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| Photo from the UP Circle of Entrepreneurs Facebook page |
When I was still in High School and all through College, I was taught by one Dr. Sofia Logarta. She never failed to remind us that the reason why we are able to go to school is because every morning the jeepney drivers wake up early to ply their routes, the fishermen tend their nets for a day's catch, and the farmers till hard land to harvest decent crops. The common folk who build this nation from the ground up and the middle class who pay their hard-earned taxes must not be disappointed. It is a sacred trust they have given me and my classmates. It is a privilege; make no mistake about it -- not a right.
Now, I don't know where this hubris comes from that motivates an Iskolar ng Bayan to wear this shirt. It is almost alien to me, and I'm sure many of my classmates. I suspect it is borne out of a fundamental misunderstanding of who a UP student is.
If I'm still a student, I'll go around the campus wearing, "Iskolar because of You." Dr. Logarta will certainly agree.
