that while I was in
nursery I received medals for being the most behaved
in our class and best in reading.
It is true that I did not receive any medal
after that, but reaching every next higher level of
my studies is already an achievement.
I am proud that in my entire elementary life
I did not receive any failing grade despite the
fact that I am not very serious with my studies.
And now my GRADUATION is almost here.
There are some regrets for not taking my studies
seriously. I should have been also a recipient of an
award but I know finishing my Elementary level is
already a pride for my parents.
I can always say “if only…”
…I should have made them even more proud and
happier.
In the next level, I will not promise to have an
award but I will do my best.
IDEA OF HAVING A GRADUATION
As I think of the coming graduation, I am happy to
think I have completed my elementary level.
Although, I do not exactly know yet how will
it feel when the marching and receiving of diploma
comes. They
say it is exciting but I cannot yet agree on it
until the actual day of Graduation.
In the preparation for our graduation, I am
sure it would be fun because there will be “kulitan
and asaran” as usual.
But there is a feeling of loneliness because
this means we will soon part ways with some of my
friends, unless, we will be still under the same
school. I
must be ready for that parting time.
Graduation is
the end of one level, which is for now, our
Elementary level.
Receiving my elementary diploma would be the
proof that I had successfully completed my
Elementary life.
Elementary graduation is not just the end of
the level but maybe this would be the end or soon to
end childish acts.
It is fun to be a child but as they say I
must look forward to the next level.
For sure, I will leave the elementary life,
my friends, my teachers, but all the memories with
them will be there which I will always cherish and
be a part of my unforgettable memories.
Graduation they say is the end of the journey but
they also say this is the beginning of a new
journey, which is my High School level.
Having a graduation is something to be very
proud of.
My parents for sure will be very proud of me
as I march on the stage to receive by diploma.
I cannot explain how they will feel like I
know how much they wanted me to be successful.
I’m sure tears will fall down from their eyes
not with pain but with pride and happiness.
I know I should have made them happier if I
did my best.
I know I disappointed them in graduating
without an award.
Graduation and receiving the diploma is the proof of
completion and ending of the hardships of studying,
waking up early and of course an accomplishment not
only for me but an achievement of my parents.
But that is just for elementary level.
GRADUATION
justifies the end and marks a new beginning.
PLANS AFTER GRADUATION
After graduation, I wish to travel to Boracay with
my family to spend my summer vacation.
But I think that would not come into reality
as my dad is not here.
It is always different to travel with the
whole family.
Maybe that plan will be set aside for this
time.
Instead I am planning to go home to my parents'
hometown, San Esteban.
I want to spend at least few weeks there to
rest and go to the beach.
That is what I love most in going home to San
Esteban, the beach.
After my vacation in Ilocos, I am planning to
enroll for a guitar lesson.
I want to learn how to play guitar so that I
will already have that talent when
I enter high school and for me to share it
with my new friends.
Part of my plans in this life is to pursue my
studies until I get my college degree. Before I
reach that, I have to go through my high school
level. For sure, one of my plans and my parents wish
for me after my Elementary graduation is to proceed
with my high school education, a new journey of my
life.
The question now is where will I spend my high
school life?
As of this moment we have not yet decided and
agreed if am going to enroll at St. Mary’s College-
Quezon City, my elementary alma mater.
I love St. Mary’s. I do not know how I will
leave SMCQC for I have been here for eight years.
If I will transfer, there would be a very
valid reason that I and my parents should consider.
The question of where will I enroll this
coming school year has been a part of my discussions
with my parents.
Entering a new challenge which is high school life
is something to be prepared of.
That’s why after this graduation and after
those plans of having summer classes, I want to rest
and be prepared for the coming school year.
I will just stay at home, surfing the
internet to know more about many things.
I want to read more books about high school
life.
This is to be prepared emotionally and physically.
I hope this time to be more serious with my
studies so that I will also have flying grades which
I know my parents will be very happy.
Explore and take a break are my immediate plans
after graduation before I finally enter high school
life.
Bea's Family Picture
(from left: It's Me, Ading Jazmin Bianka, Dad
Benny, Mommy Joy, and Ading Jobien)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Thank you to Mamang and Lolo, who took care of me
when I was still a baby.
Until now you’re always there guiding us and
standing by everytime we need you.
I know how
much you want me to grow and be successful.
You have a
great part of this diploma.
To my parents, I am very grateful having you.
I am proud of you.
Daddy and Mommy, thank you for sending me to
school.
Without you I will never reach where I am right now.
It might be too early to say I succeeded but
at least the first level is completed and I owe that
a lot from you, my family, who loves me
unconditionally.
To my sisters, you are ingredients of this
achievement. You are always there making me happy
and inspired.
Above all, I thank God.
Without Him, everything is impossible.
He is the source of my strength and my
family’s strength.
I offer Him this triumph and all my future
attainments as I know He will continue to guide me
and my family.
To all who supported my family, to my Auntie and
Uncles, relatives and friends, thank you very much…
I am soon to
be a graduate.
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I was
caught by this beautiful piece of writing – the last
English Project required from Jan Beatrix “BEA”
Ayson Peralta, our God Daughter with my good friend,
Zan – the webmaster. Bea is the first child of
Beniflor Tabila Peralta, a seaman (BOSNON) and
Friends Forever Jocelyn Ayson Peralta, CPA (BDO
Asst. Manager,Payroll Section Head).
My heart runoff with gratefulness and
pleasure as you come to the close of the school
year. Our Almighty Father constantly pours His
Blessings and grants us with diverse prospects for
intensification.
To all our San Estebanian graduates this
year, you were proficient to outdo the tests that
came along your way. As you persevere with your
voyage, may you be more encouraged to prove your
best to realize your aspirations and be replicas of
the intrinsic worth of our town, San Esteban.
Remember that “to every hard task… is a charisma,
discern only those who have the guts to embark on
it.” Congratulations to you for all the labors that
you have wielded in your studies and in other
comings and goings and for performing simple ways of
being devoted, conscientious, thoughtful and
sympathetic San Estebanians.
I’M PROUD TO BE A SAN ESTEBANIAN! EBAN NAK! EBAN
TAYO! AGBIAG!
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