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I tried to make a module template for our lecture topics in values formation. It was challenging, but I considered this as an opportunity to develop our skills in writing a module. We planned to make an easy and informative module relevant and appropriate to the PDLs' capability and knowledge. We also thought that this module serves as a supplement for the lecture conducted every week.

This task made me think innovatively and use the resources I had in professional education and PCK courses.

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It was challenging to finish the content for the lecture and PowerPoint presentation in a short period. Thus, flexibility and adaptability were the skills that I think need to be improved in this situation. I need to provide a vision for the possible tasks ahead of time. In this way, I can prepare well and adapt without hassle to the problems that may arise.

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My first week of SSP experience further developed my organization and management skills. It was tough to supervise, lead, and monitor the tasks of the team. It was also challenging to communicate with the organizers every week about the task given for livelihood and values formation if you have internet connectivity problems. Despite this adversity, I took this as an opportunity to strengthen the abovementioned skills once I enter the teaching field.

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I was touched when some of the PDLs share their experiences about honesty and integrity. You could observe the repentance being manifested to the words and facial expression of the PDLs. The image below was one of the example.

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The overall demand of the program was indeed a challenge for me. Since we are dealing with PDLs, our lectures and values formation material must be coherent to their situation. Because for me, I have to be vulnerable and less technical in imposing a certain value to their systems. Although the group agreed about a certain topic, I decided to take another route in narrating a certain value that has been affecting me recently. I want them to know how significant that value it is to me and to my family. I also want them to know that my intentions are candid.

On the scheduled day of my session, the jail that I’m assigned to experienced a shortage in electricity. Due to that I wasn’t able to share my lecture directly to my intent audience, which are the PDLs. Fortunately, we are accompanied by the jail officers and some medical frontliners in the session who willingly participated throughout the entire session.

Since that was my first time handling the whole entire session, I wasn’t able to do it flawlessly. But the important thing is, I and the participants, enjoyed it a lot. And for me, that’s what matters the most.

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Before even this new modality started, public speaking is not foreign to me. Upon engaging with the values formation, I was able to manifest it that allowed my participants to also show vulnerability in engaging and sharing their own stories. I was also able to formulate my own flow of discussion and participate in a group discussion with my SSP teammates in formulating the scope and sequence of the values formation. For me, the mentioned skills that I have and earned are indeed beneficial for my growth especially within the academic field. As a future educator, I must not only strive for technicality and objectivity. I must also consider the spectrum of life and the art of authenticity in vulnerability.

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During my first values formation, I asked my participants how often they check or catch up with their families and vice versa. One of them, a medical frontliner, told me that it’s obviously a part of her job. She always allots a time to check on the PDLs and the officers. But when I asked her if she also have the same commitment in keeping up with her family, I saw the blankness in her expressions stating no. Then I come to realize that we’re all engulfed with different prisons in life. On her case, she is prisoned to her job and none of it is wrong. But we have to realize that time is our greatest enemy. Although we are limited, there are overflowing possibilities we could make in our time. Now, my challenge to myself is how would I like my story to be narrated?

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Aside from this work is mandated and specifically designed for the program, integrating my own personal life with my PowerPoint presentation is indeed a lot to process. I’m not really that transparent in teaching values and concepts. I’d always like to keep away my personal life from my academic endeavor for I believe that, that’s the prime definition of professionalism. But this opportunity allowed me to humanize myself. It allowed me to center myself in a system where my life is an instrument for people. This activity was indeed an invitation for me to be naked in front of those who have been deprived of clothes.

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Overall, the SSP is challenging for me because this is my first time and I have little to no idea what I should do, but I am grateful to my team and to our leader, for leading us through our tasks. This was also challenging because the first week of SSP coincided with our exam week. It's kind of difficult for me to balance SSP, exams, and other commitments. I was actually unable to attend the initial meeting with RJ Caritas because it happened to coincide with my major exam. But I appreciate RJ Caritas for understanding our situation.

To deal with this sort of situation, I believe that proper and effective time management will enable me to balance my time between all of my tasks while preventing exhaustion. It is nevertheless important that we perform our tasks in a healthy manner in order to achieve a successful outcome.

