“Consider this, my younger son came home from school one afternoon with five 100-peso tickets for a school affair which I, as his parent, was required to pay. Before I could react, my older son came in saying, “Daddy, I got a surprise!! But don’t get upset, ok? I have 10 tickets but they only cost 50 pesos each. My teachers thought it best that those in the upper grades get twice as many tickets.” I felt my blood pressure rising… before I could ask for my medication, my wife was right behind me with the pill bottle and a glass of water. I felt a little better with her thoughtfulness when she suddenly embraced me and said, “Pay for the tickets… it’s for the kids, anyway…” And I said to myself, “Shiiitttt… this sounds so familiar!!!”
“So, I work here in Qatar to make good money to pay for all those tickets, donations and solicitations… And when I read about them and my head starts to hurt, I miss my wife’s kisses and my children’s loving concern. I have no one here. I cook. I wash and iron my clothes. Ah, life… sometimes water pours when it rains… at other times, it’s missiles…”
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Looks like I’ll be facing those kind of problems real soon. Hehehe
things are even worst in state universities, to think that they are called state universities, and students opt to enroll there for decent affordable quality education. my brother enrolled in PUP this school year. and we were so surprised with how they are making some money. FIRST, the uniform which you can only buy at a particular chop for 800/pair. SECOND, books whose authors were the proffesors of the university, which is not available in local bookstores, so you can only buy them in the school. and you cannot borrow from previous batch or buy a second hand book in recto which is what most students do during my time to save money, because their prof said every year therse is a new version of the book. students are strictly prohibited from photocopying the book, which is a lot cheaper than buying if budget is really tight. plus the everyday payment for some papers, which means that aside from the allowance we also need to give him extra 100 pesos for unexpected everyday collections and payments. and imagine as early as now they were already informed that it will be a different uniform for the next semester… what a crap. i was wondering if these things have permission from CHED, and if yes, well soon enough even state university wont be affordable for poor families.