So that no child of ours grows up a fool
We created an institution called school
We the people built it with our taxes
To teach art, humanities and the sciences
For we believed with Rizal a brighter population
Builds the ground of a progressive nation
But what did we produce?
MBA holders working for greed-driven corporations
Lawyers in the pay of corrupt politicians
College grads in foreign–owned call centres
Teachers working as maids for Saudi truck drivers
Nurses as caregivers in North America
Doctors and engineers working as ‘anything-but’ abroad.
Half of Filipinos unemployed, underemployed
Social parasites living off foreign remittances
PMA grads at war against their own people
(You fill up the blanks)
School is meant for you to:
Love, learn and live a trade,
not pick one because it’s highly paid
sharpen the mind,
not by superstition be blind
wake your senses,
not numb them to injustice
serve your country,
not rob it blind for family
deepen wisdom’s furrows,
not wallow in the shallows
lift your soul,
not crave wealth as your only goal
in short, to yourself be true for truth shall set you free
By Voltaire X
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