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My adaptability was put into practice during the first week of SSP. There have been several changes to the tasks assigned to the livelihood team, and given that it was also finals week, I was fortunate in being able to keep up with the changes. Although starting again from scratch is challenging for me, it allows me to be more adaptable and ready for new changes. Having this skill allows me to be willing to learn, taking on new challenges, and making adjustments to accommodate our team's transitions. This will empower me to better support my team and handle the impact of new challenges in the future, when I enter the corporate world. I also believe that adaptability is highly valued in practically all organizations, given the uncertain aspect of every industry and business.

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As part of the livelihood team, I chose to discuss how to properly label products. One of their struggles in the livelihood program, according to RJ Caritas, is product labeling. Because the products are not properly labeled, they sometimes get confused as to how much, how many, or from which jail these items belong.

During my preparation for this particular task, I discovered that labeling the products is important for more organized, clear, and efficient operations. Apart from that, as a whole, clear communication and coordination are essential attributes for this project to succeed.

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During the first week, I was able to do a powerpoin presentation of our first topic which is Honesty and Integrity. I was able to craft questions where the PDLs can ponder on. Im have yet to test it since my schedul lecture for the first week was canceled.

-ROBERT JOHN SARMIENTO

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Since the challenges that I encountered didn't come from my end, I was a bit disappointed because I was really looking forward to share my presentation with the PDLs. But I hope I will be able to share this coming second week of lectures.

-ROBERT JOHN SARMIENTO

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I learned that I should be more patient with all the things that are happening around me and remain calm and composed everytime.

-ROBERT JOHN SARMIENTO

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This week, I am task to do a guideline of coding of products from the jails made by PDLs. Caritas - RJ was having a hard time classifying and identifying the products that were brought to them. It is because the products comes in different features, colors, and prices. The personnel in RJ and sales staff struggle in identifying each of them. The proper coding of the products will help them in identifying the products and the quantity as well. This will ease the monitoring of the inventory of the products.

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The 1st week of SSP fall on the last week of our online classes. There are also backlogs that we are dealing on that week. But we are bless enough that RJ is understanding of our prior commitments in school.

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I learned how to strategize on the things that we are task to do especially that the setup is only virtual and we cannot see things in personal.

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I am part of the Livelihood Program of the Caritas RJ Manila and I am tasked to make a proposed products that the PDLs may produce or make that can be easily sold.

We noticed how most jails have same products that leads to over production and most items only differ in color and size that makes it more difficult to sell. So we decided to give them more variety of products that can be sold and mostly used by consumers.

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The first week of Livelihood Team is not productive as the Values Team because it is also our last week for our final semester in PUP. We were juggling exams, final requirements and SSP during that week that we were not able to make our outputs. But as soon as we finished our semester, our team meet each other and distribute tasks. During our first week also, the tasked given to us was not clear that we didn't know exactly what to do. But as we meet again with RJ, we clear things out and identify their problem. So for this week, we now have concrete plans and tasks to accomplish.

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The first week of SSP tested my time management skills. Since we still have exams and final requirements at school, I need to organize everything and allot a time for each. Our team is falling behind and we have a lot of things to do.

Communication also became helpful for our team to assign tasks and be mindful of the things that we should do. We need to value this throughout the program to have a smooth arrangement with RJ.

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The Livelihood Team didn't meet the PDLs for the first week and we don't really have much interaction with the RJ unlike the Values Team. The only specific incident or experience that we have was the meeting with Sir Anthony. During that meeting, we were able to make things clear and point out the problem that needs to be solve. We were also able to see some of the works of PDLs that are being sold in the market. And it was good to see their works, it was nice and beautiful. We also joked of commenting "mine", "how much" and "free shipping" while sir Anthony shows the item. I think this helps us to know more about our PDLs.

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This week I was enlightened by the purpose of the organization. It move me for a little because I also believe that there is always a reason to every action. And understanding the root of their actions is the bigger thing to do and a way to stop the cycle of acts against the law.

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One of my responsibilities is to accomplish the team's google site portfolio. I manage to start organizing the site for our content and then I designed some banners to make it appealing.
Although its out of my league, I enjoy doing it because I express my creativity.

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I am part of RJ CARITAS Livelihood program for this year's SSP of PNS.

The RJ Caritas asked us for inventory help, especially organizing it on a spreadsheet, but we discovered more issues or concern regarding the program. Thus, our team decided to carefully address each one and dedicate most of our time brainstorming ideas not just for the benefit of accomplishing tasks but the efficiency and effectivity of our contribution in the long run.

