The Other Side of the

Coin

Chelsea Audrey Paqueo Masuhay October 10 11:17

PM

Education remains to be an ubiquitous issue in the

Philippines, and the government is doing so little about it, but I
have faith that we could solve this issue, one step at a time.
We are all jumping off cliffs of the unfamiliar, we are anxious
because our future is uncertain, but I know in my heart that I
want to be a professor- to be able to illuminate others-to touch
their lives and share what I know and who I am, even if it
means a crossing a thousand rivers and million mountains like
those teachers in the video that I have watched. We are
bounded by one unequivocal call, that is to glorify God by
serving the poor, I hope that one day I could serve God like
those teachers that I have watched. Excellence is futile, if it
isnt an excellence for service, I now know what I have to doto do well for God and the poor. If before, I am jaded and
hopeless with what I see (Public School Settings, Corruption,
Low Salary of Teachers, and many more), after watching the
video, seeing that some people are willing to sacrifice their
lives for the education of the youth, I find myself more
Idealistic than even before. Rizal once said that the youth are
the hope of the nation. Nothing can be truer. But now I see the

other side of the coin: Teachers who believe and invest in the
youth are the hope of the country. For without them, how then
would the youth know hope, how would they return their effort
and Gods Generosity.

Kyra Zara Tieng

Our yayawould always tell her stories on how they would walk
across rivers with ther bare feet just to get to school. This is the
first time I have seen teachers who would travel such secluded
areas just to teach. To think, these people would walk for 6 hours,
cross 5 mountains just to impart knowledge to children. I really
salute them because I am sure that they do not get paid much,
but they were determined to go meet their students, even it
means losing their life. I learnt that I am luck that I am able to go
to a prestige school without any problems. Also, my image on
teachers has changed because of this. They do not teach just for
money; they would teach because they want to give knowledge to
children. In my opinion, the government should at least make a
bridge, so that the teachers wont have a hard time crossing the
rivers and mountains.