I believe in what Ms. Dacanay, my Biology I teacher, wrote in her insight. However, I am bedazzled by one thing.
I really think that the PSHS scholar should contribute to the Science and Technology field in the way specified by the contracts we sign ever year, during enrollment day.
But it is not actually that restricted, you know. As Mr. Bert David specified in his comment, Science and Technology is a broad concept.
You can find even the smallest tidbit of S&T in filmmaking. Lighting, sounds, cinematography. Those concepts actually involve Physics.
But let us talk about more scientific contributions. Teaching, for example.
Ms. Dacanay is a graduate of PSHS Batch 98. She graduated with a BS in Molecular Biology from UP-Diliman, and she has been teaching Biology in the PSHS since 2004.
Her job may not actually look like it’s entirely related to the Science and Technology Sphere, but, it actually is one of the best jobs available. It is one of those jobs which actually have a direct and obvious contribution to the S&T sphere in the Philippines, because the contribution of her job is in a large scale.
Somehow, Ms. Dacanay is right. The type of job you end up with does not actually matter. As long as you apply the SKILLS you get from PSHS, and you have the conviction, passion and the sincerity, you are already doing a very good job as a PSHS graduate, for you have already returned the favor to the Filipino people.
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Mr. Bert David (Thank you, sir! How could I contact you, please?) said in his comment (see the entirety of the comment HERE)…
Take note that our PSHS scholars are also not even allowed much less encouraged to study in the more advanced countries to learn things that can obviously be beneficial to our country – for the stupid paranoia that these scholars will not use this knowledge for the country. Hence the stupid penalty for even individual scholars (even privately funded ones – who are asked to refund their tuition fees if they go out of the country) to seek further studies and knowledge abroad.
I am already wondering about this issue of studying abroad. I do not know if we really have to pay our tuition fees (according to a classmate, it’s at Php70000 per year) if we are going to study abroad, even just for college.
All I know is that if the school finds out that a graduate did not take an S&T course in college, the graduate will have to pay his 4 year tuition fee. So, if one year is around Php 70000, one has to pay about Php 280000.
I am going to the Guidance Center later this afternoon and I will try my best to know the other conditions on when a PSHS scholar/graduate has to pay the school.
But, for me, I strongly believe that there should also be a political representation of the Science and Technology sphere in a legislative form. We already have the Department of Science Technology, you may say, but the problem is, the DOST is under the Executive branch of the government. I think that some key figures of the S&T sphere should actually go and run for congress in behalf of the S&T sphere. Perhaps they can do that as a party list, because if he gets elected as a district representative, he must prioritize his constituents.
Look now, we do not have congressmen who represent the S&T community. Therefore, we are not getting enough aid whenever we need some for our projects. Moreover, the government concern for us is not that obvious because they think we do not need much. Reason behind that… no one is actually speaking out for us. If there is, by any chance, someone who is talking for us, his voice cannot be heard, not even by a young PSHS sophomore-turning-junior.
I believe that the Science and Technology Sphere of the country still has a long way to go. As many say, There is always room for improvement. What improvement? It is our job to decipher.
