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Leadership Through Student Empowerment
College Student Government officers of Cor Jesu College SY 2009-2010
For decades the country has been facing tremendous problems which are the 21st century version of what Rizal described in his Noli Me Tangere as “cancer of the society,” problems which, like the hero’s immortal novel, have something to do with political atrocities, social inequality, and moral decadence.
Thus, the government on its part is always in the flight towards solving these problems. National and local officials often claim that they commit themselves in catering the welfare of the people through projects and programs being implemented by each administration. They may fail to make the nation be at par with our international neighbors, it is not solely their fault though. As democracy is the living power of the land, our country is not a state ruled by the government but a nation governed by the people. All the sectors in the society have the responsibility in attaining greater heights of development and prosperity and in helping to make our country a better place to live in.
Based on statistics, our population is composed largely by the youth. Being a part of it, I recognized the significance of the youth in shaping our country’s future. If educated well with enough skills and knowledge and equipped with wholehearted social responsibility and steadfast moral values, the youth will truly be the hope which Motherland waits for centuries.
As an active student leader in our school, I am one of the young men and women who are doing their best to contribute something beneficial, not only to our fellow students, but to the community as well. Most of the activities and projects that I and my fellow student leaders are initiating center on promoting academic excellence, social responsibility, and spiritual maturity.
By gearing up education and not limiting its venue in the four corners of the classroom, we have able to come up with activities like workshops in computer related subjects which recognized the importance of technology in today’s era of modernization, seminars on the learning English as the universal language, and competitions that showcase the youth’s talent and skill in various fields.
To establish social responsibility, we have conducted symposium on the significance of participating in the election and being vigilant during this precious event of our country as a democratic nation, consultations with the members of the community on the impact of mining in the flora and fauna, and clean-up drives to promote the advantages of a clean surrounding in keeping a healthy and sound environment.
Above all, it is vital to uphold our spirituality by facilitating activities that give worth to the faith of every individual, activities that will make a person’s day-to-day concerns and decisions be in accordance to the heartfelt and unwavering conviction on the existence of God, His power and providence.
This is how I can best help in making our country a better place to live in by leading not others but by empowering fellow youths towards academic excellence, social responsibility, and spiritual maturity.
Thus, the government on its part is always in the flight towards solving these problems. National and local officials often claim that they commit themselves in catering the welfare of the people through projects and programs being implemented by each administration. They may fail to make the nation be at par with our international neighbors, it is not solely their fault though. As democracy is the living power of the land, our country is not a state ruled by the government but a nation governed by the people. All the sectors in the society have the responsibility in attaining greater heights of development and prosperity and in helping to make our country a better place to live in.
Based on statistics, our population is composed largely by the youth. Being a part of it, I recognized the significance of the youth in shaping our country’s future. If educated well with enough skills and knowledge and equipped with wholehearted social responsibility and steadfast moral values, the youth will truly be the hope which Motherland waits for centuries.
As an active student leader in our school, I am one of the young men and women who are doing their best to contribute something beneficial, not only to our fellow students, but to the community as well. Most of the activities and projects that I and my fellow student leaders are initiating center on promoting academic excellence, social responsibility, and spiritual maturity.
By gearing up education and not limiting its venue in the four corners of the classroom, we have able to come up with activities like workshops in computer related subjects which recognized the importance of technology in today’s era of modernization, seminars on the learning English as the universal language, and competitions that showcase the youth’s talent and skill in various fields.
To establish social responsibility, we have conducted symposium on the significance of participating in the election and being vigilant during this precious event of our country as a democratic nation, consultations with the members of the community on the impact of mining in the flora and fauna, and clean-up drives to promote the advantages of a clean surrounding in keeping a healthy and sound environment.
Above all, it is vital to uphold our spirituality by facilitating activities that give worth to the faith of every individual, activities that will make a person’s day-to-day concerns and decisions be in accordance to the heartfelt and unwavering conviction on the existence of God, His power and providence.
This is how I can best help in making our country a better place to live in by leading not others but by empowering fellow youths towards academic excellence, social responsibility, and spiritual maturity.
Faith: Spirituality of Love
Growing up in faith is living a spiritually-inclined life. Being spiritual is doing what is right rather than indulging to wrongdoings. On top of this, it is valuing God’s commandments by loving Him above all things and loving others as we love ourselves. For me, it is the very core of my faith.
It may sound quite theological and yet I believe that living a spiritual life is learning to love and be loved. Knowing God, He is love, and love is His superb revelation to mankind. Love is not solely a religious norm though. It is a human instinct.
However, love is more than having the intense feeling of affection towards the opposite sex or the feeling of care and attachment to your family and friends. It is the greatest experience that a person may experience in life.
Of all the problems that are being faced by our nation, you may possibly wonder how can love help make our country a better place to live in.
Since the family has the integral role in shaping our lives, it is best to be part in making its foundation strengthened by love. By valuing love in the family, I will begin in learning to love myself. It is by doing the best in my studies, staying away from vices and trouble, and keeping a healthy and wholesome lifestyle. Through this I can be ensured with a bright future which is being a productive citizen rather than a liability of the government.
Living out love in myself makes me learn to love the society where I belong and the country in general. It helps me to become socially responsible by doing my duties as a youth like participating in the elections, abiding to prescribed laws, becoming vigilant on socio-political issues, and involving myself to school and community activities that promote the welfare of the people and the environment.
