Maybe It Was Just An Exaggerated Experience
It all started with jokes, repeated jokes until I started reflecting about those words uttered by my student. It was just alright until I felt scared about the joke. It’s becoming a fear for me. I asked myself, “Am I threatened?” Yes, I felt threatened from the time I started to look back at my experiences when I was in Jolo.
Sometimes I want to think that I am just exaggerating the situation but everytime I meet the kids in my class, there is this fear growing in me (Which is associated to losing my faith in God! Waaahhhhhh!). I’m very sure of the possible sanctions of the offense they committed but I am also overpowered with kindness for them. There are few of them, not only the one coming from my advisory who’s to be expelled from our school. My co-teachers, even the principal assured me that they won’t touch me. I’m into it, but how about the impact of this mess to their future. What if they are given the sanctions; suspension and expulsion, these they can’t forget and I’m very sure of that. And so how did it start?
It all started when our school guidance counselor received referrals from concerned people outside the campus about the growing number of gangs and the massive recruitment. And these students of mine tagged me as the one who fed the information to our school authority, therefore they want to blame me, which they did and even threatened me. As I opened up the issue to the guidance office and to the prefect of discipline, they started again to call the students’ attention by asking them to bring their parents for conference; which means, they really violated a school rule. Next to that sanction are suspension, under probation and the worst, expulsion while given a conduct of D (Category 2 of the Student’s Handbook).
Nine females and one male from my own advisory were found out to be members of this so-called TBS 13, related to creeps (cripz). That was the saddest part of it, they belong to my own advisory and I had no knowledge about it. Although they admitted that they joined to that gang, they really wanted not to be involved. Yet they are already in the hot seat because they were threatened also that something bad will happen to them if they leave the gang. At first, I was just feeling cool, but when I reflect again about the “threat” given to me, I am becoming angry at them… It’s my first time to encounter this experience and I’m quite confused about it… Well, if I was able to tell myself before that I am ready to face whatever the consequence of being in the truth always, then, let it be… Naks! What I am hoping at the moment? They would realize their mistake of joining the culture of death and… that I can sleep well tonight… And by the way, if something bad happens to me in few days or within five weeks of my stay here in Kidapawan City, this blog will automatically publish all the names who might be involved in this mess… Thanks to Wordpress…
maccallister said:
hi,this is a sad entry hope everything will be ok back there,take care always
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nJ said:
woUch.!! bRotHer..
dLi pUd aTa nLa kaya ui.!! t0o ka ana.!!
doN’t w0rRy.!!
asa ka na maassign bRo.?
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jeff,sj said:
it’s a tough experience but consoling one though to be of compassion to others. Ingat and God bless.
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brVince said:
@ mac, it’s sad nga but nakakatulong na rin for me.. tnx for the concern…
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brVince said:
@ ingrid, sila man gud, sige nila balik-balik ilang joke. tan-awa, niabot na gyud sa ing-ani na stage…. daghan pa gyud sila apil ang uban sa akoang klase….
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brVince said:
@ br. Jeff, tnx for the concern… I’m learning from it….
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Samara Fae said:
(@_@) Scary entry. I can understand why paranoia hit you po… Kasi ba naman uulit ulitin talaga ang joke. Jokes are sometimes true baya, more like, trying to threaten you and play-safe at the same time = jokes…. Keep Safe~ God bless.
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geekythoughts: Badtrip! said:
Samara Fae said:
Oo Naman po Brother. Di ko to makakalimutan tong post na To. Di ko rin ma-imagine ano talaga ang Feeling pag mkk tanggap ng death threat. even when it was delivered as a joke. (O__o)~ Keep Safe Po.
Na curious pala ako. How would the wordpress automatically publish the the names kung …. just in case? Scheduled poh ba? And from time to time, habang nakaka-online ka pa, ay nimo-move forward nyo yung date??? (>___<)
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Scott McQueen said:
Sounds scary, remember what the Bible says: we will all go through trials and undeserved persecution. Be strong brother! I don’t know much about gangs where you are, but here in Southern California it can be brutal. My prayers are with you!
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david.edward said:
hala kuya.. bakit ikaw naman ang my ganyan ngayon… mag ingat ka.. tsktsk.. basta iyon.. mag ingat ka.. okay?
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David.Edward: New with me - MyBlogLog said:
ice_hot said:
wow… the gangs these days…. we really need to safeguard our youth from the influences of such organizations. i think the best way to combat these threats starts from the family itself. its our first line of defense. if the family unit is weak, then it will be easy for TBS or wot not to grab hold of the child.
-the earning student
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herbs said:
you are just being enlightened my friend. weee. you’re an innate atheist. i can feel it <3 hahahahahahaha
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chaXxie said:
eLo!!bRothEr…hMm…mXta nA?
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