The College Education System

The Faculty of Arts and Letters is in limbo because of a scathing article written by one impassioned Communication Arts Senior. The article was, in a gist, about the injustice suffered by a group of CA students at the hands of a professor and the seeming inaction of the Administration, the CA Department and the Artlets Student Council. The CA Senior is now the subject of controversy after the Professor concerned and the Department Head filed a criminal and administrative complaint.


The article is a wake up call to everyone, to reconsider and review the whole education system that students get from the Faculty, we lovingly call AB. Rather than exhaust our resources to court proceedings the Administration should seriously look into the allegations and root cause of this incident. To actually proceed to a legal battle would just simply divert everyone's attention to the real problem which is, does students really need to suffer that much at the hands of their professors? The educator named in the article is simply a model or an epitome of all professors who does the same to their students. We understand that at this point we are at the mercy of our teachers because they somewhat bear the torch of knowledge that we all aspire, but do we really have to undergo that much to get a good "education"? I have to agree with the article when it stated that after all the projects and countless researches and assignments given to us, what have we really learned? After four years of college education, are we ready to go out there and be productive citizens of the nation? Indeed feelings were hurt but more than the scratches on the ego, we should really examine and take a better look at our college system. I know that most of us, perform our class activities just to pass the subject but not learn anything. That’s why our outputs are not at par to those produced by other schools or institution. Being physically in school is different from getting real education. At the end of the semester, we feel awfully tired but when we try to remember the lessons taught we already forgot it the moment the professors steps out the door.


This is a sad day for all students, because what the professors/administration is trying to tell us is that, never protest or we’ll file a complaint, what happens to us students is that we blindly follow and obey their every wish even though we know its already impossible and beyond our capacity as students. That’s why it’s not difficult to understand why the students cannot draw the line between injustice and real education. Students are afraid to question because they fear the ramifications protesting may do to their grades, because what has been taught to us is that good grades are your ticket to good education. Definitely not, your personhood, dignity and value as human persons are your tickets to a good future. We hope that the people in the college education system harness our dignity rather than destroy it by blackmailing us with “good grades”


The student is only trying to express the injustice that happened to his fellow students, he aired it responsibly, by posting it in an area which is provided for students to speak out their concerns, and he even placed his name to own the words that appeared on the article. The complaint against him is nothing but a tool of suppression against the very right of the student to freedom of speech, and I thought Proclamation 1017 has been rescinded?


Rather than concentrating on the hurt egos, lets look back, maybe there is truth to what he is saying


MA. FRANCIA C. ROSERO
Student, Faculty of Arts and Letters

Maria Francia Posted At 7:35:00 PM

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