By Esperenza Chee-kee
# 7. Never take yourself so seriously . In fact, be the first to laugh at yourself. How do you think I survived 40 years in this school?
# 6. Never stop learning. Remember knowledge doubles every two years. The info you googled last year may be obsolete by now and where would that leave you?
# 5. Never lose sight of who you are and whose you are and you’ll journey through life with the best Companion – He Who will direct your life according to His Grand Design.
# 4. Never neglect your parents and never doubt your family’s love. Let me repeat the advice about parents and siblings above and you’ll know what I mean. “Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they’re the best link to your past and the people mostly to stick with you in the future.”
# 3. Never take your friends for granted. I’ve stayed in the Ateneo High School long enough to know that the friends you make in high school become your support system for life. If you must know, Noynoy Aquino’s batchmates in the class of 1977 spearheaded on Noynoy’s last birthday a merienda to generate funds which Noynoy could use to host a simple birthday party for the residents in Payatas and the old folks in Golden Acres.
Yes, all the alaskahan and shared secrets and class night urban legends made in high school may emerge during reunions but it’s all in the spirit of fun and anyway, why worry – you are among friends.
# 2. Never ever think that words or phrases like magis, ad majorem dei gloriam, men and women for and with others, preferential option for the poor, dignity of labor are merely buzz words whose usefulness is limited to classrooms, academic convocations a or sesquicentennial celebrations. Neither are they slogans or mantras the students can intone in the hope of boosting their scores in an exam, a termpaper or an oral defense. These terms are meant to be lived.
# 1. And the Top One “Never” is Never forget that AMDG is BEST written in our hearts, not only at the top of our size ones.
Reflection for Graduating Students 2010
