Young People in an Obsolete Society

Today's column of Prof. Randy David, Public Lives, highlights the role of the youth in "nation-building". Sounds familiar? Yup, it is the fourth goal "SIKAP" stands for. It began with a seeming cynicism on today's culture during elections, the sorry state of the country and migration as a way out of this reality. However, Prof. Randy David optimistically kept the faith by stressing on the youth's vital role in effecting change.

To quote:

"It is to the young people in school that we must look for hope. Unlike their elders, they are not yet captives of the patron-client relationships that are at the center of our everyday life. They are not concerned with preserving privilege but with breaking its structure. xxx

But judging alone from the types of courses they choose (nursing being the most favored course today), we can see at once that their sights are also set on work abroad. They seem to have little time, if any, for the issues that pre-occupy the country. In many university forums where I have spoken, I have asked how many in the audience are registered voters. At most, only about 20 percent raise their hands. The rest seem dazed , unable to locate the place that politics might occupy in their lives. But they listen, and after a while they begin to ask questions.

Quite obviously, the initiative, the trigger, the jolt that will break the spell of depoliticization, has to come from somewhere else. Perhaps it has to come from the young professionals who have stayed, the ones currently occupying the bottom rungs of the shrinking middle class. They would have first-hand experience with all the habits of a dysfunctional society. Even if they may be set on leaving the country eventually, they cannot help but feel violated by the cyclical rule of the corrupt and the unfit. xxx"

His last paragraph was the clincher. This is "US"... guys and gals of SIKAP. I couldn't help but feel "alluded" to... This is what we are, this is what we are doing and intend to do in Congress,this is our niche, this is our brand. We are on the right track and we should keep moving forward, never looking back.

"Young professionals have a natural constituency in the youth who are in school. But they have to recover from the despair brought about by the failed expectations of the two Edsas. For them to unleash the energy of the young, they must summon the audacity to imagine and offer themselves as the ALTERNATIVE."

and we did... I just truly hope the voting public accept our "offer" ...

Conceive, Believe, Plan and Achieve!!! More power SIKAP!!!

(Click the title to read the full article of Prof. Randy David)


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