Dedicated 91-Year-Old Teacher Wins the Heart of Netizens 🤗

Teachers, lecturers, professors are said to be our second parent outside of our home. They are the ones who hone our talents, abilities, and knowledge.

Teaching Profession

Being a teacher is a profession that begins with the heart. It seems to be a call embedded to individuals who are patient and strives to feed knowledge to students. Like they all say, learning never stops and so as teaching as a profession. One epitome of a good teacher is sir Gonzalo Tosco Maravilla, a 91-year old teacher from Albasan Numancia, Aklan.

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Sir Gonzalo Maravilla

Maravilla was born on January 10, 1928. He teaches Mathematics and Physics at Madyaas Institute at Barangay Poblacion, Numancia. At his age, he is still capable to perform his profession. He started teaching at Madyaas Institute since 1950. And the rest is history.

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Secret To Long Life

Sir Gonzalo’s father is one of the founding fathers of Madyaas Institute where he currently teaches. Energy FM Kalibo was able to interview Maravilla. According to the report, the old man has sharp hearing and still speaks clearly. His hobby is to fix electronics at home.

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When asked what is his secret for long life, he claims that he does not drink alcohol and smoke cigars. The old teacher believes that consistent eating of veggies is one of the recipes for long life. Also, he only walks his way going to school, from Barangay Albasan to Barangay Poblacion.

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The now officers of the school where he works are his former students. He proudly claims that his students today are mostly professional.

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Former Students

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Netizens were amazed to see sir Maravilla’s devotion to teaching. His former students can’t help but share their undying love for the old man. Most of them vouched for the teacher and claims that he is a good professor. Seems like he is favorited by most of his students back then.