It was around this time when I first stepped in a university as a college freshman. I was full of hope, as the country was, with what was called as the revolution of Edsa only a few months back. A student demonstration in the first day of classes, however, greeted my peace. And it exposed this rubbernecker to some of life’s realities, which were totally different from what was being fed by the yellow media then, diminishing the euphoria of Edsa that once engulfed my heart, and hastening my transformation from boy to man, from believer to a critic. Less than a year after, 13 demonstrators were killed in what is now known as the Mendiola Massacre; Several more months later, Lean Alejandro was murdered. We were back to where we once have been. Other than the things we anticipate for this opening of the new school year, like shortage in teachers, classrooms and the usual traffic, we also look forward to what the incoming administration of President-elect Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino can offer, not for us, but for our youth, many of whom have just started chasing their dreams through college education on at which they will hinge their future. Like his mother before him, Aquino would be our youth’s symbol of hope. He will have the mandate previous presidents before him did not enjoy. Ranged against his shoulder is an anticipation of better governance, something which the president before him had failed to deliver. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100616com6.html |
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