The viral teacher who was lauded by netizens for continuing to teach despite struggling to speak expressed her gratitude to her students who appreciated her sacrifice.
Ma’am Gwyneth said her only aim is to guide her students to become successful one day. After all, she said, if there are people in the world who will celebrate and not envy their success, it will be their parents and teachers.
“Thank you, class. Class ang aim ko lang, to be a teacher para kayo matuto. ‘Di ba sinabi ko sa inyo, kung meron mang dalawang tao na hindi maiinggit pag kayo ay naging successful sa buhay, sino? Ang magulang n’yo at ang teacher n’yo,” she said.
“Kasi kung hindi ko kayo gustong maging successful, hindi ko na kayo tuturuan, pare-pareho kayong tanga na, bobo pa. Pero hindi,” she joked.
“Hindi papayag si Ma’am Matibag. Love ko kayong lahat. Lahat ng estudyante ko, tawag ko anak.”
It can be remembered that Ma’am Matibag’s video, wherein she told her students she might not be able to teach the following day in case she continued to lose her voice, went viral recently.
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“Class, ay wala naman pala tayo bukas ano? Sabi ko, pagka ako ay kinapos bukas aabsent ako. Hindi naman pala kayo maaapektuhan. Kasi 2nd day na natin ngayon. Pasensya na. Once a teacher, always a teacher. Pag ikaw ay teacher true to your heart, kahit may sakit ka ay iniisip mo estudyante mo,” she said.
Meanwhile, the uploader Ronnel Mensenedez Roldan, said that Ma’am Gwyneth deserves to be acknowledged for her hard work, especially since she will be retiring in a month.
“Reaction ni Ma’am sa nag-viral niyang vid. Salamat sa [pag-support] sa video ko tungkol kay Ma’am. Halos lahat kami naiiyak kanina. Lalo na last month na niya, retired na siya. Deserve mong hangaan ng milyon-milyong tao, Ma’am. Mabuhay ka!” he said in the video’s caption.