The Lesson Plan

About the Author

The First Class

The First Class

I have been teaching for almost 5 years now.

It sounds longer than you think, especially with all the ups and downs of the past years.

I always say that I don’t see myself teaching forever, yet everything I do seems to prove me wrong. I still hope not. At this point I am either reluctant to embrace the truth, or just to stubborn to surrender my destiny to historical forces. Either way, I still feel that I have so much to learn, so much to do.

The First Club

The First Club

Hence The Lesson Plan. More than a guide of what one says or does in class, it is a guide towards bettering the world, one class period at a time. The job of a teacher is both humble and awesome, the scope of what we can do is often betrayed by the seeming simplicity of the work we do every day. The Lesson Plan, both actual and metaphorical, provides the necessary focus to get things done. And as far as this blog goes, this is both the story of that thing done, and what else I have to do.

The First Batch

The First Batch

Because if there is anything you need to know about me, it is that I am just like you. Incomplete, imperfect and yet undiminished, for we still have so much to learn.

Martin Benedict Perez
10 August 2009
On the opening of The Lesson Plan

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  1. Profile page is up! « Inevitable Karma said, on 4 March 2007 at 2:53 pm

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  2. anna said, on 4 March 2007 at 8:30 pm

    cool!!! sir martin in a nutshell! *saves page*

    kitakits tayo this summer, sir! :D no goodbyes, ‘di ba?

  3. Janella said, on 8 March 2007 at 6:11 pm

    Sir..allergic sa Nike? Aww..why? :( Hehe.. :D

  4. reich said, on 16 March 2007 at 5:31 am

    wish i could teach u how to snap ur fingers, just so u can tick off one aspiration from ur list. =) nway, thanks for the removal tool of the %^&*!!! TAGA LIPA ARE virus. God bless.

  5. rarr-kun said, on 17 March 2007 at 1:26 am

    lol, Janella, sabi na nga ba sasabihin mo yun! XD

  6. Jonas said, on 17 March 2007 at 5:41 pm

    I got here via one of your students online projects. Based on your “kids” I’d say you’re doing one hell of a job.

    Keep it up! We need more teachers like you. :)

  7. Touched up my profile a bit « Inevitable Karma said, on 21 March 2007 at 7:39 pm

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  8. trishia said, on 15 April 2007 at 2:45 pm

    wow….you look nice sa picture mo sa beach..wahahahah… :) )

  9. Carlota said, on 22 April 2007 at 4:45 pm

    impressive!

    You from southern leyte, where at? just curios.

    Take care, happy Sunday and have a wonderful week ahead.

  10. guilar said, on 29 April 2007 at 11:59 pm

    Wow! Finally I get to see your blog. Have read it in an inquirer article.

    I’m a Pisay alumni, batch 95. It’s been a while since I’ve come back for homecomings, or as much as heard anything from pisay. But your blog provides inspiration – the passion for being Filipino and to make this nation work.

    I’ll definitely frequent your blog. Could I add you in my blogroll?

    Good day and happy blogging!

  11. lyths said, on 21 May 2007 at 11:47 am

    I think you’re a nice guy, keep it up man.
    I’m a teacher too in college teaching computer programming and I like the way you express yourself here. It sort of inspiring in some way hehehe..
    I don’t get a chance to travel somewhere else but here but you a kind of man I like to meet.

  12. Esther said, on 22 May 2007 at 12:40 pm

    Martin,
    Wow!! Looks like you’ve had some really cool traveling experiences….your so young for being a teacher though!!!! Ha ha ha!!! Just kidding. You’ve accomplished more than I have at your age….I just turned 24 and I’m still trying to finish up my nursing degree!!

  13. zine2hamster said, on 29 May 2007 at 10:32 pm

    wow.. astig.. hi sir!.. ^_^

  14. ForceMonki said, on 27 June 2007 at 8:35 pm

    wow sir reads comics!! but i more of a marvel fan rather than DC how come no one ever dies in DC captian America died recently oh well nice to finally see ur blog sir

  15. Profile page updated! « Akomismo || by Sir Martin Perez said, on 30 June 2007 at 1:32 pm

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  16. mttspiii said, on 30 June 2007 at 6:22 pm

    Sir, bamboo po ba ang bubong ng pinagbawalang palasyo (forbidden palace)?

  17. kastor417 said, on 1 July 2007 at 9:47 pm

    Great lil bio i will def be keeping up with you

  19. Thelma Macas said, on 18 July 2007 at 2:54 am

    Wow! Thanks for showing me how to create one of these!Awesome!I wish you were my co-teacher!

  20. karlosgwapo said, on 3 August 2007 at 2:19 pm

    oh yeah

  21. Nicah said, on 17 August 2007 at 9:25 am

    Hehe. Hi. :D I’m a friend of Joshua (aka Pie). Cool bloog! :) Hoping to get into PSHS next year. :D La lang. just thought like dropping by. Lol. XD

    Bye. :) )

  22. benj said, on 10 September 2007 at 11:01 pm

    It was nice meeting you, Sir Martin. :) Congrats sa event nyo.

