This case about Quez
on City Science High school students supposedly criticizing their school's
policies through their blogs brings to mind issues of freedom of expression and
responsibility.
Based on earlier reports, these four students blogged about certain policies th
ey deemed "unfair." For that, they were suspended. As one student recalled:
âIt's not true that there was due process. We were asked to submit letters of apology and we thought that was it. Next thing we knew, we were susp ended for ten days,â he added.The school reportedly submitted a recommendation that the four students be susp ended for 10 days, which was later approved by the Department of Education's di vision. Later --or after news about the suspension of these students was picked up by media, the DepEd revoked the suspension and ordered an investigation. When I was still in high school, it was unthinkable to criticize school policie s. We do discuss about such things. But they were all done privately among us, students. Back then, there was no Internet to speak of. No blogs. No social net works. Today, it's quite different, as some teachers and college professors I have tal ked to attest. Yes, some teachers know that students blog and that they are now more vocal about their feelings about school policies, subjects, and even the teachers themselves. Some teachers may find this "inappropriate." But others ch ose to tolerate it. Question is: what can teachers/principals/school official tolerate? Based on this report , the students claim they were not given due process when they were suspend ed. Also, they claim that the blogs were "private," meaning only "friends" have access to it. The report indicates that the students' blogs were allegedly critical of the sc hool principal, Dr. Zenaida Sadsad. At this point, it's hard to say whether or not the school was right in suspendi ng these students. Students do have the right to express what they feel, but si nce they were done "privately" albeit through the Internet (think of discussion s in a private mailing list that are posted in a public list), are they answera ble to the school? On the flipside, it is also apt to ask whether or not these students have gone beyond merely venting their feelings to the point of already maligning persons involved. What do you think?
The blog linked at the end of this post is not owned by any of the four suspend
ed students. This is according to one of them who I interviewed two Fridays ago
.
Multiply had no quality control. Poor blog. The school go and learn the Japanes
e way. Workers there can wack a scarecrow with the boss' face on it in their he
arts' content and delight right there at the gym.
Voice your opinions Scientians! Persevere and you will come out victorious. Sch
ool history will tell you that it has been done way before the general populace
had access to the internet. Our batch was responsible for 2 teachers being let
go because we were not afraid to express our thoughts. We even got together wi
th another batch and took on the principal at the time.
"...united and dedicated, to you we'll ever be..."
I agree with Central Office DedEd official's statement that teachers and/or pri
ncipal should not be "onion-skin" in dealing with criticism. In fact, governmen
t officials should even encourage feedbacks from their constituents to be able
to enhance their programs and collaboratively achieve their institutional outco
mes.
history is repeating itself!
1983, if memory serves me right, we also had a problem with our principal. it c
ame to a point that all 3rd & 4th yr students gathered in one room to discu
ss the problem.
I guess now with Internet the whole Scientia can do something better.
Good luck!
I would like to add that I read in the other section here that no one can just
get in into multiply. Yet it can intrude with other email address like mine. Ab
ogado did just that.
One correction lang po on this one:
There was a comment left on my blog that the link provided by Philippine Star i
s incorrect which was also the reference I used. He also wrote that the owner o
f that blog is still unknown and is under investigation. This commenter instead
left the following links as the websites of those 4 suspended students. These
are the blogs:
eufems.multiply.co
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mychaelmi
ravite.multiply.com
ihateflatte
ry.multiply.com
oneonesix.multi
ply.com
You can find it here on my blog article:
nts-vs-principal-zenaida-sadsad/" rel="nofollow">Quezon City Science High Schoo
l Students vs. Principal Zenaida Sadsad
Thank you!
I will not be surprised if that school is still repressive. This really proves
that the system is difficult to change. I have had a share of bad memories of
my own when I was languishing there -that was when Another Brick in the Wall II
was in the charts. Anyway, I graduated without being kicked out. I never looke
d back until I saw this.
i was still a sophomore college student of a prestigious university, and i came
up with lots of realizations about my high school experience. Yes, i was from
an isolated public school in an area detached from any forms of media (tvs coul
d only get about 2 channels, and internet is still considered "cool" rather tha
n ordinary)... our town had this friendster account "which aims to unite all it
s people"... i, by posting a comment, expressed my concerns over the faulty sch
ool system, one of which is the mediocrity of the faculty. the comment was rece
ived with violent resistance that the teachers texted me with evil words, threa
tening me with subpoenas and SB's stuff. so much really for being "onion-skins
" and immaturity.
It's like the Marcos/ Martial Law era in quesci!!!
Funny thing is, yesterday, around 5 pm, students from Quirino HS rallied outsid
e the school gates. Protesting against Sadsad. Scientians have no idea of this.
Other schools rallying for scientians? Awkward. But what really made me laugh
was the contents of the placards held by the rallyists. Out of the blue, a plac
ard caught my attention. It was held higher than the other placards. Know what
it says? "OUST GLORIA". Come on! Even quesci's issues are being involved with p
olitics? Or was it just plain KATANGAHAN of that certain rallyist or whoever ma
de that sign.
WE Xientians (students of Que-Sci) have always been critical. We are critical o
f new people that come in our school and people that believe they have the righ
t to our loyalty and respect.
That said, when one does earn our respect we dedicate ourselves heart and soul
to that comrade, teacher and schoolmate.
I've had many a batchmate protest in class and argue with teachers over subject
matter and policy always believing that critical thinking and argumentation is
what makes us Xientians.
Sadsad obviously didn't know what she got herself into when she thought she'd b
end Xientians to her will. The scientific mindset espoused by the school carrie
s entails that proof, logic and skepticism are valued.
Obedience is taught, yes but never blind obedience. And curtailing of rights to
expression just strikes a very dissonant chord in the hearts and minds of ever
y Xientian.
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there are two points we have to consider here: first - how exactly the blogs we
re written? did these students observe the code of ethics in writing blogs? did
they not go beyond their limitations? second - did the school act according to
facts or heresays? perhaps, there is the "ignorance of the fact" in the part o
f the school administration and acted only as an immediate self-defense.
i was once a special science high school teacher and i never observed such beha
vior from our students. they were treated "special" and they treated the instit
ution with respect in return. they never displayed their being special not beca
use they are not "critical" as what rpg player wrote but they displayed their s
kills academically that's why our school became one of the top five secondary s
chools in the entire country.
what i can sense in the comments of rpg player 90-94 is an expression of radica
lism, or better yet a display of "elitism". i can give another definition of hi
s word "critical" by simply saying they want to put themselves in the extreme/c
ritical pedestal as somebody to be looked up to, not for the good things they h
ave done or can do but for the very obvious reason that they belong to a somew
hat "special group" and want "premature recognition". when rpg player wote: "we
are critical of new people that come in our school..." it means to me somethin
g a little about talking about other people and be him/her the laughing stock,
if not respect. i was once a high school student and i knew how a student think
s.
always remember, you can not always please everyone and you can not put everyon
e under the rule of your thumb. there are always rules or codes to be followed
and there limitations to be observed.
i posted my comments once but was not approved by the moderator. it's so sad to
know.
test!
where is my post?
sorry but may i know the reasons why my post was not approved? thanks.
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Ranting about school policies among friends is one thing but telling them on your blog is not the right thing to do because some schools are not very tolerant about this. If any student is unhappy about any policy or feels that the policy is against any law etc, they should take the right path and there should be no personal attacks on anyone from the school - in this case the Principal. That can hurt badly to the student.
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that the system is difficult to change. I have had a share of bad memories of
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d back until I saw this.
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