-Jeyren Perez

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Life will never go as planned.
It is true that, the livelihood team does not have any final output yet but our team is working already since the kickoff. Financial and sales issues are not easy as they seem also for me it is a sensitive topic so, we carefully comprehend the situation and planned things and distributed tasks. We are expecting final output this week!
-Jeyren Perez

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The livelihood team was assigned to a task of providing possible solutions to address their problem in inventory control and liquidation.

I want to relate this to the work of an auditor. Even though there are more from it, it allow me to realize the essence of my course.

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As I continue my Summer Service Program, I realized that I am that girl that comes with a pen and paper moreover, I pay attention to small details and quickly responds to what is urgent for our team for planning purposes.
I learned also how keen and smart my team mates are!
-Jeyren Perez

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Indeed, to start from the beginning is challenging. My two duties assigned this week is to propose solutions for their inventory management and to create the google site portfolio.

On the first task, I find the information given to us lacking. But to compensate it, we have to be resourceful and inquire further.

On the other hand, I could ask help to people with some sort of experience to make the portfolio work. And of course, through team collaboration.

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For this week, the values formation team decided to distribute the work in making the modules. This initiative was in accordance to the proposed scope and sequence of the whole values formation sessions. The topic assigned to me was about respect and love for family. Although this concept might be easy in terms of the definition itself, capitalizing the significance of it through words and activities was indeed a challenge. Fortunately, my teammates, specifically Kuya Cj, helped me polish my work.

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Recently, I noticed that I have an unconscious bias in gender, specifically on straight guys. This notion also affected my decision in choosing my schedule for the SSP program, because I preferred the female PDLs over the male ones. Part of me justifies that choosing the mentioned schedule and specified participants was the best route to take, considering also the goal of the program; Part of me argues that men are just overrated. But I decided that this notion has to be eradicated from my system, so I decided to switch my schedule and capacitate our male PDLs. Upon doing so, I’ve discovered so much in me. Because if I do support SOGIE Bill and my community, it is indeed ironic for me not to overcome this bias of mine. Surprisingly, the male PDLs are more transparent in sharing their personal experiences. They’re also participative and I can see the eagerness in them to surge against their current situation.

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Well as a future educator, it’s indeed given that we really have to be knowledgeable in designing learning materials for the learners. But this module was indeed a challenge, for we have to be mindful and creative in discussing sensitive topics to the PDLs.

In terms of the values formation itself, since we have to come up with content, presentation, and modules for the entire program, having a sense of discipline and effective management is fundamental to also allow good outcomes to take place.

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The session I have with the Manila City Jail – male dorm is something that I will never forget. Hearing most of their stories, revolving around how much they repent losing time for their families was indeed heartbreaking. I remember one of the PDLs, named Armando, shared that he has no contact with his family for five years up until now. And I know that this situation is not only unique to him, because I do know that our system is flawed. Being part of this program now makes everything clearer, my role and my stand in terms of our social and political aspects. I’m indeed grateful for this program but I’m certain that we can do more, we can do better.

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We started working on our team portfolio this week. The Our Partners and Roles section of our Google site was assigned to me, Jewel, and Jeff. In this section, our partner, Caritas Restorative Justice, is introduced, along with their mission, vision, and programs. It is also included in this section our roles (Livelihood and VF), individual tasks, and schedule. Aside from the team portfolio, I also finalized my presentation for the livelihood program that was assigned to me last week.

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This week was actually rather pleasant. For the livelihood team, we produced an output, finalized the presentation and we also did a dry run.

For me, the only challenge is the thought of actually delivering my topic to an audience. Public speaking has always been my worst struggle, even before SSP. I'm constantly nervous in front of everyone, and I'm not used to it, so I sometimes forget what I'm talking.

To address my problem, our leader approached me and gave me some advice on how to avoid becoming apprehensive when presenting information. I find it useful as well, and I plan to improve my speaking skills in the process.

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For this week, we finally have our output for livelihood team. I was tasked to do the product coding. We had our dry run last week and we are waiting for the presentation on wednesday. Aside from that, I am also working with Adrian for the theme of our team portfolio.