  23. kengkay said, on 14 October 2007 at 8:30 pm

    wow, sir martin — saludo ako sa dedication mo. i had a very short stint as an instructor in one college in manila but i bailed out after one sem. my priorities then were journalism and having fun :D but now am teaching english to pre schoolers, a volunteer work…am sure am gonna learn from your site.

  24. Tino said, on 22 December 2007 at 10:40 am

    glad i chanced upon your site. but that’s how the internet works-you search, you find. but in life that doesn’t always work. sometimes no matter how much you seek, you just can’t find… i studied history at the state university, but i ended up writing and editing news and later, writing copy for ads. now i want to teach history. and there’s still much to do to make a life meaningful for me and for others.

  25. kursten said, on 9 January 2008 at 11:13 am

    parang ang gnda ng site nyo..

    its interesting i think..

  27. christian esguerra said, on 25 February 2008 at 7:36 pm

    haha… ngayon ko lang napansin, dun sa binondo picture, most of us nakatingin dun sa isang camera..

    hahaha :)

  28. martinperez said, on 25 February 2008 at 7:39 pm

    That’s why I picked this one. :p

  29. tei said, on 29 February 2008 at 5:31 pm

    wala lang.hi sir….wala lang magawa

  30. tei said, on 29 February 2008 at 5:33 pm

    galit ka kay Dan?

  31. christian said, on 29 February 2008 at 5:35 pm

    hahahaha! i love algeb?
    I love Soc.Sci????
    Juan

  32. nightfox said, on 20 March 2008 at 4:20 am

    hello sir, you might wanna participate in my thesis experiment – TagBux. thanks.

  33. Jane said, on 27 April 2008 at 5:41 pm

    Hi Martin!

    Happy to finally put a personal face to the blog! See you around the blogosphere.

  34. Stephen Schwartz said, on 19 June 2008 at 9:36 pm

    Let’s make a Climate Wiki

    A new cross cultural (Danish / American / other countries) Web 2.0 open source project, which focuses on teen climate awareness, requests your input.

    The Climate Wiki will contain “green pods”: Audio, photo enhanced audio, and video podcasts, produced by high school students in Denmark, the USA and other countries that join in the project. All in short format – for free and easy download. Through their high schools, students are given a MISSION: Make a ”green pod” – tell us what you and others around you are doing to save the planet. At home, at school, in your neighborhood, or town. For this project we can help you to use your mobile phone, to record audio and take pictures for your report.

    The ClimateQuiz Game will contain 1000 questions. The game design is user generated. We start with a simple quiz, for individual and multiple online players. The game develops out of the quiz. Teens design the game, make the rules – which may change!

    Either you GET CLIMATE WISE (use the wiki) or you PLAY GAME. Help make a climate wiki and an entertaining online climate game that is played all over the world! If you want to join the project, contact Stephen Schwartz, ITMedia, KUA.

  35. iona said, on 10 November 2008 at 11:53 am

    Hi, Martin!

    I’m a Pisay alumna (Batch 92 – batchmate and barkada ko si Joyce Simpas ng Math Dep’t)… Just read your blog on the RH bill. I’m a member of Risa Hontiveros’ legislative staff, and I’d just like to say that it’s always heartening to find support for any of our advocacies. And, when it comes from a Pisay social studies teacher – well, that’s just really great! Thanks! :)

  36. Oscar Serquina said, on 24 January 2009 at 10:13 pm

    24 January 2009

    Dear Sir/Madam:

    Greetings!

    We are from the University of the Philippines Speech Communication Association (UP SPECA). We are an association upholding the power and the needs of speech communication majors and enthusiasts.

    The University of the Philippines is holding its annual Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) on February 6, 2009 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. The ACLE allows the students to learn and expand their knowledge beyond the classroom setting by attending talks and seminars prepared by various student organizations. UP SPECA is going to host a talk entitled: “Blogging: Communication and Hyperrealism.” This talk aims to increase the awareness of the students regarding the nature of blogging, its benefits and possible repercussions on both the blogger and the reader(s). It also aims to tackle the use of blogs in commerce, journalism, and in the academe, among others.

    In this light, we would like to invite you to become one of our guest speakers to share your life and experiences as a blogger, or as a person who uses blogs in different transactions, for that matter.

    We feel that your story will contribute a lot to our knowledge and inspire us in our future endeavors.

    We will be hoping for your kind response.

    Thank you.

    Sincerely,

    Oscar T. Serquina Jr.
    ACLE Project Head
    09156217506/oscarserquina_8@yahoo.com

  37. Alejandro Patagnan said, on 9 February 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Is it not “ako mismo” is the same idea of individualism.

    I considered myself an objectivist after years of reading and studying the philosophy of Ayn Rand. It is also a philosphy resulting to a atheism.

    I just wonder if you had encounter or read about Ayn Rand’s essays or her philosophy.

  38. Martin Perez said, on 9 February 2009 at 4:41 pm

    Thanks for dropping by, Alejandro. No, I haven’t read Ayn Rand and don’t really plan to.

