Titser isang nobela

Titser is a Tagalog novel by Liwayway A. Arceo, first serialized in Liwayway magazine in the 1950s and published in book form in 1995. It centres on Amelita and Mauro, a married couple who have both chosen the teaching profession — a choice that sets Amelita against her mother.

Aling Rosa, whose four other children earned prestigious college degrees, disapproves of her youngest daughter's decision to become a mere "titser," scorning both the low status and the meagre salary of teachers. She pins her hopes instead on Osmundo, a young man from a wealthy haciendero family who courts Amelita — only to be disappointed again when Amelita's heart belongs to Mauro, a fellow public-school teacher. Arceo turns this domestic conflict into a tender meditation on vocation, social class, and the dignity of the teaching life.