STC’s defiance sets bad precedent – lawyer

wag sanang pahalu-haluin ang issues. ok, sectarian school ang STC at dapat na sundin ng mag students nito ang mga patakaran ng school. to this effect, i will agree. but there is the question of where does the school’s authority end? sa intindi ko sa mga nabasa ko, pinayagan ng mga magulang ang mga students na mag-outing, there was no way the school could be identified from  the pictures posted on Facebook, and there was nothing illegal or criminal that happened in the said event. so ang unang tanong ay sakop ba ng kapangyarihan ng mga paaralan ang ginagawa ng mga students habang sill ay nasa kanilang sariling private event na may pahintulot naman ng mga magulang???

ang pangalawang tanong ko ay bunga ng inasal ng school matapos i-utos sa pamamagitan ng TRO na pasalihin ang mag students sa graduation. hindi ko lang maitindihan kung paano naiisip ng mga school authorities na dapat panatilihin ng mag students ang pagsunod sa school policies sa labas man ng paaralan, samantalang ang mga mismong school authorities naman ang nagpapakita ng halimbawa ng hindi pagsunod sa mga inatasan ng pamahalaan tungkol sa pagpapatupad ng batas. hindi ba ito ay halimbawa rin ng sinasabing double standards ng iba? sundin nyo kami, pero hindi kami susunod sa utos ng hukuman.

maaring nagkamali ang mga students, maaring dapat lang na sila ay parusahan, ngunit dahil ito ay naka-binbin na ang issue sa hukuman, walang maaring gawin ang mga school authorities kung hindi sumunod din sa mga utos ng hukuman.  tinanggap din nila ang katotohanang iyan noong pinapunta nila ang kanila abogado sa korte at nakipag-debate sa abogado ng mga magulang ng mga students. 

ito ang dapat na maunawaan nating lahat!

The object of Catholic education is the formation of the whole person, not just in academics or in behavior inside the school, but even outside and in spite of it.  The parents and students who were punished were aware of school rules.  It is not just wearing a bikini, which is a harmless thing, I am sure, that even religious sisters will understand. It is in posting those images, cigarette and wine glass in hand, that is offensive and is against the rules of the school.  The report came from students who reported the matter to the school authorities.  The latter gave them, despite the clear infraction against the rules, the opportunity to explain, providing them even a day’s session with the guidance counsellor.  The parents should have considered that by bringing the matter to court, they have aggravated the situation.  Their kids graduated, their punishment was only non-allowance to join the commencement exercises.  If there was trauma at all, it is not the fault, therefore, of the school which is only enforcing a school rule and regulation to protect those who have not committed an infraction, now magnified and sensationalized because of the action of parents who wanted the rules bent for them, doing an injustice to the 200 others who abided by the rules.  Had behavior not been breached, for all we know, the students, as applicable, may have merited loyalty awards from the school.  But, precisely for those given more, more shall be expected.  Parents have the obligation, more than the school, to even inculcate personal and human values in their children. 

Allowing minors to smoke and drink and posting the same in social networking sites is sure to go viral; there is nothing private thereafter.  Smoking is dangerous to health and smoking and drinking are certainly not values that minors should never flaunt in public.  Parents are not supposed to teach or allow their children who are still in high school and still within the jurisdiction of the school to break the rules because it is “in keeping with the growth needs” of a teenager: otherwise then all parents can do it and not blame the school for their shortcomings in the proper formation of their children.  I am sure there are many other parents who appreciated the action of the school: ditto, the parents of the 200 other graduating students!

The TRO is a curious thing to me and while the order of the court must be obeyed, the hearings in the court could eventually exonerate the school, I am confident.  But, the parents could lessen the trauma on their children if they quietly withdraw their case against STC.  Their children have graduated; their children are now fully in their jurisdiction, out of school; and less talk at home would unburden the trauma, allowing it to heal — otherwise the psychological wounds would only deepen.  This is only a high school commencement exercise missed, not a college graduation rite which hopefully will not be at STC.  The court should have considered early on that the rules and regulations of the school are only being enforced and hence no human right is violated: they were allowed to graduate!  But, to accuse the school of being inhuman or disrespecting the child is out of line, definitely.  Rules are rules for a reason.  Congratulations to all STC graduates!

Next time you want to show off your legs and what-have-you on Facebook, wear a school uniform.  Why show off your bikini when you can show off your school uniform?  Who cares about a bikini? 

This could be the result of lack of respect for the court system by de Lima and PNoy’s bashing of the Supreme Court, especially Corona. The lack of respect of the independence of the 3 branches of government will make the secular people and institution to disregard the courts. We no longer trust congressmen and senators, the justices of the supreme court, and yes the president. What’s left? Continue the down spiraling of the Filipino way of life. Crimes are up and more egregious, corruption continues amidst political favoritism, population while the infrastructure and economy are down. Worse, some people think there is progress.