KENNETH PORIO | the blog

In the confinements of home For quite some time, I am trying to cope with the changes coming my way as I transition from teacher to trainer and freelancer. As the "summer" term comes in the way for our school, only a number of teachers will be given a teaching load, and I am one of those teachers who won't be given load this year. As such, I will have to make do with this time to not only earn money but continue learning. I have been contemplating on making freelancing my priority career path in the next few months. I want to see if freelancing indeed works for me compared to my full-time teaching. Why? With the COVID-19 situation still lingering, I am very confident that working from home will be the norm, and I feel that with the circumstances I have, my career as an educator will not be sustainable in the long run. Honestly, having a work background that was based around being an office cubicle, and later on, having contact with 30 to 40 students at any giv...

Hello! To the newest addition to the University of the Philippines Mindanao family, welcome to UP Life ! If you're not from Davao City, then welcome to Davao Life as well! Part 1 : Touchdown Davao Well, you just dropped by from the airport and came from your landing from the Davao International Airport (in Catitipan, Buhangin, Davao City) and you (and your family) would like to take your first glimpse of the University. So, how would you get to UPMin by land via the airport? If you're short on the budget to ride a taxi that would directly take you to the University (which costs a whopping PhP 350.00 approximately), here are some directions you that would hopefully enjoy your travel to University. Step 1 : Walk away from the airport (at the exit near the Jesus Christ The Name Above Every Name (aka Quiboloy) center), and cross the highway (the CP Garcia Highway, aka Diversion Road ) infront of you. Step 2 : Ride a jeepney with the following routes that bear the "...