Becoming A Teacher: Rizalina R. Benico

Rizalina R. Benico graduated in BSBA Manila in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Administration major in Accounting. On the following year, she took up the Certified Public Accountant board examination, and luckily she passed. In that same year, she landed a job in an accounting firm in Binondo, Manila. Currently, she is the Chief Accountant of the Lyceum of the Philippines University- Manila. She is serving the institution for 27 years. When she was in elementary, Rizalina did not ponder herself to become an accountant, instead her dream is to become a teacher when she grows up. She reasoned out that, “During that time, if you are a teacher, you are well known and you are respected, even if you are in public schools particularly, those who are public school teachers”. Eventually, her dream of becoming a teacher altered for her father was a farmer, and with the aim of helping him in some ways, she decided to become an agriculturist. However, when she was about to graduate from high school, she took time to reflect on what she is going to be in the future, and she ended up enrolling in Manila and taking BS Accounting. The voyage of Rizalina in reaching her goals in life was not smooth sailing. She encountered numerous obstacles that challenged her patience and deepened her faith
A person may say that he is successful even he don’t have everything that a typical person yearn to acquire, as long as he is happy with his achievements in life. Moreover, the success of a person must not be enjoyed alone, but it must be shared with everyone around him. Ultimately, if he came to a point that he already attained what he aimed, he must not forget to recognize the guidance and support of God as well as of those who were the reason what and where he is