Mother died in May, 1932, before I enrolled as a second year high school student in June. Her death was also a death-blow to Father’s trade, because Mother did the buying and selling and transporting of the animal hides and leather, aside from sewing the uppers of the slippers Father sewed. I had to cook […]
1994 Memoir – 19. My High School Days
First Year High School I enrolled in the Abra High School as first year student with my cousin, Dolores Bravo. Manang Loling enrolled as a fourth year student. We went to school together, had our lunch together in a nearby house owned by the Barja family, a relative of ours. The road we traveled from […]
1994 Memoir – 18. Industrial Work
In grade I we had no industrial work. All we did was practice reading, writing, and counting (the R’s: Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic). For lack of a pencil and paper I used a pointed stick for writing on the back part of banana leaves. In grade II our industrial work was weaving of buri mat […]
1994 Memoir – 17. Unforgettable School Experiences
SCHOOLS IN BANGUED AND BAYOMBONG Primary school from grade I to grade IV was held in the LONG BUILDING east of the town plaza near our house in Bangued. Elementary school was held in the Gabalden School west of the town, far from our house. But I spent my grade IV in the Gabalden Elementary […]
1994 Memoir – 16. The School Teachers
Every school teacher had a symbol of authority, the meter-long bamboo stick! It served the purpose of pointing at a pupil to stand up and recite or answer questions, to wake up a sleepy student, to punish an erring student, and to point at objects or things on the blackboard. At that time the policy […]
1994 Memoir – 15. Early School Experiences
I was enrolled in school at the early age of 5 although 7 was the required age for first grade enrollment. Tony was also enrolled at the age of 5, or rather started being brought to school by our first grade (Apt. tenant) teacher, who called him “saling posa,” then included his name in her […]
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