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| Jose C. Espinile is a Master Teacher-I of Pilar Central Elementary School, Pilar, Surigao del Norte |
First, we go to school in order to learn. And it is
expected that teachers give assignments, projects, research and reports so that
aside from the learnings they have imparted inside the classroom, we will
also learn from our own efforts.
Many students find many reasons and “alibis” so that
they cannot study their lessons. Others are booked on watching TV cartoons and
playing video games and spent more time to thing which gave them pleasure
especially to “barkadas” and loitering around the town at night. Is it true
children? Don’t you think many people became rich thru education?
You pupils or students, why should not be studious? Be
wise enough! Do not think negatively towards studying your lessons because it
serves as other means of learning and training ground that helps the students be more responsible and productive citizens of our country in the
future.
Many Filipino youngsters struggle against their fellow
brothers and sisters. Individual or groups fought with one another, fraternity
versus fraternity, parents against children, student against teacher. Why
should these things happen? Is it the fault of teachers? Is it the fault of
parents?
I think this is all because of one thing that is
seldom put into practice today - “respect”.
By the way what is respect? Respect is a feeling of
honor or polite regards or a virtue of dealing with the other people with
esteem and consideration.
It can be recalled that many years ago, elementary
schools gave awards such as: “Most obedient”, “Most helpful”, “Most respectful”
to deserving pupils at the end of school year to encourage pupils to put into
practice the good values that have been practiced by our forefathers in many
years. Yet, it seems that all efforts are in vain.
Most probably the reason, it’s easy to utter the word
respect, but putting it into practice is unlikely to happen. It is a fact that
many youth today live without respect to others especially to the poor that
resulted to human right violation and even to a teacher especially this teacher
is not his adviser, so there’s lack of respect.
Even during flag ceremony, many pupils manifest no
respect to our Philippine flag. Some were playing, some were walking upon
singing the Pambansang Awit inside the schoolground and this must be corrected
or given attention by the administrators and teacher advisers concerned to look
out their pupils.
The words “Good Morning” and “Good Afternoon” are now
almost forgotten. Like for instance the pupils pass in front of the two
teachers without saying “May I pass Ma’am?” or else Good Morning or Good
Afternoon. Frankly speaking, this was happened to our District Supervisor and
you children must be changed for peace and harmony. #
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