Someone once told me that there are only three ways to get rich here in the Philippines. First is to be born rich with silver spoon on your mouth. Well, golden spoon would be better in my opinion. Second is to be a politician. And third is to be an artist.
Injustice is present in every direction you look within the boundaries of this country. The gap between the poor and the powerful widens more and more as time pass by. In the right, you’ll see the percentage of unemployed graduates growing every year. We have this so called Palakasan System in our country. Competition is tough for job-seekers, but not for those with backers. In the left, you’ll see teachers and other professionals working their butts off only to receive a certain amount just enough to support their needs or even less, while other undergraduates, such as artists are paid huge sums of money. With this trend, we can’t blame why graduates choose to depart our country and work abroad.
If I were asked what the greatest challenge there is facing the Filipino people today, I would have to say graft and corruption of politicians which leads to poverty. Yes, their dishonesty is against their sworn duty to the public. Such act is immoral, but who are we to judge them if they get tempted, with the ample amount of compensation, not only these politicians but also all the other government and non-government employees receive?
I don’t understand why artists get paid huge amounts of money. I am aware that entertaining people and being on-call twenty-four-seven is a tough job but they in return, get famous and perk out of it. So aren’t that and an adequate amount of compensation enough? Why should celebrities be one of those with high-paying jobs if they don’t even have to spend much because they have sponsors to provide most of the tangible things they’ll need?
As a youth, I would like to be a model to my generation and make a promise to make a difference in this prejudice system of ours by voicing out my opinion and hopefully be able to initiate a change someday. Let us not take for granted the help that these underprivileged workers offer us and our society. Who would maintain peace and order without police and military men? And if not for our teachers, how would we be able to count our earnings and spell out success?
Injustice is present in every direction you look within the boundaries of this country. The gap between the poor and the powerful widens more and more as time pass by. In the right, you’ll see the percentage of unemployed graduates growing every year. We have this so called Palakasan System in our country. Competition is tough for job-seekers, but not for those with backers. In the left, you’ll see teachers and other professionals working their butts off only to receive a certain amount just enough to support their needs or even less, while other undergraduates, such as artists are paid huge sums of money. With this trend, we can’t blame why graduates choose to depart our country and work abroad.
If I were asked what the greatest challenge there is facing the Filipino people today, I would have to say graft and corruption of politicians which leads to poverty. Yes, their dishonesty is against their sworn duty to the public. Such act is immoral, but who are we to judge them if they get tempted, with the ample amount of compensation, not only these politicians but also all the other government and non-government employees receive?
I don’t understand why artists get paid huge amounts of money. I am aware that entertaining people and being on-call twenty-four-seven is a tough job but they in return, get famous and perk out of it. So aren’t that and an adequate amount of compensation enough? Why should celebrities be one of those with high-paying jobs if they don’t even have to spend much because they have sponsors to provide most of the tangible things they’ll need?
As a youth, I would like to be a model to my generation and make a promise to make a difference in this prejudice system of ours by voicing out my opinion and hopefully be able to initiate a change someday. Let us not take for granted the help that these underprivileged workers offer us and our society. Who would maintain peace and order without police and military men? And if not for our teachers, how would we be able to count our earnings and spell out success?
Learn by heart: every individual in this world of ours is significant
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