What a UP student is NOT

There are many things people expect from the University of the Philippines' student. They always say that students from the University of the Philippines are intelligent. Anyone who pass the entrance exam or the High School Admission Test (HSAT) in UP are called "Iskolar ng Bayan". But in this post I will talk about of what a University of the Philippines student is not.

First of all, a UP student is not a cheater and a liar because if he or she is, he or she violates the greatest law of UP, honesty. Lying and cheating is the highest crime in UP so if anybody commits this type of crime, he or she also gets the highest sanction for what he or she have done. Teachers always tell us about this thing.

Next, a UP student is not rich because anyone who wants to take the entrance test are interviewed and only the poor but deserving students are allowed to take the exam. I remember a teacher when we were first year at that time that asked us if we really are poor but deserving students. She said this unforgettable quote to us, "Shame of you to those who are really not poor students".

UP students are not always good in all things. We are just humans like the others so we also commits mistakes. But many people expect a lot from UP students.

UP students do not know all. We are also like the other students who wants to learn in the classroom but we are just a little bit advance than the others.

UP students do not like boring things. We really love to have many adventure.

UP students also do not focus on academic. We balance our academic and other things like the plays, games and many others. We have our different presentations and we also have our Intramural games. Sometimes we combined these like the science olympics where we have fun at the same time learn many things.

UP students are not boastful. We are humble especially if we lost in a contest or whatever, we will not argue about it anymore not like other schools who really want to make their self in the list.

UP students are also not lazy because if they are they will get low grades in some subjects especially Home Technology and others. Teachers in UP do not want their students to be lazy because they think they are responsible if the students do not try their best.

Some students in UP say that we are not ugly because we are made from the image and lightness of God so we should be proud of ourselves.

There are still many more that a University of the Philippines students are not but no matter what we do, we believe and we fight for what we think is right. We are also proud of our teachers because they also do their best to mold us into a better citizen in the future.

LOVE IS A FALLACY (REACTION)

The story, "Love is a Fallacy" was a full of hopes and funny story. The story tells about the hope of the narrator to change Polly Epsy into an intelligent girl whom she want to go steady with. At first, Polly Epsy was dumb before the narrator taught her a little bit of his knowledge. The narrator had a very difficult time before Polly Epsy was good enough for his satisfaction. I really like the patience of the narrator. Though there is a time that he wanted to give up, but still, he continue teaching Polly Espy to make her his perfect wife to be and he really did a great job but he never win a date with Polly because he is already with Petey Bellows just because he had a racoon coat which he asked the narrator in exchange to date Polly Epsy.It was also very funny that Polly chose Petey,who was very dumb than the narrator who is intellegent and most of all who really give her the knowledge to know about the different fallacies.

The different fallacies were explained very well in there. The sequence of the story is really organize. At first reading, I did not understand some of the lines because it uses deep English words but when I read it for the second time, I already understand especially the sequences of the scenes. During the first part of the story, the characters are well defined. The narrator was defined as an intellegent guy and he really is because he taught Polly Epsy the different fallacies like Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Post Hoc, Contradictory Premises, Poisoning the Well and many more. He is also a rich man because he was able to give Peter Bellows a racoon coat.

I felt really sad about the narrator because he did his best to teach Polly the different fallacies and he was really very patient in teaching her and in the end, Polly did not choose him just because he had no racoon coat. He was also very confident that he will be the one chosen by Polly and that Petey will never be interested with Polly because he had given him a racoon coat. In the end, the narrator realized about his mistake and it was good for the other people. He made Polly Epsy an inteligent girl. He also made Polly and Petey to be close because only of that racoon coat.

In this story "Love is a Fallacy" by Max Schulman, I learned many things especially about loving others. First, we should not be very confident enough because in the end we will never know what will happen. I also learned that we should not be slave in loving others. We should not let our personal affection affect overpower us that we will do anything just for the one we love. Sometimes it is not good to do that because we sometimes realize that we are hurting others' feelings. It is also good for others especially positively thinking because we may find our inspiration in that kind of relationship.