I got to talk a bit with a friend of mine today since I stayed after we were dismissed in class. We were just there, in the front lobby, talking while listening to music from my phone's music player. There was something about OPM bands then and now, something about homework, something about food, something about coffee - something about almost anything. At some point we talk about how classes were NOT suspended despite the continuous rain we've been having. (really annoying) Anyway, we eventually changed our topic to how nice it'd be to just sit or lie down in some hammock in a vacation house in Tagaytay or Baguio, the sound of raindrops on the roof and the view of mountains full of trees, grayed by the rain - and how we had to do homework instead.
My friend, Gian, had to make a short story for Filipino, along with the other numerous things a Pisay "scholar" had to do, but this was what his particular concern then. See, we aren't the kind of people who like doing schoolwork. In fact, we usually just cram our homework like every other Pisay "scholar". But this one was different. It wasn't about the grade, it was ego. He wanted to make a good story and that was it. He was having a hard time thinking of a good plot though - a good, original and interesting plot. That made me think a bit about myself. What was I doing with my life - my own story? Yesterday another friend of mine asked me if I was going to U.P.. I said I most probably would then I asked why. He said he was thinking about going to U.P. or not. He was afraid that U.P. might just be like Pisay again. He wanted something more fun. That made me think a bit. Hey, wait a minute, if I do go to U.P. it'll be like Pisay all over again - all the homework and stress and boring stuff. Why don't I just go to an easier college and enjoy it. Then I remembered why. I had to remind myself that I wasn't in school to play. I was here to study as a "skolar ng bayan". I had a job to do. I'd be wasting taxpayers' money if I just loafed around in school.Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying. That's part of it too, but its not everything.
Scholars, as cheezy as it sounds, we have a job to do. The future of our country is in our hands. We have to do it. If we didn't, then who would?
My friend, Gian, had to make a short story for Filipino, along with the other numerous things a Pisay "scholar" had to do, but this was what his particular concern then. See, we aren't the kind of people who like doing schoolwork. In fact, we usually just cram our homework like every other Pisay "scholar". But this one was different. It wasn't about the grade, it was ego. He wanted to make a good story and that was it. He was having a hard time thinking of a good plot though - a good, original and interesting plot. That made me think a bit about myself. What was I doing with my life - my own story? Yesterday another friend of mine asked me if I was going to U.P.. I said I most probably would then I asked why. He said he was thinking about going to U.P. or not. He was afraid that U.P. might just be like Pisay again. He wanted something more fun. That made me think a bit. Hey, wait a minute, if I do go to U.P. it'll be like Pisay all over again - all the homework and stress and boring stuff. Why don't I just go to an easier college and enjoy it. Then I remembered why. I had to remind myself that I wasn't in school to play. I was here to study as a "skolar ng bayan". I had a job to do. I'd be wasting taxpayers' money if I just loafed around in school.Now, there's nothing wrong with enjoying. That's part of it too, but its not everything.
Scholars, as cheezy as it sounds, we have a job to do. The future of our country is in our hands. We have to do it. If we didn't, then who would?
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