From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. File information. Structured data. Captions English Filipina educator, Librada Avelino. Summary [ edit ] Description Librada Avelino. This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines.
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Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U. She was only 16 years old when she passed the government. In the second government examinations, she obtained the highest rating among 16 other candidates who qualified.
How really young she was maybe illustrated by this anecdote: One day a gentleman went to the school where she taught. He inquired from the first girl he met at the gate as to where he could find Miss Avelino. He looked at the young woman closely. Then he introduced himself as Mr. Fernandez from Laguna who wanted his daughter to have better review classes because he had heard so much about the school of Maestra Ada. Not satisifed with her status as an elementary school teacher, she enrolled at the Normal School for Women where she finished the teaching course in one year She was given a diploma which qualified her to teach in the secondary schools.
She continued to operate her school in Pandacan until when the Revolution swept the country. At the start of the American regime, she moved to Manila and established a private school which did not prosper for lack of courses offered in English.
Owing to this sad experience, she became determined to master the strange language. She read all the available English grammars and took private lessons from a noted Filipino tutor, Mr.
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She craved for professional growth that could make her a better teacher so she took up one-year teaching course at the normal school for women being supervised by the Assumption Nuns. In , she received the diploma that qualified her to teach in the high school. Her school in Pandacan continued to receive students until she was forced to close it when the revolution broke out.
When the revolution died down and civil government was established under the new colonial masters, Ada pursued her love of teaching. She established a private school but it did not prosper because of the new trends brought about by the new colonial masters whose culture and language were entirely different from what Filipinos, including Librada , have gotten used to under Spain.
She crossed the language barrier by learning the English language at the summer school designed by American authorities for Spanish-trained teachers. Learning the new language and assimilating in the new culture under America had not changed the Filipino spirit of Maestra Ada who remained loyal to the ideals of the revolution.
They were patriots just like the Americans who revolted against England in Embarrassed, her American teacher aptly ended the class. She was the first Filipina to be given such task during the American period. In October of the same year, Librada left for Hong Kong with the family of Vicente Gonzalez, a friend of her fa the r, and stayed the re for six months. While in the British colony, she improved her knowledge of the English language.
Librada executed her works with dignity and did not allow anyone to meddle with the affairs of her school. When an American school official continued to interfere in her work, she walked out of the school; behind her were the Filipino students. Rafael Palma, conferred to her the Master of Pedagogy, honoris causa, in References: Ancheta, Herminiana M.
Quezon City, Varias,-de Guzman, Jovita, Ed. Zaide, Gregorio. Great Filipinos in History. Manila: Verde Bookstore, Short-link Link Embed.
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