Reposting my AA pride FB statement :)
In response to the whole issue of Saab Magalona’s ranting on Assumption Education(http://www.spellsaab.com/2013/06/philippine-daily-inquirer-fires-pugad-baboy-creator/), here is my take on things:
The way I recall things, the rules and regulations of the school were discussed and explained ANNUALLY to make the students understand and appreciate the wisdom behind every rule.
Simplicity - Yes the rules on simplicity and uniformity may seem harsh, but the school taught us to be simpleto be able to value uniformity before we were old and mature enough to handle our individuality in our own time. Yes, I do wear make up now, my hair is artificially permed and colored but I do value that I was able to make these decisions for myself in celebration of my individuality rather than peer pressure that could easily happen to students at such a young age.
Other than that, these rules repeated annually made me realize and revisit the value of simplicity over and over again. As the saying goes "Live simply so that others may simply live".
Regulation from Public/TV Appearance - The way I recall things, Maxine Magalona was the only student that I know of that the school allowed to appear on TV due to her ongoing contract with "5 and up" a rule that the school administration was happy to overlook due to the educational value of the show she was in and also to be able to give the Magalona sisters the chance to be given the Assumption Education despite the technicality Maxine would have posed to the outstanding rule against TV appearances.
So many students in the past have been kicked out for much smaller and bigger instances (I even recall three daughters of the Martinez's ALL being kicked out for appearing for a SPLIT SECOND in a Jollibee commercial). You can ask the old teachers in the school, all the students who violated such rules were kicked out and they all respected the stand of the school and the value they had to teach in not letting their students be exposed to media opportunities at such an early age.
And yes to answer her pending question regarding the relevance of all these rules to education, what's my take?
It has EVERYTHING to do with education; for what good is education if it cannot teach you obedience and values? What good is knowledge if it does not give you room to exercise it through wisdom, the rules were not made to restrict the students, but to help them value tough decisions that they will all eventually face later in life in defense for whats good and what is right.
Not to jump on the bandwagon but I had to say something about it.
I honestly pity that the Magalona Sisters did not stay in Assumption Antipolo long enough to be able to value the education vs. the tiny "hassles" of these so-called "unfair" rules.
I have heard their public take on the whole debacle about Maxine's expulsion from Assumption and the story of the school administration.
No offense Saab but with or with our the victory of your law-suit in court, the issue here is simple; Maxine was not a fit to the school because she failed to follow the rules that we and the generations before us have followed.
May it have been a personal decision that you think the school administration should have understood, the rules have always been clear. What she did was not allowed and the penalty listed for it was expulsion.
On a lighter note, I am happy that this issue has been raised again at this point in my life. Maxine Magalona was a batch lower than me and I have graduated from Assumption Antipolo ten years ago.
The good lesson to take home from this is that years later, all our sisters who has been raised to imbibe the mission and vision of the school has found another opportunity to revisit and re-orient themselves with the values that our alma matter has taught us.
I do hope each and every one who has encountered this issue continue to live out all the lessons we have learned from a great institution.
May all our years of education lead us into being women of faith and of action in all our respective fields.
Much love from one "old girl" (a term we call alumni's) to another. Its the perfect time to celebrate who we are and what values we owe to the school we once called home. #ProudAssumptionista #Oldgirl2003 #Cheers2us#MyPOV #MME
(Photo reposted from Patee Enriquez#ProudAssumptionista2001)
(text reposted from an fb post of mine: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200787109633320&set=a.4995963990121.173649.1630372925&type=3&theater)