Ano ang Pilipinas na ating adhika? We keep talking about schools and teachers and principals, especially during graduation time, questioning the goals of education and complaining about the perennial lack of good teachers and classrooms, but we have to talk first about our society and ourselves. Schools are reflections of our society since we can choose what we teach our children.

Schools operate under assumptions about society and education that influence their understanding of educational aims, methods of instruction, and the content of the curriculum. If they come from dysfunctional families, it is next to impossible to teach children good values. If high government officials are often accused of dipping their fingers into public funds, it would matter little for teachers to teach their students that honesty is the best policy. If hardened criminals and drug lords live a life of luxury inside the national penitentiary, there is no use telling young people that crime does not pay. If students are hungry, it is difficult to teach them anything.

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