Education is one of the most important things in life that an individual must have. As it defined, it is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training. Moreover, it frequently takes place under the guidance of others, but may also be autodidactic. Any experience that has a formative effect on the way one think, feels, or acts may be considered educational (Wikipedia). That is the reason why, the Philippine government assigns the highest budgetary priority ( Article XIV sec. 5 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution) to provide free education to all.
According to one of the readings, education is absolutely beneficial for society on the whole. It is a life long process to each person that needs to be reinforced throughout life. However, we need education system that may eradicate illiteracy and may provide the common man an access not only to basic education but also to higher and technical education.
Education is a teaching and learning process that involves teachers whose function is to teach young individuals and learners who will gain all the learning imparted by the teacher. But if one of them fails to perform his duty in the said process it could not be realized.
How does study habit plays a substantial role on student achievement?
Study habits defined as the regular tendency and practice that one depicts during the process of gaining information through learning. Indeed, establishing a proper and efficient study habit will make one’s high school life meaningful and challenging. In addition, it is a pre-requisite on attaining a successful and prosperous life in the near future. But, if the students do not have a good study habits, this could be a reason for them to get low grades or failing the subject or dropping out in the school. And that is the most of the problems of majority of the schools and even in the entire country.
We can look at this- in part- from the view point of why students fail. Some reasons why students fail are as follows: (a.)No Vision – some students do not have a clearly articulated picture of the future they intend to create for themselves. Thus, they may take programs of study without a clear career goal or objective. In essence, they choose the wrong major. (b.) Lack of Passion – successful students work out of passion, a love for what they want to do, and recognize the importance of the benefit it will bring others as well as themselves. Without passion, study becomes a chore and not a method for achieving clearly defined goals. (c.) Lack of personal, work, school, family balance- whatever is going on in a student’s personal life, will inevitably affect what’s going on in school. Whatever is happening in school will affect what’s going on in their personal life. A student needs time to be in class, and appropriate time for study. However, there must be time for family, friends, social activities, and time to just be alone. The key is keeping proper balance. (d.) lack of maturity and discipline– some students are just not disciplined and lack good organizational skills. They often fall under the pressure of their peers. Rather than using good discretion, they feel compelled to follow others, when they really should be attending to their studies. (e.) lack of appropriate balance– there are probably hundreds of factors that affect academic achievement of students: social, economic, medical/health, familial, relationships between teachers and students, school expectations, the students’ motivations and abilities, levels of popularity, types of friendships outside of school and many more. They are all of a sudden, first their attitude, vice versa, their family status, civil status, age, sex, allowance, etc. but these are the similar reasons. Laziness, addicted to computer games, socio economic status, lack of sleep, and attitude towards the subjects. To the readers, we should establish a clearer pact on how different environments and people affect the different practices of a learner in studying and if this aspects will greatly or badly influence on someone’s mind and attitude towards learning.
As a teacher, learning is not something intrapersonal. A person cannot learn all things all by himself. Facilitators, simply teacher, play a very huge and important role in molding one’s attitude, developing someone’s skills, and enhancing the knowledge of every school child. In short, a teacher is essential in putting up a brighter future for someone.
To the students- our national hero has once said,” Youth is the hope of our nation”. Students, which make up the youth, have been remarkably significant in this archipelago. Today’s generation of pupils will be the one who will build a better future through education and will establish a good development in the economy of this country.
By: Giniely V. Venturina | Teacher I | MNHS Cabcaben | Mariveles, Bataan
