Voter’s education: Surmounting an electoral misgiving

As our nation prepares for a pivotal midterm election this May 13, how I wish that the Philippines could be first transformed into a “classroom” with the entire populace as “pupils” who are attentively sitting and listening to instructions on how the nation ought to choose its leaders, and how it ought to be governed.

But this is far from reality. Our nation is now bounded with a narrow-minded citizenry, which makes voter’s education for adults to be close to “impossibility.” As what the old Filipino proverb says, “A young tree is easy to straighten but when it’s already big, it is difficult.” Education, however, is still possible, as the youth needs proper knowledge in this respect.