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While I have the courage to expose predators, mine is a teacher named CELBERT ABALDE. There I said it. Ang title ani na kay The Audacity of The Oompa Loompa.
This man would consistently make me uncomfortable through his inappropriate facebook messages like asking me to be his girlfriend, inviting me to come see him. This all happened while I was under his class (g11) so imagine the fear I felt.
If you& #39;d ask me, why not block him? I already did a hundred times pero each time, he would force me to unblock him. It even came to a point where he would corner me in the hallway or use my classmates/friends to convince me (all of whom are oblivious to the situation)
This continued while I was under his class and the only coping mechanism I could do then was to simply not attend class.
I only found courage to hold him accountable when the sem was almost over. He even tried to downplay it by saying those were just & #39;jokes,. He also played the victim saying that I betrayed him. ??????
So he resigned. But while the rest of my batchmates grieved the loss of a "great teacher", I was left with a hollowed out feeling of not being able to tell everyone all the harassment I fought with.
All of this happened perhaps because his ego could not accept that he was intellectually challenged by a mere female student, because I called out his misogynistic jokes. So he tried to make me feel powerless.
Funny lng because the first person I told abt this invalidated how I felt. Sya pa ang isa sa mga suguon ni sir para i-unblock nko syas messenger. And I& #39;m stuck with being friends with that certain person. Hantod karon.
Sa mga bogo na muingon na dli ra ako, yes dli ra ako that& #39;s why I stood up for the rest of us. Before pa mapasa sa lain batch iyang kamanyak.
I never really talked about this because I didn& #39;t want this to be the story people will remember about me. I also found myself voiceless in when it comes to sharing my personal trauma.
The saddest thing abt this is that the only teacher who knew and helped me, is now dead. I love you Ma& #39;am Ren. I am eternally grateful.
