THE GREAT IRONY

By Bayawanon

Many poor but mentally talented Filipino students want to study in good, reputable and illustrious schools like Ateneo de Manila, De La Salle University, San Beda College, University of Santo Tomas, University of San Carlos, etc. but they can't afford to go to such schools because of the sky-high tuition fees, hence most of them would try their luck to apply for government scholarships through examinations in government-owned but excellent schools like the University of the Philippines (UP), Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) etc. The government and the state expect so much from these young people who would probably lead The Philippines in the near future since they have the likings of good servants or leaders in the near future since they have the intellect future leaders may have.

The government schools that I have enumerated above are good training grounds for future good public servants, leaders, and masters of their chosen field of studies. The students there are excellently trained and guided by their professors, aside from the fact that they are free from tuition fees, they also have freeboard and lodging and also have allowances. In the case of the PMA and PNPA Cadets, they are already considered as members of the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines from day one of their student life in the military and police academies which they entered, hence they enjoy already military and police privileges while still students/cadets, but along the line, there can be problems of the state which is even invented or perpetrated by the students funded or formerly financed by the same.

Some of us know that there are radical students from the University of the Philippines who would join the rallies of the militant or leftist groups with the aim of trying to overthrow, change or overhaul the government or even the state. Some of them graduated from UP and after which even established revolutionary groups to overthrow the government. In the case of some graduates of the Philippine Military Academy, there were a few of them who tried to sabotage the peace and security situation of our country by staging a coup de tat's for them to take control of the country who actually made them.

The saddest part of it is this, some alumni of the Philippine Military Academy and the Philippine National Police Academy who is now in military and police service are now actually trying to destroy the institution where they belong by practicing corruption within the service. Some of them are even protecting big people who are indulge in illegal activities like illegal gambling, smuggling, gun running, illegal drugs trade, etc.

These reprehensible acts of the former POOR STUDENTS who are expected to lead the Filipino people by example because of the good training and discipline that they got from their august and illustrious alma maters are infamous and forgettable for they are actually destroying the country which made them who they are today, and to me, that constitutes as THE GREAT IRONY.