  39. Ben Equitan said, on 11 February 2009 at 2:07 am

    just wanted to drop a note that someone from the other side of the globe (New Jersey) is a big fan. you will forever be an inspiration to your students. Keep up your good work

  40. Garry Lopez said, on 27 March 2009 at 5:12 pm

    Hi Martin,

    I would like to send you an e-mail to formally ask for your permission for I’ll be using your winning single-post from from the PBA list to be used as one of my representative data for my thesis.

    Thanks.

    Garry Lopez
    BA English Studies – Language
    UP Diliman

  41. Plague @ irc.dal.net said, on 15 April 2009 at 7:06 am

    Hi sir ,mukhang enjoy kau sa bakasyon nyo ah :P

  42. ice said, on 3 May 2009 at 2:52 pm

    how can i join?

  43. JC John Sese Cuneta said, on 3 May 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Ooh, cool, a fellow Pinoy using a dotAsia domain ^_^

    Mabuhay! po sa inyo kababayan!!

  44. potenciano b. munoz jr. said, on 5 May 2009 at 1:17 pm

    salamat may ganitong samahan bukas ang isipan ng bawat tao, kasama mo ako sa pananaw at kaisa ako, sa hadhikain na makakabuti para sa lahat, sa lahat ng employee ng national housing authority kami ay nakikiisa, AKIMISMO

  45. potenciano b. munoz jr. said, on 5 May 2009 at 1:19 pm

    JOINT AKO

  46. fritz said, on 5 May 2009 at 8:59 pm

    hi sir…. nabasa ko po ang ilang mga comments sa blog mo….. nais ko pong sumali. Paano po ba sumali sa blog na ito?

  47. yogi esposo said, on 28 May 2009 at 2:23 pm

    isang adhikain na magbibigay ng inspirasyon sa bawat pilipino.sa ano mang adhikain ng AKO MISMO kasama mo ako sa pastupad nito,dahil pangarap ko rin ang maihatid ang mensahe ng pagkakaisa,pastutulongan,pagkakapaisa na may kabulohan..naway mahatid ko ng pormal ang mga adhikaing mapangalagaan ang ang ating kapaligiran……

  48. jhun candoleta said, on 9 June 2009 at 11:17 pm

    really love your advertisements and am curious about your site and movement if that’s how you call it? pretty much interested in joining if i may. am 31 yrs old and well aware of almost everything that’s been happening in our country right now and i also think that we do need a change in everything. i am from subic and im looking forward for your reply. thanks

  49. fredirick said, on 26 June 2009 at 9:45 pm

    ……ako mis mo bilalng mag-aaral gagawin koh ang aking
    …..tungkulin bilang mag aaral

  50. Jose A. Carillo said, on 28 June 2009 at 12:51 pm

    She teaches English punctuation with a Gothic touch!

    June 28, 2009

    Dear Martin,

    You must have thought that it was the British sports columnist Lynne Truss who started the big English punctuation rush with her best-selling Eats, Shoots & Leaves. I thought so, too, until I stumbled on The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed by Karen Elizabeth Gordon, an American who used to teach English and a consummate grammarian with a Gothic touch. It turns out that Karen Gordon had come up with her delightfully instructive punctuation handbook 21 years before Lynne Truss did, and had actually released an expanded and illustrated edition of it in 2003—at least a year before Eats, Shoots & Leaves hit the London bookstores!

    This is just one of the exciting and provocative features lined up this week by Jose Carillo’s English Forum for your enjoyment before, after, or in-between your English shoptalks inside the Forum. Look at the full story lineup to see what I mean:

    THIS WEEK IN THE FORUM (June 27-July 3, 2009):
    •Advice and Dissent: Who Really Started the Great English Punctuation Rush? (It’s an American former English teacher with a Gothic touch!)
    •My Media English Watch: Grammatically, Semantically Troublesome Threesome (Front-page leads trip over commas, a wrong conjunction, and a misplaced modifier!)
    •Essays by Jose Carillo: When Even the Passive Voice Isn’t Enough (Dare to cleave single-clause sentences for semantic emphasis!)
    •Going Deeper into English: A Huge Treasure Trove of Great Short Stories (The very best from Miguel Cervantes to John Updike!)
    •News and Commentary: Philippines Warned to Boost English Skills or Risk Ending Its Current BPO boom (But do we really need an Australian to tell us that?)
    •Getting to Know English: Lesson #9 – Getting to Know the Prepositional Phrases (Some verbs and adjectives are so picky with their partner prepositions!)
    •Time Out from English Grammar: Twixt Mathematics, Technology, and Ancient Religious Belief (Is mathematics a human invention or a cosmic—and possibly divine—order?)

    I know that you couldn’t wait to read these stories, so come on over now without delay. See you at the Forum!

    With my best wishes,

    Joe Carillo

  51. aberie said, on 26 July 2009 at 1:37 pm

    a member of ako mismo is very exciting thing in my life,,,,,i hope this coming election event the candidate that we have are responsible


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