Philsca Freedom Wall
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Is it really normal in college to have instructors who don’t know how to appreciate their students’ efforts?
For some people, yes. Para sa iba, normal na normal lang. Madalas nating marinig lalo na mula sa mga mas nakakatanda at higher-year college students ang linyang, “Hindi na kayo dapat binababy,” or “Nasobrahan kasi kayo sa baby noong high school.” And maybe to some extent, may punto sila. College is supposed to be tougher. It’s supposed to prepare us for the real world.
But for me, it’s not about being babied.
My experience in college has been getting lower grades—not because I’m lazy, not because I fail quizzes or exams—but because of the lack of consideration from some of my instructors. Yung tipong ilang seconds lang na delay, malaking kasalanan na agad. Isang maliit na pagkakamali, wala na, hindi na papayagan. Rules are rules, they say—but sometimes, those rules forget the human side of being a student.
What they don’t see is the puyat, the pagod, and the tiyaga behind every requirement I submit. The late nights, the pressure, the mental and physical exhaustion just to finish what they asked for. Yes, I am a student, and I understand that I have responsibilities. I do my best to fulfill them.
But it is not my responsibility to beg for understanding. It is not my responsibility to accept every form of hardship, especially when the values they teach—like empathy, fairness, and professionalism—are things they sometimes fail to apply to themselves.
This is not about asking for special treatment. Hindi ito tungkol sa pagiging mahina o gusto lang palusutin. It’s about being acknowledged. It’s about recognizing effort. Because at the end of the day, appreciation and consideration are not “babying” students—they are basic human decency.:(