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I think the challenges that we have encountered are minimal. We struggled on translating English terms to Filipino especially the business terms that we used. I also thought of how will I present a topic in a way that people not knowledgeable in business will also understand.

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I was excited to discuss this lecture with our beloved PDLs since this talks about family. Although our PDLs are far away from their true family, I see to it that they find their new home to their fellow PDLs which they considered as the family who will care and help them to make themselves better. This presentation made me reflect more on the important values that I keep for my family. I was hoping that I can share some stories that may lift up the spirits of our PDLs despite uncertainties inside the jail.

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I struggled to manage my four e-mail accounts and contact numbers this week. As a result, I was confused about which messages are from my e-mail, PNU e-mail, PHINMA e-mail, and Organization e-mail. My friend's contact numbers also have no name that adds up to my confusion. I found this a challenge since I need to comply and reply immediately to the queries sent by RJ Caritas and also to my PNU and organization e-mails. To solve this issue, I managed my e-mails and provided names to those persons I have frequent contact with.

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I realized the value of teamwork. Despite the fact that we are in a break from school, some of us are still busy with work, summer classes, and other responsibilities. Our work becomes lighter and more efficient when we work as a team. We never leave a single one of our members behind.

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I learned to appreciate more the potentials and skills that my team showed up in the following weeks of our SSP experience. It inspired me to do my best as their leader and allowed me to hone my skills in managing a large team composed of different and exceptional individuals. Exposure to these special people helped me assess and adjust myself according to what is required in the team in the future.

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For our 2nd week, we, in the livelihood team, were able to assigned topics for each and make a discussion about it. I was assigned in the Products specifically for the suggested products and samples that the PDLs may create and sell. I also volunteer to make the PPT Presentation for the team's report. Lastly, I finished the Meet The Team part of our SSP Portfolio.

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The only challenge that I can consider a bit difficult was collecting pictures from my teammates. I end up messaging some of them privately because they were not able to send me a picture. I understand that some of us have their own personal matters and works but it's for our portfolio so everyone must comply. Luckily, we were able to find a good one and I have it edited and finished posting it. My report was also a compilation of pictures for the suggested products. And it's challenging to find different products that can be a shown.

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During this week, my creativity was tested. Since I volunteer in making my team's presentation and Meet The Team part in our portfolio, Canva and MS Powerpoint were my companion. I need to be creative in choosing designs and templates. It's hard because I'm not that really good in editing but I really enjoy this kind of work. As I said to my team, this is a tiring work that I wouldn't regret doing. I've learned and continuously learning in this field while working with our outputs. My works are not perfect but I love it (I just hope my teammates and PFI will also love it).

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The experience that I could share for this week was our dry run in Livelihood Team for our presentation to RJ Caritas. It was fun and comfortable discussion. We were able to clear things up and take note of our errors, my errors. It was nice talking to them and felt excited because we will be presenting something that is not about school works but related to our course.

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Since I’m already done with my main task for the SSP which is to create a module for the PDLs, the only thing on my plate this week is the content of my values formation session and my strategy on how I’m going to effectively deliver it. Creating the content of my presentation was indeed a challenge since I have to be sensitive about my topic which is freedom. But as soon as I incorporated my heart in it by sharing some of the social issues that I’m really passionate about, I began to find my track and kept going.

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For this week, I think I executed my goal effectively according to plan. Not that I’m too confident about it but, receiving the responses of the PDLs and how engaged they are during the sessions gave me a strong validation. A validation that tells me that I indeed imparted the message they all deserved to know.

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Before my first session started this week, Sir. Anthony informed me that the PDLs that I’m going to handle are not that participative especially those who are at the back. This information challenged my system a little bit, but since I’m not new to this kind of atmosphere, I know how to somehow handle it. But in my surprise, during my session the female PDLs at the back were actively participating. And when we’re on the sharing part of the session, they are also the ones who recited.

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In my session with the Mandaluyong City Jail female dorm, there was a mother who struck my heart with her heartfelt confession. I admired her confidence in accepting that what she did in the past was a grievous fault, but what strike me the most is her conviction in telling herself that if given an opportunity, she will give herself the freedom of being worthy for the love of his family.

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I was able to accomplish the first draft of the module which I am assigned to create. It was challenging for me because this is only the second time that I created a module. The first one was when I was still in Senior High School.

