i'm only a student.
sure, i'm a UP student, the best of the best.
as our college slogan goes, "UP na, ECON pa!"
i'm only a student.
i don't work, i study.
i get to learn political science, economics, algebra, etc.
i'm only a student.
but i'm paying for my country's debt.
thanks to one hell of a government.
now i have to contend with an impending UP budget cut
and a possible increase in the value added tax
and a possible transportation fare hike...
all because the government allows itself to be dictated to by tne world bank and imf
how weak can you get?
allowing yourself to be controlled by supranational bodies
who would sooner trample on a nation's sovereignty just to earn more money
and foregoing the welfare of your own people just to earn points with uncle sam
and you think our country is free?
free from colonialism? from foreign interference?
dream on
globalization is just a fancy term for neo-colonialism
free trade means lower prices for them, and more suffering for us
we were never free
july 4, 1946 was only a mere formality
america was already assured of a new colony
the "republic of the philippines"
free and independent to the casual eye
but with people conditioned by american education in the ways of the west
conditioned to think that western goods are better than the local
the so-called colonial mentality kept our markets open to the americans
and our government open to interference
add to that the more than 300 years of Spanish domination
that taught us that we were inferior to the west
and gave us a religion that taught us not to fight back, but to accept our suffering,
and not to question, but just to "have faith"
and here we are today
haaay...
i'm a student in the best university in the country
which is both a blessing and a curse
i know a lot of things
my professors know a lot of things
i learn more each and every day
from my friends and the people around me
and now i know why someone once said that
"ignorance is bliss"
2 comments:
that's just depressing.
sigh.
Have you noticed that: NO (dominant) CATHOLIC COUNTRY IS ACTUALLY AT ITS BEST!?
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Does religion have something to do with the status of a country!? Is it the one to blame for values that keep our country from moving forward!?? For Filipinos' lack of nationalism!???
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Dndiscuss kasi namin yan sa Socio... and oo nga... bigla ko lang na-realize na wala nga palang Christian country na "successful" tulad ng America... or Canada... lahat backward! so I actually started thinking kung bakit! Kung dahil ba sa religion kaya tayo ganito... dahil ba sa values natin (na tinuturo rin actually ng religion) or dahil lang ba talaga sa government!?!! Hmm!!!
Take Socio 10! really helps you understand a lot of things abt the Phil.!
Nina :)
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