Ang Pagtatapos, Bow!

Isang malaking karangalan ang makapagtapos sa isang lebel ng pag-aaral, ito man ay preschool, mababang paaralan, mataas na paaralan, kolehiyo o graduate school. It is a great honor to finish a level of schooling, be it preschool, elementary school, high school or graduate school.

Pero ang aking ipinagtataka ay ang kalabisan ng ilang mga paaralan sa lebel ng pag-aaral ng mga bata. Paano ba naman, yung iba, kapag nagtapos ng Prep sa preschool, kung hindi ika-dalawang taon ng nag-aral (Kinder at Prep), ito ay ikatlong taon kaya (Nursery, Kinder at Prep) o kaya, ito ay ika-apat na taon na niyang pag-aaral (Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Kinder at Prep). One thing that really baffles me is that schools want to earn so much that by the time a student finishes preschool, he or she has already been studying for what, 2, 3 or 4 years already?

Wala naman akong nakikitang masama kung nag-e-enjoy naman ang bata pero naman, kung ganito, pagdating ng unang baitang, ilang taon na siyang nag-aaral. Kung ako man yung batang yun,magrereklamo ako. I don’t see anything wrong if the children are enjoying but then again, by the time a child who went through all these levels reaches first grade, he or she has been studying for a number of years already.

Grabe talaga. Dito sa ating bansa, ang makapagtapos ng pag-aaral hanggang kolehiyo ay tila ba isang karangyaan at hindi karapatan. This is really dreadful. In this country, it seems that to be an educated person is a prvilege, not a right.

Paano ba naman, ang ibinabayad sa pribadong paaralan, mababa na ang 30 mil. Ang iba, mahigit isang daang libo. Preschool pa lang yan ha. How so? Tuition fees run from the “lowly” PhP30,000 to over a hundred thousand. And that is for the prechool level alone.

Ok, me school dito, over half a milion ang tuition pero di ko na lang babanggitin ang pangalan.

Gaano na kaya kataas na tuiton pagdating sa kolehiyo? How much more would the tuition be in college?

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