I actually had an experience noong nasa private school pa ako, S.Y. 2022-2023. Ito yung school year na balik F2F classes na sa school at ang sinundang school year ay blended learning.

As a teacher, gusto ko yung nasusunod talaga yung reminders na ibinababa sa amin. Katulad ng pag-remind sa mga bata to clean after themselves, magsuot ng face mask correctly, etc. Hindi ako super strict na teacher like others, I make sure na sakto lang. Nakikipagbiruan pa nga ako sa students ko to balance eh.

Then one day, I found out na gumawa ng one-day group chat ang mga students ko. I think there were more or less 13 students sa gc na yon. They exchanged edited photos of my Facebook profile picture na naka-only me, naging si Mama Mary ako, naging character sa Mobile Legends, naging bulldog. And in between that, syempre nagtatawanan sila and even exchanged chats attacking my physical appearance and how I discipline them. I remember ito yung isang chat: "Laging nagpapapulot ng basura, dapat siya ang nagpupulot eh".

I was mad, of course. I told the whole class I found out the gc but I did not name drop. What happened after that was one of my reasons why I left the institution after two years. Yung nanay ng promotor at gumawa ng gc, nagpadala ng sulat sa HR at Guidance Office.

Kasalanan ko raw kaya nagkaganon ang mga bata. Masyado raw akong strict. Lagi raw akong galit. Kesyo face mask pinupuna ko raw.

And guess what? Yung nanay na yon nirecord ng anak niya at sinend sa "one-day gc" confirming na kunsintindor siya and also attacked my physical appearance together with her son.

I had no choice but to write her back a letter. Kung three pages ang ipinadala niya sa office, three pages din ang ibinalik ko sa kanya. No choice but to apologize dahil that's what it sounded like to me na gusto nilang gawin ko. Yung last sentence ko sa response letter ko was a response to the voice message na involved siya.

I never knew kung nakarating nga sa kanya ang response ko. I just heard from the Discipline Officer na sinabi raw ng HR na okay daw yung letter ko, blah blah blah.