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𝙱𝚢 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙼. 𝙾𝚛𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚃-𝙸𝙸𝙸, 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝙲𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚂 𝚂𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚘 𝚍𝚎𝚕 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆? 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁? 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? 𝗜𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘀? We, teachers, perform a bunch of duties tailored to the needs of the pandemic times. We do tasks such as paperwork and reports, conferences, and other requirements through online platforms. However, some of our schools in the Madrid II district, in the division of Surigao del Sur, struggle with internet connectivity. San Roque Elementary School is one of these. This far-flung school sits amid mountain ranges. In this area, the internet and network connections are not feasible, not even for text, chat, or call. No long-distance contact with them in their area, and we can only imagine what would happen during emergencies. Given this plight, our teachers in the said school tried to find ways to cope with the pressure-laden demands of daily tasks relative to the timely online submission of reports and other related documents. On several occasions, they even attempted to install the internet modem in high places, hoping to catch a better signal, but to no avail. During their free time and end-of-duty hours, they would go as far as the other barangays to submit the reports via the internet, as scheduled. Consequently, their inability to connect inevitably led to unfinished tasks being carried over the following day, thus, doubling the load of the next day, and so on. Their access to the internet is just as unstable as the unavailable signal. Strictly speaking, they have no limited connectivity precisely because they have no connectivity in the first place. Nonetheless, these and other challenges did not stop the teachers of the Madrid II district from performing their required tasks. Their resilience and creativity allowed them to work around the technological limitations beyond their control without hampering the delivery of curriculum instructions. Their lack of internet connection did not mean a lack of education, even if it entailed sacrifices of their personal and family time. Still, they performed their duties heartily and passionately. Have you ever experienced unstable internet connectivity? You may say you are fortunate that you are connected, but we are, too, because we found ways to continue education without it. 🅴🅽🅳 NB. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒆𝒘𝒔, 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒎𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒑𝑬𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒂’𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕 (𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 (𝑷𝑴) 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒕 𝗽𝗮𝘂_𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗮@𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗱.𝗴𝗼𝘃.𝗽𝗵