most inspiring colloquium: education, philosophy, literature

The most inspiring among the colloquia was the second colloquium which was about education, philosophy and literature. This was held last March 8 at the Kapihan Lounge of the PS building.

I had learned so much from the discussion of Mr. Pajarilio, a philosopher. I must say that he had spoken with so much sense because ha knowledgeable enough with the topic. But when he was asked of his own philosophy in life, he just couldn’t answer. He always speaks so much about philosophy yet he doesn’t have any specific philosophy in life. That’s a bit weird but we can’t do anything with that.

The second speaker is actually a mother of one of our classmates. She is an educator for long years now. I got so inspired with her speech because in spite of all the challenges she went through, she is still standing strong. Yes it’s true that being an educator is the noblest profession because no doctor could become a doctor without the teacher, no professional could become such without the teacher.

We could truly express our sentiments in a creative way with literature. Actually, I find this topic boring at first but eventually, I learned to appreciate it as the speaker moved along with his experiences. But I still wonder why most of the people who love literature are branded as loners or may sariling mundo. Maybe they’re just trying to conceptualize for more sensible things to write.

Freedom is not at all freedom if responsibility is not within it. Freedom of expression/ freedom of speech is always associated with responsibility and maturity.