Having a loving character starting within the family makes me a loving son and brother who values respect, understanding, and kindness. Expressing love to my parents and siblings means upholding love in the family. This loving character will eventually reflect on my personality outside our home. I believe that showing this loving attitude towards my peers and all the people I may encounter in life has a significant contribution in keeping a harmonious society.
This is what true faith is- becoming spiritual by loving God and our fellows so as the world He created for us. If all of us will adhere to this faith and be religious enough in obeying His will, there is no doubt that we will find ourselves loving one another.
With my faith which is bound by the spirituality of love, I know that I shall be a part and parcel in making the country a better place to live in.
It may sound quite theological and yet I believe that living a spiritual life is learning to love and be loved. Knowing God, He is love, and love is His superb revelation to mankind. Love is not solely a religious norm though. It is a human instinct.
However, love is more than having the intense feeling of affection towards the opposite sex or the feeling of care and attachment to your family and friends. It is the greatest experience that a person may experience in life.
Of all the problems that are being faced by our nation, you may possibly wonder how can love help make our country a better place to live in.
Since the family has the integral role in shaping our lives, it is best to be part in making its foundation strengthened by love. By valuing love in the family, I will begin in learning to love myself. It is by doing the best in my studies, staying away from vices and trouble, and keeping a healthy and wholesome lifestyle. Through this I can be ensured with a bright future which is being a productive citizen rather than a liability of the government.
Living out love in myself makes me learn to love the society where I belong and the country in general. It helps me to become socially responsible by doing my duties as a youth like participating in the elections, abiding to prescribed laws, becoming vigilant on socio-political issues, and involving myself to school and community activities that promote the welfare of the people and the environment.
Having a loving character starting within the family makes me a loving son and brother who values respect, understanding, and kindness. Expressing love to my parents and siblings means upholding love in the family. This loving character will eventually reflect on my personality outside our home. I believe that showing this loving attitude towards my peers and all the people I may encounter in life has a significant contribution in keeping a harmonious society.
This is what true faith is- becoming spiritual by loving God and our fellows so as the world He created for us. If all of us will adhere to this faith and be religious enough in obeying His will, there is no doubt that we will find ourselves loving one another.
With my faith which is bound by the spirituality of love, I know that I shall be a part and parcel in making the country a better place to live in.
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Not yet over, Never
by Vivien Grace A. Santillan*
Filipino masses staging a rally
After centuries of repression, the Filipinos have never been resurfaced since then, never. Every Filipino who has done some soul-searching regarding the evils that plague our society must have wrestled with the question of embracing poverty and adopting corruption as part of our government's nature. How alluring life could have been if we had experience the other way around. We cold always be the lucky one.
Not all of our national goals are realistic. Some remains illusions. War continues. Peace are obstructed. the agony of conflicting goals, goes deeper to my mouth, slips down to my esophagus, stays in my stomach, and eating up every walls of my intestine. Isn't it familiar? Man indeed does not live by bread alone. Man has to be nourish with spiritual values, with culture, with nationalistic fervor, with political independence, with a host of other intangibles.
However, I am sure most political leaders would be unmoved by such cold reasoning. Very few would be willing to tolerate a situation in which they will sacrifice their own needs for the needs of the people and for most of the people. No matter how dubious the concept might be, as it is preferred immeasurably. Once politicians are corrupted by power and their selfish desire clash with one another, their instinctive scale of values would very fail us. We may no longer be cocksure about the superiority of one goal over another. If so, we would be in a quandary, face to face with a real dilemma of our nation. Seeing how such a dilemma could occur. So, in this particular scenario, we don't have a government of the people, by the people and for the people; it is a government off the people, buy the people and fool the people. Don't you agree? You don't know whom to trust any longer. Filipinos don't want to be where life will be so uneasy. This may complex and difficult. The process of political development is hampered by the fact that external interests often exert a more influential role within the indigenous political structure than they should.
There must be a drastic change in the attitudes of our leaders as well as the people itself towards perpetuating the completely inane situation we have right now, co-existing with a dearth at all levels of Filipinos ideal life.
It's not yet over, never!
*Vivien Grace Santillan is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Cor Jesu College
Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
Not all of our national goals are realistic. Some remains illusions. War continues. Peace are obstructed. the agony of conflicting goals, goes deeper to my mouth, slips down to my esophagus, stays in my stomach, and eating up every walls of my intestine. Isn't it familiar? Man indeed does not live by bread alone. Man has to be nourish with spiritual values, with culture, with nationalistic fervor, with political independence, with a host of other intangibles.
However, I am sure most political leaders would be unmoved by such cold reasoning. Very few would be willing to tolerate a situation in which they will sacrifice their own needs for the needs of the people and for most of the people. No matter how dubious the concept might be, as it is preferred immeasurably. Once politicians are corrupted by power and their selfish desire clash with one another, their instinctive scale of values would very fail us. We may no longer be cocksure about the superiority of one goal over another. If so, we would be in a quandary, face to face with a real dilemma of our nation. Seeing how such a dilemma could occur. So, in this particular scenario, we don't have a government of the people, by the people and for the people; it is a government off the people, buy the people and fool the people. Don't you agree? You don't know whom to trust any longer. Filipinos don't want to be where life will be so uneasy. This may complex and difficult. The process of political development is hampered by the fact that external interests often exert a more influential role within the indigenous political structure than they should.
There must be a drastic change in the attitudes of our leaders as well as the people itself towards perpetuating the completely inane situation we have right now, co-existing with a dearth at all levels of Filipinos ideal life.
It's not yet over, never!
*Vivien Grace Santillan is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from Cor Jesu College
Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
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