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The Sad World
Saturday, February 21, 2009 @ 1:39 PM

All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. - John W. Gardner

Well I haven't written in a long time, haven't I?

So things have been happening—some good, some bad—and I unfortunately have learned, in the span of merely two hours yesterday afternoon, that so many good teachers are leaving Miriam. And no, I'm not just talking about those are those, um, 'wala lang' teachers. The kind of teachers who obviously don't like teaching, or are just horrible at it.

I knew that Miss Castillo was leaving MC for some time, and when she told the class, I wasn't really surprised because she obviously deserves better; she's too good for just teaching, though she will be horribly missed. I think that Miss Castillo, as Maybel had put it, taught the class more things outside of English than about it. At the end of the day, she really taught everyone how to think. Not just the plots of Lord of the Flies and Wuthering Heights or the messages of "Funeral Blues" and "Shield of Achilles", but more than that. She taught us about justice, prejudice, society, and all the sides and moral ambiguities of each.

And then I found out Sir Antiquera is leaving too? It's kind of unthinkable; it's hard to imagine MC without him. He's like a staple on campus, almost as if he just should be there. I was genuinely looking forward to having him as a teacher, despite the scariness sometimes. He's truly articulate in everything, and he seems like a really good teacher, you know? So fun and smart and, um, bald and all, I d'know.

And yet it doesn't stop there (sad world, isn't it?) because Sir Alano and Sir JD are leaving too. I mean, seriously? Well I can understand Sir JD since he's going to be a priest and stuff which is really cool, and I have just the highest respects for people like him who totally commit to something they really believe in and are so passionate about. But Sir Alano? Well I wasn't as shocked as some other people, where "some other people" is equal to "entire student body", but I'm just as horrified. And for him to say his reason for leaving is that he wants to put up a cellphone business ... um, no. I mean, I unfortunately believe him since I don't think Sir Alano can ever lie (lol), but there's more to it somehow. And Sir Alano is just too smart for a crappy cellphone business! He was like, number two in something for Biology or whatever. Nuuu, Sir Alano, nuuuuuu!