I participated in different NGO’s as a legal aid and researcher for years. Since graduating I have worked in a law office and gov't institution and still volunteering in NGO’s if time permits.
I began to contemplate on going back to school and what course to pursue when I had the chance to volunteer as a mentor to young children. That’s when I knew that my greatest job satisfaction comes from my role as a mentor to children who were victims of abusive parents and to help them understand and invoke their constitutional right, right as a child, and also to let them understand how important it is to know the basic laws of the country. I realized that even as my enthusiasm for tackling new development projects for the sheer challenge of accomplishing the task began to wane, my enthusiasm for helping others never wavered. Being a volunteer helped me to reconnect with my innermost passion; to help others especially those children who are neglected and abused. And clearly asked myself how would I do it? By teaching them the basic educational foundation, to touch their lives and their future; to become a successful person, a law abiding citizen, an asset to the country, and maybe one who would steer the country towards prosperity. The wounds and the pains suffered by these abused children will be their motivating factor to become a stronger and much better person.
There are a number of potential paths I could follow as an educator. First and foremost, I believe that every decision we make no matter how small affects our lives, our future and even those of others. One decision could make or break our future. Motivation is very important in achieving our goals. With the proper motivation from a teacher, the learner no matter how hard life has been for him, aside from the trauma that the child had suffered, the child could still achieve his goals in life with proper motivation. It is what I really wanted to do; my purpose in life is to help these children, and to mould their life and to become a great person someday.
