"Tita, bili muna ako ng food", I shouted running hastily to a small carinderia just in front of the house.
"Ok", Tita's response in a low tone, while enjoying her coffee. Inaantok pa sya.
I was just a few steps away from the house when suddenly I heard an annoying voice coming from the 3rd floor of a school building. (Harap ng bahay namin ang likod ng Juan Sumulong High School).
"Kalbo!" an indistinctive yell from a boy. So I looked up and saw a few rowdy boys at the window, hiding behind the dirty curtains.
"Kalbo, kalbo!", some ill-mannered students chorused.
"Gago, f**k you!", the 'fitful ungracious me' replied angrily while some of our useserong neighbors were going out of their house.
I was not supposed to raise my voice nor react violently, but I was already at the end of my rope. I was so damn pissed off because it was the second time that it happened.
"Di na pwede to! This is way too much to just let it pass", I emotionally whined.
So I dashed to the school and looked for the guidance counselor's office. I first slowly narrated what happened in straight English (that usually happens when I am in extreme emotions) to the teachers and the guidance counselor who were present.
"Is this how you teach your students? To disrespect others who have done no wrong to them?", I continued, trembling with anger but still keeping my cool.
But in the middle of my litany, one of the teachers rudely interrupted and said, "Sir, diverse kasi ang students namin".
Wattapak! Diverse na kung diverse!
With all due respect to the teacher, yes it is difficult to handle such students coming from different economic levels. I should know.
The least that she could have done was to appease and assure me that the incident would never happen again, instead she gave an unsolicited and insulting opinion. It was a far cry from what I expected.
"So ganun nalang po maam, palalampasin nalang po natin ng ganun dahil sa 'diverse' na yan?" I was almost bawling.
"Sige po, imbestigahan ko po sa taas." the guidance counselor interrupted.
To make the long story short, the guidance counselor asked all the students in that room to write a letter asking for an absolution and promising not to ever do it again! Why all? Well, the usual, nobody wanted to squeal. Somehow whistle-blowing is something they don't learn at school.
Only GMRC where everybody gets an A or B.
What is happening to our future leaders?
Have the public school teachers been incontestably and morally doing their responsibilities as second parents to the students?
I am not making a hasty generalization here!
I think it's high time we realized that quality education doesn't only mean producing first rate graduates but also morally upright ones.
Anyway, after what happened, I can't say I'm satisfied with the action taken by the school. I am not sure either if the students realized what they did. But one thing I am positive about...pag inulit nila, di ko sila tatantanan. I will show them my bad side (not evil), let's see whose future will be at stake. Scary :D
Moral lesson: Mag wig para di malait! LOL!
With all due respect to the teacher, yes it is difficult to handle such students coming from different economic levels. I should know.
The least that she could have done was to appease and assure me that the incident would never happen again, instead she gave an unsolicited and insulting opinion. It was a far cry from what I expected.
"So ganun nalang po maam, palalampasin nalang po natin ng ganun dahil sa 'diverse' na yan?" I was almost bawling.
"Sige po, imbestigahan ko po sa taas." the guidance counselor interrupted.
To make the long story short, the guidance counselor asked all the students in that room to write a letter asking for an absolution and promising not to ever do it again! Why all? Well, the usual, nobody wanted to squeal. Somehow whistle-blowing is something they don't learn at school.
Only GMRC where everybody gets an A or B.
What is happening to our future leaders?
Have the public school teachers been incontestably and morally doing their responsibilities as second parents to the students?
I am not making a hasty generalization here!
I think it's high time we realized that quality education doesn't only mean producing first rate graduates but also morally upright ones.
Anyway, after what happened, I can't say I'm satisfied with the action taken by the school. I am not sure either if the students realized what they did. But one thing I am positive about...pag inulit nila, di ko sila tatantanan. I will show them my bad side (not evil), let's see whose future will be at stake. Scary :D
Moral lesson: Mag wig para di malait! LOL!
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