Den Relojo, a 25-year old psychology graduate from New Era University, says we don’t deserve to be called “Iskolar ng Bayan” because we pay more for UP education than the students his school. Den writes:
UP students are not supposed to be called “Iskolar ng Bayan” (Scholar of the Nation). They are “paying scholars”. If you are paying more or less PHP 21, 000, would you really feel that you are indeed a “Iskolar ng Bayan”? Upon enrollment, UP students get in line to pay for their tuition holding wads of cash roughly four times thicker than those from New Era University would pay for. I am sure that we don’t need figures, charts, and statistics to prove the veracity of my claim.
What do you think?
(Salamat sa link, AJ!)
6 responses so far ↓
1 mayee // Aug 5, 2008 at 10:46 am
We are called scholars because UP education would cost upwards of Php 80,000 if UP students paid for their tuition in full, but students are only made to answer for a fraction of that amount. The rest is subsidized by the gov’t, hence “iskolar ng bayan.”
2 the jester-in-exile // Aug 5, 2008 at 4:40 pm
and here i was thinking that “iskolar ng bayan” had less to do with subsidy than with service to country.
3 daniel // Aug 5, 2008 at 6:07 pm
this is a cheap way to get traffic for his blog.
4 the jester-in-exile // Aug 5, 2008 at 8:34 pm
eh. now that was a rather novel way to counter his argument.
5 Den // Aug 7, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Yeah! It was cheap, but it worked!
6 Den // Aug 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm
There’s nothing like controversy to get people commenting (or cursing) you on your blog. On my previous post about UP students being “fake” scholars, I have received dozens of comments, ranging from criticisms on my argument, utter defiance, or just simply joining the avalanche of verbal attacks against the post I’ve made. Well, to be perfectly honest, I had a great time approving those comments after comments… I didn’t expect that a multitude of bloggers would negatively react about it. I thought that it was just one of my posts that would receive a comment or two. Well, I was completely wrong. It only proves then that controversy begets publicity. And I just loved it! I wasn’t even offended with those “hate comments”. To put in psychological parlance, I would call it “reinforcers”. Those comments created a new form on the identity of my blog.
This blog is nothing but a collection of my rambles and musings. That’s why I named this Ramblings of Dennis in the first place. I am totally surprised why people get so serious about my post. I am not lambasting the school or the students themselves. I was just a blogger who posted my own observation.
As a blogger, I think that, through that post, I was able to find the key to differentiating myself to attract as many reader or (enemies) as possible. Successful bloggers say that for one to gain as many readers as possible, a blogger should consider lateral thinking. Here’s the thing about lateral thinking—it is creative thinking that also provides a logical bridge within the context of a blogger’s chosen subject matter. And while the concept of lateral thinking is crucial to separating myself from the other bloggers, a logical justification is also required. They say that lateral thinking does not mean coming up with some flaky idea that is divorced from both common sense and the needs of your targeted audience. But sometimes a violation of that lateral thinking concept could even work better! Just like in my case.
This is my ramble for today, and it started because I got these weird rucks of comments after I claimed that UP students are “fake” scholars. Now you can call me a retard, freakish, bitter, nuts or whatever… I could only say “Thank you.”
By the way, I never forced anyone to follow the same line of thought that I have. If you hate me, blame yourselves! You always have options.
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