DAVAO CITY—”No one seems to be listening to us.” This was the straightforward message of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Mindanao’s fourth summa cum laude graduate, whose valedictory address pointed at today’s adults and their perceived cold-shoulder treatment to the youth’s entry into the grownups’ world.
graduate, whose valedictory address pointed at today’s adults and their perceived cold-shoulder treatment to the youth’s entry into the grownups’ world.
Yunting did not elaborate or identify who or which groups she was referring to. But in her speech during the 26th Commencement Exercises on July 19, she talked about the youth’s role, specifically UP’s “Iskolar ng Bayan,” and dedicating herself in service of the Filipino people. She observed, however, that the world outside the academe appeared to be cold and unwelcoming: “What now? We were entrusted with the hope of changing the world; but whenever we try, the world resists change.”
Among her 303 fellow graduates, a horde of other Latin honorees were waiting in the wings to fulfill the challenge of being sent to the best public-education system in the country through people’s taxes. Sixty-nine were bestowed magna cum laude honors, with cumulative weighted average grades that ranged from 1.021 to 1.45, as Yunting earned 1.1170—well within the range of 1.000 to 1.2000.
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