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When I am doing my lecture, internet connectivity was one of the problem I encountered since I am only using mobile data. I got disconnected at the middle of my discussion but I immediately came back in. Fortunately, the discussion still went well.

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My class will not always be participative. When I became a teacher in the future, the classrooms that I'll be attending are not always the ideal one where students are participative and will easily grasp the lesson. There are instances where the teacher already did everything but no one is participating and no one seems to be learning. As a future teacher, I have to prepare myself in situations like this.

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The topic of my lecture for this week is about Love and Respect for Family. I was captivated by one of the PDLs story about his experience of stealing for his family to survive the pandemic. According to him, they are happy living together until the pandemic came. By then, he lose his job which pushed him do such act (even if it violates the law) for him to feed the family. This is where I realized the effect of the current pandemic. It is really changing thr humanity.

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This week, Ms. Elaine was able to attend one of my lectures, which makes me both thrilled and nervous. She appeared to be assessing me. It was also a fantastic experience. But then, this SSP is a perfect training environment for me as I prepare for my future demo classes, it helps me be composed and confident when delivering my lectures.

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Two of the PDLs told me about how they went out of their way to make their families proud and pleased. They both stated that they will be able to provide a house for their families, which is also one of my life goals. I was motivated to work hard toward that objective because if they could do it, then I can. Even though they made mistakes throughout their life, they also performed a number of excellent things, which inspires me so much.

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I completed the majority of the work assigned to me this week, and I am satisfied, but I still need to meet the deadlines for other projects. So far, I've been able to handle everything, possibly because, unlike in previous weeks, I've started to truly organize my time well.

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After several changes, I was able to finish my module this week. This is one of the most important tasks we have to complete for this SSP. Now that I've completed this, I have more time to finish other duties. I hope that PDLs put this to good use and learn from it.

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I'm starting my module this week, and I'm having trouble figuring out the appropriate activities that are suitable and can be contextualized in their situation. But then, I am trying to diversify and look for others' ideas that I can modify and use in crafting my module. I hope that it will go well.

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This week was a busy one for me because I had to fly back to Manila from Quezon Province to receive my first dose of the vaccine. Then doing preparation for my lectures, as well as the module I have to create, and so on. But, on the other hand, all I have to do to be efficient is manage and prioritize my tasks, classifying which ones are the most important and urgent. I'm grateful that I'm capable of dealing with them.

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This week was my first time using Google Site, which was a little difficult for me to navigate at first, but I soon grasped the concept of it. Thank you to Cat and Nicole for providing valuable content and information, which I have included. As a result, I value my team's willingness to support and help me. I also applaud Adrian and Ellaine's ingenuity in creating our Google Site. For all of us, this is a fantastic job.

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This week was my first time using Google Site, which was a little difficult for me to navigate at first, but I soon grasped the concept of it. Thank you to Cat and Nicole for providing valuable content and information, which I have included. As a result, I value my team's willingness to support and help me. I also applaud Adrian and Ellaine's ingenuity in creating our Google Site. For all of us, this is a fantastic job.

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Since this is the first week that I met the PDLs, I was nervous but I am so delighted because I delivered my lecture well, and I witness the enthusiasm of the PDLs that drives me to be better for following sessions.

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Perhaps the most challenging I had was the fear of dealing PDLs because it was unfamiliar for me and I had no prior experience handling and lecturing to people much older than me. It was an awesome moment, I was amused since they were so nice and attentive. Their shared experiences inspired me. I'd conquered my fears and was ready for more.

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Because the pace of the activities is quick, I and CJ will be the first two to conduct lectures for the PDLs. As a result, my ability was stretched to finish my presentation on time and deliver the lecture well. In the end, I believe I performed admirably. I discovered that I am capable of completing chores in less time. I was astounded. to myself

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I was moved by the PDLs' shared narrative, and I empathize with their regrets. They used to lie, but I can sense they're genuinely want to reform and put things right for themselves and their families. I believed they could be a better and more complete version of themselves.

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This week, the livelihood team presented a proposed module for the livelihood program. Product labeling was the topic that I discussed. The purpose of this module is to assist RJ Caritas in having a proper process and transaction for the products of PDLs. I explained the definition and significance of product labeling, as well as the resources and procedures required.

