Over lunch, my colleagues and I swapped opinions on many issues. One
of which was the contention on which office is best to issue suspension of
classes when there is no storm signal but there is continuous rain resulting to
flooding.
Micro blogging site, Twitter articulated the convenient conduct for
it. It eloquently tracked tweets: @Abi_Valte Text
of EO 66, Section 2: Localized Cancellation or Suspension of Classes and Work
in Government Offices, here: http://bit.ly/A0J45C,
and @gmanews: #Banner Palace: LGUs
should cancel classes by 4:30am http://bit.ly/MrjCsz".
LGUs received lashing for taking time easing in to the new protocol, "@TV5manila: Palace scolds
mayors for late advisories on class suspensions. ".
As parents and/or guardians, who are also working in an Academic
Institution, we found it hilarious bordering on dullness of mind, the strong
declarations from one mayor when he said, " @cesdrilon Mayor Lim to parents: Use your common
sense in making judgment whether your kids should go to school or not.", and @ANCALERTS Robredo: Suspension of classes has been localized. Maraming lugar
na nababaha kahit walang storm signal.".
We agree with Secretary Robredo that it must be the city mayor to
declare suspension, assuming a mayor woke up early and surveyed his territory,
at the very least main thoroughfares leading to Intramuros and Ubelt,
both locales of big colleges and universities, he could already assume the
responsibility of calling off classes because thousands of students, not
necessarily residing in Manila, will traverse flooded streets. His
accountability is not centered only on students of both public and private
schools but employees of government and private entities.
However, we found it outrageous that both Mayor Lim
and Secretary Robredo said, “ultimately, parents are to decide
whether their children should go to school or not”.
Don’t they know anything? We could not help but enumerate
the reasons why it is purely absurd to conclude this: @jjunbana claims, “ Kids do not trust their
parents.”. While @obgines shared, “my kids believe our neighbors
more than us.”. He added his kids would even shout out a neighbor’s news
flash!
What is even funnier, this mom of three, dean of the biggest
academic department and multi-degree holder, does not have the command compared
to her children’s teachers. Who could win with, ‘Ma, my
teacher will be angry if we are absent, or she will give a quiz.”. Worst, you
get the “ Ma, I can’t be absent, we are not
excused.".
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