First Day High
June 5, 2006
Today is the first day of school at lahat ng problemang may kinalaman sa edukasyon ay maririnig nating pinagdidiskusyunan sa pahayagan, radyo at telebisyon. Kabilang na dito ang kakulangan ng silid-aralan, mga silid-aralan na hindi na ligtas na gamitin, kakulangan ng mga guro, mga gurong hindi bihasa sa paksang itinuturo, kakulangan sa aklat, at mga paaralang walang tubig at kuryente.
Nakakalungkot ang kalagayan ng edukasyon sa Pilipinas. Sa kabila ng pahayag ng pangulo na lagi daw niyang binibigyan ng pagpapahalaga ang edukasyon, sa tingin ko ay kulang pa ang pagpapahalagang ibinibigay niya dito.
Sa ngayon ay madaming Pilipino ang mas pinipiling mangibang bansa upang magkaroon ng mas magandang ikabubuhay. Mapalad sila at nagkaroon sila ng maayos na edukasyon na naging puhunan nila upang mangibang bayan. Ngunit paano kaya ang mga susunod na henerasyon ng jobseekers? Sa kalidad ng edukasyon na natatanggap nila ngayon, maging sapat kaya ito upang maabot nila ang mga pangarap nila kung hindi man dito ay sa ibang bansa?
Huwag sana dumating ang araw na bukod sa paghahanap ng magandang trabaho ay kailanganin na din ng Pilipino ang mangibang bansa upang makakuha ng mabuting edukasyon.
Realizations At The End Of The Day
June 1, 2006
Yesterday was a day of realizations. The first one came to me when I was about to make a call to a certain company informing them that I will no longer continue with my application. I realized how big my dreams were but how timid I am in reaching them. I need to be more aggressive and courageous, I need to develop my self and give it my all. My dreams will not materialize by itself, I need to make them happen.
I decided to go to Ayala Center late in the afternoon to check out Studio 23’s jobs@d’mall2 and as expected, the activity was composed mainly of call center companies. I became more open-minded with this industry and learned to appreciate them for lessening the unemployed people of the country. For now, I decided that I will no longer go to any job fairs since the participating companies are all the same. I might as well buy a Sunday newspaper and pass my resume via email since these companies regularly have an advertisement on Manila Bulletin.
I saw in the papers the issue regarding the conflict that had risen between the president and the DepEd acting secretary regarding their discrepancy of expected classroom shortage. The latter reported that the government is 6,000+ short in rooms and the president couldn’t believe her ears. The media was sent out of the meeting room and the cabinet discussed privately. After the incident, the DepEd secretary had a press release that it was her mistake. She used a 45:1 student-room ratio rather than the 100:1 (am and pm class) they had previously agreed upon. With that, it turned out that there were no room shortage after all. It seems the acting secretary is no math major.
Later on in the news, a group of teachers confirmed that in actual, there is an existing room shortage close to the figure declared by the DepEd secretary. WTF! It’s either that the group of teachers’ report were wrong or the secretary succumbed to the president. Was she a no-math-major or a no-backbone-person? Goodness!
The news also reported that some schools even resorted to a three shift mode just to accommodate the students. Meaning if the school operates from 6am to 6pm, each shift gets a four-hour share on the classroom. The driver of the cab I’m riding then burst out from silence, “Sa pagche-check pa lang ng attendance sa Grade1 kulang na yan e.”
Also in last night’s news, two Filipinos each received PhP13M for their information which led to the arrest of the alleged head of the Rajah Solaiman movement. Hmm.. seems like a profitable career.
