Bad Words @ School

Caution: To my young readers foul words ahead. Read the whole content to understand its importance.

HOW WOULD YOU REACT IF THE WORDS 'PU_ANG IN_' NYO, MGA GAG_! W_LANGHIY_! WOULD COME FROM THE LIPS OF A 6-YEAR OLD CHILD?

Are the Senior Citizens Aware that the Young Filipino Generation is Looking Up to Them?

One of the very reasons why I decided to put my own blog is to scribble what is happening at school everyday. I actually regret those days when something remarkable came up at school and I had no means of jotting it down, writing is time-consuming and my dexterity is inconsistent.  

One of those 'happenings' happened last week, and I cannot just let it pass because it touches the present and stirring issue of ethics at the Senate, reflected by a Grade-1 student.

It happened this way. The children were playing, it was their recess time. They are free to relax and eat their meals. While they were running to and fro, I heard multiple cursings in a loud voice. S_N OF A _ITCH! IMBECILE! SHAMELESS! (This cursing will be tolerable in English, but try to try translate these in Filipino and imagine its being spoken by a child in a loud voice). My face turned red. Its a GO!

To make the story short, I reprimanded the student and asked him to bring his parents the next day. The next day the parents came, surprised!? They believed their son is a very good example of a good boy..... at home. They are not aware that in school that 'good boy' is totally different.  

The core question: Where did you learn to curse?

The answer: Kay Duterte po!

We were surprised, both his parents and I.

Again, I asked: Bakit kay President Duterte, How?

The student answered: Grandpa always listens to him on the radio and telision, and I heard Duterte saying PU_ANG IN_".

In his innocence, he learned that the 's_n of a _itch' curse was just a casual statement. I am thinking how many young Filipinos at school will fall into this mind-conditioning, subliminally.

Another culprit I believe that contribute to this is, the airwave. Before, television and radio programs used that 'beep-beep' sound when some pundits being interviewed said something that is lewd or immoral. It seems they do not do that anymore, did the programming changed? TV programs before had this way of saying PASINTABI PO! or blurring the scene to make it unrecognizable, when they show video clips that are brutal or would send a cultural shock to the people, most especially in time when children at home. They used to show respect!

Let me remind you that, I am not blogging this to make some hateful remarks against the President. I am an educator, I ponder academic questions. The issue in reference to what happened in our school is like an image that reflects our society. If I would believe that cursing is just normal and I would use that same language in teaching my students, then everything will be fine. Everything we say and do are the same, and our morality runs on the same path, our society will be coherent at that point, but we are being ruled by our conscience and there are laws that governs us all to put us in the right perspective that is peaceful and respectful. Our conscience is there to signal us if what we say or do is in contrast with goodness.

The President of the Philippines is like a father to the Filipino People. A father who nurtures, disciplines and protects his sons and daughters against enslavement of any kind.

Figuratively, if we are his biological children and our surname is Duterte, then that old and timeless Filipino saying would apply. HINDI MAMUMUNGA NG BAYABAS ANG PUNO NG MANGGA or like that old TV ad would suggest ANG MALING GAWAIN NG MATANDA AY NAGIGING TAMA SA PANINGIN NG BATA.

I just wish our President would be more dignified in his words. Our young generation is looking up to him.

The Holy Bible says:

"The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out." Proverbs 10:31 (NIV)

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