Si Minik Furuginto ang pinakamatanda sa klase ni Teacher Leny. Kahit 18-anyos na siya, nasa Grade 3 pa rin siya.
Nakatira si Minik sa isang liblib na bundok na hindi pa naaabot ng mga guro. Kaya nagdesisyon si Teacher Leny na kupkupin siya, at simula kinder, matiyaga niyang tinuturuan si Minik na magbasa at magsulat.
Panoorin ang ‘Walang Maputik, Walang Matarik,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
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Nakatira si Minik sa isang liblib na bundok na hindi pa naaabot ng mga guro. Kaya nagdesisyon si Teacher Leny na kupkupin siya, at simula kinder, matiyaga niyang tinuturuan si Minik na magbasa at magsulat.
Panoorin ang ‘Walang Maputik, Walang Matarik,’ dokumentaryo ni Kara David sa #IWitness.
#iBenteSingko
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00:00In the classroom of grade 1, 2, and 3, I noticed a strange student.
00:11This girl is 18 years old.
00:16But why is she still in grade 3?
00:21Where her classmates are almost half her age.
00:31What does a child need to cry?
00:39Minik Furuginto is the oldest in the class.
00:45Minik is 18 years old, but she is still in grade 3.
00:53Minik is not from Sitio Banluan.
00:56She lives in a faraway mountain that is not yet reached by the teachers.
01:02But everything changed when she met Teacher Lenny.
01:10Because I found out that there are children there,
01:14they enrolled me in Kindergarten.
01:19But they were not able to continue because it is far away.
01:22They have to cross the river to reach the top of the mountain.
01:30But why do you have to send them there?
01:34You are not their teacher.
01:37I feel sorry that I was given this position.
01:44I know that there are children there.
01:47When Teacher Lenny met Minik,
01:50she saw how much she wanted to learn from him.
01:53So even though Minik is old,
01:56Teacher Lenny decided to enroll her.
01:59Why did you enroll her?
02:03So that she can study well.
02:06So that she can study well.
02:09Why is there no study in Banos?
02:13What do you do there?
02:16I climb the mountain every day.
02:21Every day? And what else?
02:24I wash dishes.
02:29Because when she is there,
02:33she is like a mother to the child.
02:40She is like a mother to the child.
02:44Of course, as a person,
02:48I also dream to change my life.
02:54Since Kindergarten, Teacher Lenny taught Minik diligently.
02:59Now, she knows how to write and read.
03:03And most of all, she learned that dreams are possible.
03:10Why do you want to study?
03:11So that I can finish my studies.
03:14So that you can finish your studies.
03:16What do you want to be when you grow up?
03:19I want to be a doctor.
03:21Oh, you want to be a doctor.
03:23Why do you want to be a doctor?
03:25So that I can help.
03:27So that you can help.
03:29To whom?
03:31To my siblings.
03:33To your siblings.
03:35Do you have a doctor?
03:37No, I don't.
03:39Oh, you have a doctor.
03:44What is your dream for the children here in Banduan?
03:49One of my dreams, I told them,
03:54no matter how hard it is in school,
03:59even if you get up,
04:01just continue with your studies.
04:03And if you continue,
04:04you will be just like me when you finish your studies.
04:09That's what I told them.
04:11That's my dream for you.
04:13Finish your studies.
04:15Don't work in the fields.
04:17Let's help our tribe and our community here.
04:28It's already 5 p.m. when the class ends.
04:30But instead of returning to their homes,
04:33the children went straight to the church.
04:40The children here in Banduan pray every day.
04:45They thank God every morning.
04:48And before the day ends,
04:50they thank God again,
04:52despite all the trials they have gone through.
04:56They thank God.
04:58In a place where the roads, electricity, food, and daily necessities
05:04have been cut off,
05:06I can't help but think about how they are still able to thank God every day.
05:17But after meeting the children who are ready to give their all,
05:22the teachers who will teach them well,
05:26will be able to pass on their knowledge.
05:31After meeting Teacher Lenny,
05:34who chose to return to the land he was raised in,
05:37so that no child will be left behind,
05:40what do the children thank God for?
05:44They thank God.
05:46They thank God.
05:48They thank God.
05:49What do the children thank God for?
05:56I am very proud to be a member of the Church Of Christ.
05:59I am a member of the Church Of Christ.
06:01Because I was raised in a good family.
06:09I know God.
06:12I have no problems,
06:14even though I am far from God.
06:17I am very proud.
06:19The Church Of Christ is still here.
06:21It will never be taken away.
06:23That's it.
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