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Scholars: Are They All Geniuses?

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“Scholar”, this is not a strange word for us.  Most people raise their eyebrows when they hear this word because they salute and even felt proud of them. However, there are also some people who keep on laughing because they think that scholars were just poor students who are only trying hard in getting diplomas.

Whatever our side is, we are sure that being a scholar is not that easy, because in order for you to become a scholar; you must excel in the class, you must maintain a high grade,  you must meet the high standards of the curriculum, you are not allowed to fail any subjects, you must know how to multi-task. Some even thought that you have to become a nerd, a whiz kid, or a bookish person for you to qualify. In short, some people think that scholars have no room for enjoyment.

Credits to: Mr. Juvel Velez Tadena

In my own perspective, I would agree that being a scholar is not a piece of cake because scholars really have to work hard to maintain it. But being a nerd, a whiz kid or a bookish person for you to qualify? I don’t think so. Maintaining a scholarship does not necessarily require you to spend the rest of your school day sitting in a corner memorizing every definition of terms on a book, studying all day long then cramming yourself during exams. These are actually unessential. But I’m not saying that scholars should be happy go-lucky. What I mean is, there should be a balance. These scholars must  know how to manage their time so that they will have a right span of time to relax, to rest, to study and the most important of all: to serve God. I think I can prove this for I am also one of those who are said to be scholars. With  God's help, I maintained my scholarship during my last two years and graduated as a Mass Communication Student. Well, now I’m on my third year college hoping for the black graduation toga hopefully when I finished my AB Communication course. I’m not bragging. I just want to say that with God’s help and mercy, I maintained my scholarship though I’m not a genius, a nerd, or a bookish person. I’m just an average student who sometimes fails to memorize or review on exams for some reasons but luckily passes and still given a chance to continue my studies.

So I think serving and thanking God must be the scholars’ priority so that God would help us. We should not be boastful because of the knowledge that we learned. Because being knowledgeable without God is nonsense, for it can lead us to stupidity.

Interview Article: House Parent: For hundreds of children

            “An uninteresting and non-sense topic.” Maybe that is how people describe an article that features a house parent. But for sure they'll change their minds if they will encounter a house parent that is taking care of more than hundreds of children.

            The first year colleges in MCT-12 of La Verdad Christian College conducted an outreach program for the kids at the “Reception and Study Center for Children”. You'll find Ms. Myra Cruz, the house parent, taking good care of the abandoned children. The assigned reporter for the documentary didn't fail to interview Ms. Myra Cruz even though cameras are not allowed to cover the interview.

            Ms. Myra Cruz was asked some questions about her and the children that she's taking care of. She said that she's so happy in her task because she treats those children as her own. But sometimes she gets tired, in the sense that they are really many. She also mentioned that the children were all materially well-provided but not emotionally. Of course they cannot fully accomplish the responsibility of a true parent since they are taking care hundreds of them. And since the children are in large numbers, there is uniformity in every action they make. They all eat at the same time; take a bath at the same time. And the only spare time for them to play outside their houses is on the afternoon.  What Ms. Myra Cruz wanted for the children is, she wanted those children have their own parents or simply be adopted. Because according to her, those children need the love and care that a parent can give.

            The interviewer can feel her sincerity in every word she says. Hope that there will be more people who will love their and tasks like her. (Image. 1 -Ms. Myra Cruz -The woman in yellow who holds the certificate)

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