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They say that if one loves a\nperson, distance can never be a hindrance for their love to bloom. The same can\nbe said in education because if a learner loves to study the distance cannot\nstop him from learning, instead it will be like adding fuel to the fire to\nobtain the knowledge that he seeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last October 2, 2020, three\ndays before the official opening of classes, an outrigger boat, locally known\nas lampitaw, sailed from Aparri, Cagayan to the island of Camiguin, Calayan to\ndeliver a one-month worth of modules for the more than 50 Senior High School\nlearners of the Aparri School of Arts and Trades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Calayan is situated 59.41\nmiles north of Aparri. Usually, an outrigger boat sails for five to six hours\nbefore it reaches the island. However, sometimes it may take longer than that\nif the weather condition is not good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fortunately, the weather condition\nduring that day was fine so the sail went on smoothly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE GOOD SAMARITANS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Usually, whenever cargoes\nwill be shipped from Aparri to Calayan, there will be a shipping fee depending\non the size and weight of the cargo. But in the case of the modules, the boat\ncaptain refused to receive any amount and said that he will transport it for\nfree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the boat\ncaptain, this is his way of helping his kababayans and relatives who will be recipients\nof the said modules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same thing happened to\nthe other set of modules sent to Camiguin which is a separate island under the\nmunicipality of Calayan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n THE TWO SIDES OF THE COIN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Early in the morning of\nOctober 4, Louise Mays Bucao, a grade 11 STEM learner from Calayan, received a\nmessage from her adviser that her modules can already be picked up at Mr.\nOrel\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen I learned that my modules\nwere already at my adviser\u2019s residence, I was really excited and nervous at the\nsame time. I immediately asked my mother to accompany me to get the modules.\nThe journey towards the pick-up location of the modules took only a few minutes\nsince we have a motorcycle.\u201d Louise said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When asked about her\nexperience using the self-learning modules, Louise admitted that sometimes, she\nfinds some lessons in the modules difficult to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhenever there are things\nthat I cannot understand in my lessons, what I often do is to ask the help of\nmy parents and my siblings. Sometimes I also search the internet. Luckily, we\nhave google meet in class so that our teachers can explain to us the things\nthat we cannot understand in our lessons. I will study hard to be an engineer\nin the future.\u201d She added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, Jenely M. Simon, a\ngrade 11 STEM student from Camiguin confessed that answering her module was not\nlike eating a piece of cake specially she is alone most of the time since her\nparents need to work at the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn my case, I answer my\nmodules independently because my parents are always out for work while my elder\nsiblings already have their own families. To be honest, during the first week I\ncried hard and almost quitted because there some modules that I cannot answer.\nFortunately, we have online class where our teachers teach us what we do not\nknow.\u201d Jenely said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe only problem is there\nare times that we have poor signal here in the island. What I do is to go out\nof the house to find signal. Sometimes I walk until I reach the main road\nbecause signal can be found there. There is one time that I got soaked in the\nrain in finding signal, but it is alright as long as that I can achieve my\ndream of becoming a nurse someday.\u201d She added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Mr. Orlino Orel\nJr., their adviser, the most common feedback of learners from the islands is\nthe internet connectivity in the area. Aside from that, there are instances\nwhen there are power interruptions in the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs a local tourism hub in\nthe north known for its white sand and pristine beaches, the municipality of\nCalayan has a 24\/7 power supply. However, the Camiguin which is an island under\nthe municipality only has power supply from 1:00pm to 5:00am.\u201d Mr. Orlino Orel\nJr., grade 11 STEM adviser said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, learners are\ndoing fine because they have their printed modules with them. Their teachers\nare also providing learning support to them via google meet, group chats and\ncalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The journey of the learners\nmay be likened to a lampitaw traversing the rough seas. But one thing is for\nsure, no matter how long the journey takes, it will never extinguish the\nlearners\u2019 desire to learn that is why despite the pandemic, the more than 50 learners\nfrom Camiguin and Calayan islands still enrolled to Aparri School of Arts and\nTrades.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By: Mark Jason U. Dayao They say that if one loves a person, distance can never be a hindrance for their love to bloom. 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