One of the target audiences of the Reproductive Health Bill is the Filipino youth of today. Most of the provisions stated within the RH Bill are aimed on the Filipino youth for the future of the country rests upon their shoulders. Unfortunately, these Filipino youth who are destined to be our country’s future are uninformed of the many things happening in our country and society right now. There are not enough means in the country to inform all these Filipino youth and that is a sad thing to think about. How can these Filipino youth be our country’s future if they are uninformed of the things they should know about?
With the passing of the RH Bill into a law, the Filipino youth will be given a chance to have sex education as part of their curriculum in school. One of the growing problems in the country right now is unwanted teenage pregnancies. When teenagers become parents at such a young age, they have lost all their lives ahead of them. The things they want to do and want to become may not be possible anymore because they practically became instant adults when they became young parents. I am not saying that getting pregnant at a young age is a bad thing, it is just that it is better to have a baby at the right age and time so that you will be prepared and capable of raising a child and your child will have a better future. Most teenagers engage in sexual acts because they do not know the repercussions this might cause. If they are taught about it in school, there is a better chance that they will wait for the right time to do such act.
But one professor in UST thinks otherwise. He is against the RH Bill and wants his students to have the same belief. But his method of doing so is absurd. He is so desperate for the RH Bill to not be passed into a law that he told his students he will plus points to those who will post anti-RH Bill comments on a certain Facebook page. As one blogger reports:
“He used to lead his students in street rallies on social issues. Now University of Santo Tomas (UST) theology professor Aguedo Florence Jalin Jr. is mobilizing his wards online, giving them bonus points for posting anti-RH comments on the Facebook page of the pro-RH Akbayan party-list group, which denounced the practice as urging the youth to “mimic the positions of authority figures.”
Jalin said the extra credit offered to students were prompted by reports that the Reproductive Health (RH) bill was close to being passed in the House of Representatives.
According to the Professor Jalin, there is nothing wrong with his instructions to his students, saying Akbayan’s Facebook page was an open space. “They have a line there that says comments and opinions are welcome. So that’s what we did,” he said.
“I call it an online parliamentary,” Jalin added.”
I find this particular act of this professor absurd for he should not manipulate his students this way. We are living in a democratic country, its citizens should have the freewill to make decisions for him or herself.
Source: http://www.pinoytumblr.com/post/3433840929/ust-prof-gives-students-points-for-anti-rh-stand
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