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I chose this since this is the task that I have been doing for the whole week. I checked and evaluated the DRAFT modules of my co-scholar-educators to ensure that the activities made for PDLs are aligned with the objectives of the formation of our values. It was challenging yet I considered this as a good opportunity to improve our skills in module writing. I was happy that my co-scholars educator made a good module for our beloved PDLs. I was hoping that these tasks would help them to develop more good modules for their future students.

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I felt sick for the past several days which affect my tasks for this week. I already checked the first draft of the modules but I wasn't able to edit the final draft on time due to this unexpected circumstance. Luckily, I was able to get well and tried to finish the two FINAL modules for the values formation.

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This task for this week strengthened my skills in writing different types of modules. I already wrote some values education modules for DepEd that helped me know the basics and what needs to improve in our values formation modules. The skills I continuously developed in this SSP experience contributed to my plans to write modules either in the Department of Education or any educational publications.

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After I showed the short clip of the Disney movie COCO to our beloved PDLs, I shared a message about the movie and how it was related to their current condition. As I focused on the song "REMEMBER ME" sang by Miguel to Mama Coco, I emphasized that the PDLs family will not forget them. They still remember them despite what they have done in life. The sins they have committed do not define who they are today. Just continue to change for the better because their families are waiting for them to see the new and better version of themselves.

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I was anxious about presenting my topic to Sir Anthony and my team. I'm not sure if I'll ever get used to speaking in front of an audience, but I'm relieved that I discussed my topic quite well and Sir Anthony grasped the idea. I'm also relieved that I accomplished my presentation without throwing up, because to be honest, I feel nauseous everytime I need to speak in front of everyone.

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For Week 1, I was able to come up with my presentation about integrity and honesty. To be honest, I had some adjustment creating this presentation because I am used to create lectures for my co- biology student. The presentation I am usually creating is content-based and focuses more on facts, processes and mechanisms. Creating my first presentation about values formation wasn't that easy because aside from the fact that this is a different topic, I also have a different audience to consider --PDLs.

Nevertheless, It was a successful lecture and I feel like the presentation I have created is effective to my audience.

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The start of SSP was the final week for the submission of all my school requirements. At first, I had the difficulty managing my time. Creating a to-do list helped me in this challenge.

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During online classes, the usual learning portal we are using is Google meet. I am not that familiar on how to utilize Zoom especially when I am the presenter. This encouraged me to practice using it before doing my lecture. With the help of my sister as the participant, I was able to practice utilizing zoom. During the presentation, it took me time for me to be able to present a video but I was still able to do it.

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Before I started my lecture, I asked the PDLs, "kumusta ka?" They can respond by showing thumbs up if they are saying that they are okay and thumbs down if its the other way around. When I asked them, they all show a thumbs up which made me realized that if people like them can say that they are okay despite their situation, who am I to be not okay?

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A team that works together can indeed accomplish an effective output. I am so thankful with our team because I am not experiencing any pressure or stress while working with my assigned tasks. I just need to work with the things I have to do, will work with the team for consultation and reflection and we're done. This experience allowed me to appreciate the importance and efficiency of teamwork.

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For this week, I accomplished my presentation about love and respect for family. I have my own personal family issues that is why while working with it, I am asking myself if I am credible enough to to talk about this topic. Because of this, I designed my presentation in such a way that I will be able to hear stories from PDLs about their family experiences hence, they just don't learn from me, I also learn from them.

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This week, I got vaccinated. Because of the side effects of the vaccine, I was not able to do some of the tasks that is assigned to me for this week. When I am already feeling well, I worked with my tasks though, some are already submitted late. Despite this, I was still able to keep myself on track.

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This week I presented my slides on discussion regarding budgeting ang business management with Sir Anthony. This is a portion of livelihood team presentation. This collaborative effort helps them in managing their finances and also, assist the RJ Caritas in their inventory. I want to share this to you because this task is an opportunity to share my knowledge.
-Adrian V.

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Being alone and independent have been always my ally. I expect myself to accomplish all of my responsibilities by my own. Even if I have problem, I always resolve it before I seek help to other people. Nevertheless, this is the manner I able to learn.
This is the biggest factor behind why I prefer to work independently. But I realized that collaboration with great people allow me surpass what I'm lacking and let me embrace new ideas. I sure should let my guard down and hear what other people say, so I can learn. Likewise, it is analogous to "you can't write if you don't read.'.
-Adrian V.

