Touched for the very first time by woes and fear are the students enrolled in a University notorious for its uncertainty.
Forging and creating the best students and employees is the University's brand to bring on our tables. But now, in an online setting, the same touch of training for competence from before seems insensitive to the situation of the students. Forced by poverty, the dreams and hopes of the students of Sintang Paaralan can be ejaculated regardless.
Like virgins, we cry again as we open the class of 2021–2022. It’s the first time to face the fears and live the life of a burnt-out student. They say it’s all part of life. It’s all part of the experience to be unmotivated to work for another day. 𝘊’𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘦—to be insensitive to one's sensibilities.
But that should not be the case.
We can never prepare for the opening. No matter how much we are reminded through banners and posters, the workload seems to be insurmountable. No matter how much we try to self-study, we are all doomed to remember our incapacities.
It’s only when we call for easement that adjustments are made. It’s only when we cry loud that some problems cease.
Even if we think that we are excited, even if we fool ourselves into thinking that this new stage will only become better, the impounding doubt and problems worsen and desecrate the very dreams and hope that keep us alive.
The lack of social interaction, the problems in our homes, and the stress that we get from all of those are belittled by the impossibility of our tasks. In a few weeks, our hearts will rush to get things done. Anxiety will flood the mind. We think we are excited, but we will soon regret thinking so.
We are, then, reminded of the times that we rush back to our campuses with everyone’s smile glistening the hallways before the classes start. We are now children in a kindergarten wanting to cry as our parents abandon us to some strangers.
We are virgins, and will continue to be so until we give in to the stress that our college life is about to insert into us. Never give up.
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