MANILA, Philippines – For almost six months, Davon Anthony Boyonas structured his days around a single, demanding target: answering 600 practice questions daily.
“Every day I would answer 600 questions, prinactice ko talaga siya. I would make a file of everything I learned. That’s why when the day sa exam na it wasn’t that nerve wracking,” he shared.
The routine was relentless, but it laid the foundation for his achievement as Top 8 in the September and November 2025 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LET).
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| Photo courtesy: via CDN Digital/Davon Gonzales |
According to CDN Digital, Boyonas firmly believes that topping the boards is never a matter of chance.
For him, excellence is the result of deliberate and sustained effort. Even before graduation, he was already reviewing, treating the board exam not as a distant hurdle but as an integral part of his academic life.
Each day, he documented what he learned, building a personal repository of notes and strategies that later made the actual exam feel familiar rather than intimidating.
Months of repetition sharpened not only his mastery of content but also his mental endurance. When exam day arrived, anxiety had little space to take hold.
Boyonas approached the test with clarity and resolve, convinced that full commitment—“one foot forward,” as he put it, creates the confidence needed to succeed.
Beyond personal triumph, his journey prompted deeper reflection. A major in Special Needs Education, Boyonas has long been aware of the realities faced by Filipino teachers: heavy workloads, limited compensation, and a fragile work-life balance.
These realities eventually led him to pursue opportunities abroad. He now works as a resource teacher in the United States, where he conducts focused, one-on-one sessions with students in an environment that allows both professional growth and personal balance.
Still, Boyonas hopes for meaningful reform in the Philippine education system. He believes Filipino teachers deserve conditions that value their expertise and dedication.
His advice to future examinees is straightforward but demanding: study like a topnotcher. According to Boyonas, success requires going beyond what is required; more hours, more practice questions, and greater sacrifice. Intelligence, he insists, matters less than disciplined effort.
For him, hard work made all the difference. Congratulations!
— Noel Ed Richards, The Summit Express