i havent heard any big news from my alma mater (mapua tech) since i graduated last august. when i checked my friendster account earlier i have received several messages concerning my beloved school (eh kaw ba naman ang magmahal sa skul mo simula high school hanggang makagraduate ka ng college e yun ang pinupuntahan mo eh). heres one sample of that same message from "mark."
SUPPORT MAPUA!!!
http://www.petitiononline.com/notomu/petiti
To all mapuans:
pls. wear black shirt
on monday as a sign of our protest!! a
majority of
the students, currently enrolled in the
institute
have chosen this school because of its
established
image in the engineering discipline. it
would
be
an insult if by mere signatures, the
established
name would be changed. pls. give
sympathy for the name of our school!! We
entered this institute with the name of
Mapua
Institute of Technology and it should be
just
right if we graduate from this institute with
the
same name!! no student in this institute
would
want to jeopardize their future just
because
some
greedy capitalists decided to take the
glory of
the school for themselves
pls. repost if you still care for our school
- end of message -
after reading the contents, i was shoked, but not surprised.all along when YGC company entered the picture several years ago, i know they are up to no good. to them "business is the name of the game." as if money is tantamount to everything!
education started since time and memorial.education is considered as a very sensitive and honorable discipline. when yutchengco came into the picture, education has lost its honor to whatever that YGC gets its filty hands into!!!
my alma mater means so much to me even though im already an alumni, i still have the respect for the late founder, Don Tomas Mapua (who is the first licensed architect in the country).
bureaucracy has been an epidemic...which is an understatement for the plague it has caused to the society. a PANDEMIC is more likely the term most approrpiate for the figureheads at YGC.
this really sucks....
Currently listening to: RATM - Bulls on Parade
Currently feeling: pessimistic