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The first thing you need to do to be heard is to speak up. This remain true as I work with the team. One of my learnings solidify the importance of raising one's voice. The instruction and information given to us for our assigned task is vague for me. I understand the goal of our task but the details is a little lacking.
But speaking up to Mr. Anthony and have a small discussion gives me a clear direction to my task. I can relate this to the clamor of the public during this hard time, they should be heard and their criticism against the government might as well find helpful.
-Adrian V.

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This week was scheduled for our presentation with Sir Anthony. As I mentioned last week, I am assigned for the suggested products and samples for my team. I am also the one who share our screen and manage the PPT. So far, the presentation was smooth and good thing my connection was not a problem. And finally, we had already presented our output.

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According to Sir Anthony, the only problem with my report was that the suggested products may require more time and may need some training. Since most products were new, which we aim that's why we suggested it, Sir Anthony said that they may need to teach the PDLs if they will do it. Although some of the items recommended are self-teaching and simple to make. I understand his comment. And those were only suggestions and proposals, it is still up to them if they will consider the suggested products that are mostly bought in the market.

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This week, our team presented our output to Sir Anthony. The presentation consists of topics about budgeting and business management for the pdls. Product coding and labeling were also part of the presentation for the better inventory management of Caritas-RJ. We also provided an inventory and sales summary sheet for documentation and product tracking of inventories when it transfers from the jails to RJ and Segunda Mana. The presentation was a success but Sir Anthony just added some items that our presentation lacks.

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The Livelihood Team finished their presentation and outputs because of teamwork. We were able to make a presentation and compile everything because we work together. We assigned tasks and help each other that made it more easier. I know that we have our personal things to do but we still manage to meet and communicate with each other. Teamwork really plays a major role in our SSP.

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During also this week, I got sick. I was sick for 3 days but now I am recovering and back to work. I am just thankful that we had presented already to Sir Anthony before I got sick because if not, I will be presenting with a weak body. I just consider those 3 days as my rest days since I've been busy the past few weeks.

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For this week, I think I have not encountered any challenges with regards to our presentation.

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I think that communication is really key for a better teamwork. Because of the pandemic, we can only communicate online. Communication and initiative really play a big part for this SSP.

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I chose this work since it is my final lecture with the PDLs alongside the livelihood team. We made a team effort to provide a memorable lecture with the Manila City Jail Male Dorm. I distributed my lecture to my fellow livelihood peeps to make them experience how it is like to discuss values and converse with our PDLs message and shared experiences. I was glad that they facilitate the activities well and talked with the PDLs. We heard different stories of love, respect, and thankfulness in this lecture. I was hoping that values formation helped them to become the better version of themselves. Further, I appreciated the efforts of the livelihood team to have team teaching for this final lecture. Despite personal hindrances to speak with the public, they surpassed it through teamwork and support with each other.

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I like to thank my teammates for this successful SSP experience. I thought I wasn't able to lead them since some were not familiar with me. I didn't know how to approach this. However, luckily, I adjusted and was able to catch up with you and made me appreciate my leadership skill after your good messages and encouragement. I learned a lot from my teammates, organizers, lecture experiences, PDLs stories, and module writing. I am sure that the skills I acquired from this experience will help me prepare in facing various challenges one year before I teach in the professional field.

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I appreciate more the teaching profession after witnessing our beloved PDLs sharing their stories and being thankful for the gifts they have received from RJ - Caritas Manila. It opened me to the idea that education is not only for children. It is also for our beloved PDLs and persons deprived of education. This is the true essence of being a teacher. Education knows no race, gender, age, skin, and social status. Thus, every human deserves to receive a proper education.

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Since this was the first week that I was able to do lecture with the PDLs, I edited and finalized the ppt I used for the presentation

-Robert John

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Since the setup is online and I was the only one not present physically in the lecture, I encountered difficulties in managing the learning environment. But I still managed to overcome it with energetic tone to catch their attention and listen to me.

- Robert John

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The PDLs taught me one important lesson, that is being positive and continuing to smile even all the adversities they are facing.

- Robert John

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Since I was the next one in line to pass the module, I worked with it for the whole week to formulate guide questions and activity.

-Robert John