By: Allyn Villahermosa According to Bill Clinton, a uniform means a set of standard clothing worn by members of an organization while participating in that organization’s activity. It promotes discipline, self-belongingness, and even the feeling of equality to every student who chooses to wear their accredited organizational/school uniform.
Enlisted in the PHINMA EDUCATION NETWORK (PEN) Table of Offenses and Disciplinary Actions, under the column of security and public order: Improper or indecent attire such as tattered pants, sandals, slippers; non wearing of school uniforms and IDs; wearing on earrings and long hair among male students are prohibited inside the grounds of PHINMA—University of Pangasinan. Hence, wearing of prescribed uniforms is a must among the students. However, on the other side of the pond, educators in England are looking at de-uniforming the schools there. Currently, over 90 percent of the students wear jackets, ties and kilts. Although the change in thought about uniforms had originally been based on freedom of expression, those headmasters in England contend uniforms simply do not make the schools better in any way and that uniforms do not create higher achieving students. Ironically speaking, students nowadays tend to contemplate about the essence of wearing uniforms whereas it can never contribute to their thinking and their academic performances. College students usually argue on this matter because individually speaking, it compasses their “freedom” and their “choice of fashion”. Mentors on the other hand, believe that people wearing uniform are more caring for their fellows and colleagues; they care not only for their growth but the growth of their peers as well. According to Tracey Marinelli, uniforms are very important and foster traits which are very necessary for a person as an individual and an organization as a whole to thrive and prosper.
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by Denise GoIs the Philippines ready for change? Filipinos want change for the country, but are the people really ready for the change envisioned by the new elected officials in the government?
President elect Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte, sometimes called “Digong”, is known for having a sharp mouth and metal fist. During his campaign for presidency, he’s platform was very simple and straight to the point. One of Duterte’s goals is to capture or even kill drug addicts and rapists all over the country for three to six months. Duterte said that he will order the killing of all criminals, but this would be still done in accordance with the law. People loved him; the public enjoyed his humour and vision. After he won the elections, almost every single week there are tons of drug pushers who are being arrested and killed. There are also some drug addicts who surrendered a couple of days ago. Improvements are being seen after Duterte won the election, but then again, six months is not quite enough for a big change. Even if the newly assigned officials by Duterte are somehow perfect for the position and no matter how strict the rules are, there will always be people who will go beyond the line as if there are no laws. Duterte might have over-reacted a little bit with the three to six months. According to the Country Meters the population of the Philippines is 102, 275, 485. With that numbers, who knows how many drug addicts, and rapists are. Maybe Duterte can accomplish his goal in a couple of years, but three to six months seems to be impossible. Just like what Former Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said before, “Once you assume the presidency, you cannot just pull an Armalite rifle and shoot all drug lords, gun down all criminals. That is not how the democratic system works. We have to respect due process.” He also said that this would be a huge task, what with only 150,000 policemen protecting 100 million citizens spread across the country. Duterte‘s victory for the seat of presidency was not a shock for the public since most the voters were in favoured to Duterte because people are all tired of the old system. Davao City is such a wonderful peaceful place handled by Duterte, no one can question that. The challenge for the new administration is: Is this a truth or for dare? Dear EIC, As we all know, enrolling the desired units among the colleges is a natural scenario. We enroll subjects that we may and take it for the whole semester as it is permitted by the respective dean. However, students nowadays seemed to be “captives” by their own curriculum because they aren’t allowed to enroll beyond their required units. Usually, students are allowed to overload their units in order to maximize the time and money that is being consumed for the rest of the semester. But with our scenario, authorities seem to be not in favor of us, students, overloading our required units while students coming from the different department are allowed to do so. Is this a policy that teaches ‘Education for Sale’? Or they’re just showing some racial attitude towards our field? We just can’t understand why they are preventing us from overloading to graduate on time. It is very hard for us to accept the fact that Communication courses nowadays are often mistreated and underestimated. Don’t we have the right to take the units we can get to lessen the burden we carry? I hope I can get a quick response from you. More power, iBrowse! God bless us all. Sincerely, Llyanna BA Communication Student Dear Llyanna, Good day! Thank you for this open letter. In my opinion, all students should be given the chance to overload during the first and second semester of his or her last academic year in order to graduate on time, especially if you only have a couple of subjects left. I guess the authorities have their own reasons why Communication students are given such rules. Nevertheless, I can no longer give any further comments regarding this matter. Thank you for understanding. Enjoy the Mass Communication world, dear. God bless. Respectfully Yours, EIC |
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