My Application Essay for Masteral Degree

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

The four words and eight syllables define my saying “Sacrifice first before pleasure.” If you want to get something, you should do something in order to achieve it successfully.

Sacrificing has many definitions depending on how you use the word to express thoughts and deliver those meaning to others. In my own version of sacrifice is all about giving yourself up to your loved ones especially the family. A sacrifice in which you can do anything no matter how hard it is just to put things in accordance with your will. But destiny always does challenge us and give us obstacles to test our abilities and our strengths to measure our limits. So, we have to think and plan things for the betterment of certain performances. Execute them very well in order to achieve the goal we want to be attained.

 I have done many sacrifices before I reached the kind of life I’m having now. There are lots of obstacles I encountered even odds as my life goes on.  I tried to give up because at that time I felt weak and I did not know what to do to ease difficulties in life; being a student and a soon-to-be bread-and-butter guy in the future.  I knew that I was the first and the one who can help the family in poorness. I also knew that it was hard at first because of the heavy burden that I carried which led me into stress. Despite the things that happened in my life; I continue to pursue my dreams. And here I am now; a licensed public-school teacher who is still serving in the Philippine Government and a teacher who can serve heartfully for the young minds.

 As I age, I also ask myself the questions, "What more can I give?" "What else can I do?" These questions lead me to a decision which is to continue learning and accept the challenge to improve and see the better version of myself. I want this more than I need this, but to tell you frankly, they are equally important nowadays. I want a Master's Degree mainly because of our changing time. Imagine the gap of a millennial teacher dealing with generation Z students, technological innovations, and changes in our educational system, they are all the factors I wanted to focus on. I need this for promotion/ level up which corresponds monetarily in order to provide for my family's needs. Also, my plan is to continue my teaching career here in Caloocan, the place where I started. I want to help and inspire our learners from North Cemetery to be a more effective teachers to them, not only to them but also to my colleagues. I want to share with them my experience in continuing study and to encourage them also to take a Master’s Degree if I will be given a chance to pass my course. To my working station San Jose ES, I will stay for the rest of my life to help them much improve together with the teachers who are also taking Master’s Degree at present.

I believe that taking this challenge will require focus,  time management, and attention. It's like going back to the old me just wanting to get a degree, but this time the purpose is not to have a job but for my self-improvement.  I look forward to the learnings I could get, the people I will meet and the goals I will reach at the end.

“Sacrifice first before pleasure”

This is Andrew Joseph D. Aquino, who accepts the challenges in taking a Master of Arts in Education Major in Educational Management.