“Historical Background”
Every place has its own story. A
story of its own existence where culture, costumes and traditions were being
developed and that is what we call…History.
One of these places is Barangay
Calaya at Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. Calaya was formerly named Baladiao due to
so many Baladiao birds flying in the area and later it was changed. Calaya was
adopted due to conditions of a pale. At that time the area was full of cogon
grasses wherein, at early part of a dry season, the grasses turned to brown and
had an appearance of dried grasses or “laya” in local dialect. The name Calaya
was adopted as dried or laya.
Each place has its own landmark
where the tourists could visit. Barangay Calaya has two tourist spots; two big rocks
in sitio Poblacion II where when you climb up to that rock you can see the
beautiful views in that place. Some ancestors said, the two big rocks grow
bigger and bigger as time passes by. For some residents of that Barangay, the
two big rocks is the best place where the lovers can spend time with each
other. Next is the Taras hill at sitio Taras where you can find it relaxing.
The hill is the place where you could see the beautiful sun rise.
My Community Immersion
Experience”
Last January 6-12, we had our
community immersion at Barangay Calaya, Nueva Valencia, Guimaras. That
community immersion experience made me realize that the community and school
help each other to improve their place and the community is important to the
school. It made me exposed to the reality on how teachers or educators fulfill
and do their roles and responsibilities as educators. Our immersion gives me a feeling of
excitement because it was a privilege that you can stay in the place where you
can mingle with other people. It is a challenge for us as future educators on
how we face or handle a certain situation inside the classrooms, on how we can
communicate to our students and on how we can treat other people around us. It
is a big challenge for us also on how we can finish the activities attached in
that course. This includes the program that we are going to conduct inside the
school of Calaya, the demo-teaching, the project that we are going to offer to
the school and to the community and lastly, the interview with the oldest of
that place. These activities help us to
prepare as a better teacher in the future. 
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