Comparing life today from yesterday, we can clearly feel the difference. We oftentimes see,read,and hear countless news in television,radios,or just by listening to our friendly neighbor out there. I'm talking about snatching, hold-ups, and some creative modus operandi conducted by the youngsters in our community. Most of them are out-of-school youths. Then, we might can agree that those petty crimes nowadays are very common in our society. We as common people, need a tangible matter to spend for our daily necessity in order to survive - money. It may be the cause why some of us come to the extent to do heinous things that we always know, or should I say that from the very beginning, it is wrong.. I'm pointing out the very reason why our beloved country is categorized as one of the developing or the third-world countries worldwide. But, is it really developing? You decide.
Like a common cold, these problems can also be treated. Education. It will be the key for us to develop and grow.
As a bona fide student of MSU-IIT (Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute Of Technology),I can somehow help improve our situation. Small and simple changes from myself can be the start of colossal improvements. I can be an example of anybody. I came from a distant place in Dipolog City, from the province of Zamboanga del Norte. All the way,I left home with only two luggages, and a promise for me to keep. Beside from the pleasurable freedom that my parents are a thousand footsteps away from me, I can also enjoy the money that they have given form e if I wanted to. But, it is not the case. Deep in me, I go to school for a vivid purpose - to give all that i have and be the best that i can be. Yes, I aim for candles ( grades that range from 1 to 1.9) I don't expect too much to reach exactly that kind of grades but,somehow it will be nearly that range and by that, I will not be frustrated if things don't go to what I have anticipated to happen. It's also not that I am being too ambitious. It's just that I don't walk my feet, and carry my bag to the portals of MSU-IIT just to be contented of a grade of 3 when in fact, and I know that we can all be a great student and there's more we can give to what we think is enough. Imagine the unpayable hardworks, extraordinary way of sacrifices, and the unconditional love given by our parents just to send us to school to have a quality education. It is the only thing that they can give to us that no one can steal/ Thanking them for what they have given to me is ineffable. So. as a debt of gratitude to them, I do things that somehow make their hearts melt. Dreams are just dreams. It will be a worthless dream if I'll just sit and stare waiting for it, but it can be a reality if I'll stand and start to reach it with all my might and willingness. It may be extremely hard, but it doesn't mean it is impossible. No matter how heavy the burden is, I still be the one who will gain from all of the tempests I'll face.
School is never boring, and studying doesn't mean that I can't enjoy what life can offer to me. I also give credits for my own self when I did something good. It is more like rewarding my myself for a certain deed that made me feel happy and satisfied. I still deserved a time for me to do some cool stuffs with my friends and even I'm alone, I still enjoy the serenity of nature.Of course, I do believe that I deserved happiness at some point.
Back to the point... I am trying to influence who may ever read this, to students, or to anybody that whatever dilemma we may encounter in reaching our aspirations, there is always a way to surpass it. Faith for Him plus the strongest determination is success.
