Rizal’s Sociology by Randy David: Reaction

Our predecessors, in my own opinion, are naturally industrious, but because of various factors affecting their social, emotional and physical disposition, they tend to experience the goodness of leisure. If Spaniards haven’t conquered us in the first place, we could be one of the First World Countries for we won’t be suffering from restrained international trades, personal developments and won’t be burdened by vociferous regulations and unreasonable injustices such as unjust taxes, derisive interactions with them and forced labor.

            Rizal made a great point about the reasons of our ancestors’ being ‘indolent’ for sometimes brought by the stern setting they were engaged in before. His suggestions, however, can be reckoned with sky-scraping infeasibility because the system running amidst every sector of the society. Others are close-minded to the fact that they’ve been used to have employees that even they’re just sitting in one corner, they’re still earning. The problem is on the education system and the equal distribution of resources that must be shared to those who need them to guarantee their existence. But, if these conditions are in the concept of equity, business tycoons might deserve their owned properties due to the capital and effort they’ve spent on their establishment but originally, nature is not man’s creation so resource partitioning must also be subjected to humans. Pathetic are those who haven’t acquired any knowledge and skills that they can’t progress side by side with other golden-spooned families.

            In terms of indoctrinating national sentiments to Filipinos, we are bound by colonial mentality that we advocate other culture and migrating to places just for income – a sacrifice it is but something can be done here in the Philippines if and only if the government provides great number of employments and good salary with outstanding benefits. With these things, Philippines won’t be teemed with sluggish and inferior people but rather prosperous and educated citizens.

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“Six years in elementary, four years of pursuing high school career and half a decade of continuous struggle in college.”

What more could I ask for? I mean, was ten long years of exhaustible education not yet enough to return the things I liked best? More playful days and peaceful nights! I never requested for this kind of life, but the fate seemed to be constant about how people should be molded so that we will be prepared for our future.

One time in college, when I was doing my practice set in Elementary Accounting 2, I thought of shifting to another course. Maybe it’s because I didn’t love the work I was performing at the very first place or probably, I was not ready for the challenge – to apply all the learning my teacher had taught me during the whole 2^nd semester of my 1^st year in Ateneo de Naga University (AdNU). It was a very skeptical scenario, reflecting all the memories I’ve gone through with numbers, computations, memorization of intricate formulas and most of all, the means I needed to analyze problems.  “Is life naturally full of predicaments that even if can afford to handle it anymore, still I’m trying to survive?”

Few days had passed and the most gruesome deadline of submission was fast approaching. I asked help from my classmates, but they have also a hard time contemplating on the required solutions.  Only then I realized that I have to solely depend on myself and that being a person has something to do with an empathetic commitment to lifetime edification. There were times of relaxation and moments of solving the accounting transactions presented in the booklet.

After sometime of sleepless hours of darkness, I had finished the practice set and presenting it to my professor on time. Then, I felt certain relief that whenever dilemma moves toward my path, there will be definite elucidations to keep me from drowning over the troubles they could cause.

Being a student doesn’t necessarily mean that I must study all the time. It will also be beneficial to find time for myself like doing extra-curricular activities. God won’t give a setback if that hitch has no explicit explanation.