Reflection on Life: On Being in the Academe to Uncertainty and Beyond

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Comparison is both an angel and a devil. It was 2015 when I opted out of PSU and chose the Department of Education. Now I'm back in the academe. More experienced, seasoned and forged.


Many would raise their eyebrows. Many would not understand why I would dump such a secured tenure for something that is still immaterial. I did all this because of the following reasons:

 1. Life is short. In the department of Education it is not secret that I hate the job. I hate the paper works I hate the level of instruction in which I have committed myself. I hate the fact that I am specializing in Social Science yet I have a very little opportunity to practice it. Life is shot for me to do the things I want to do, to be the man I want to be, to the best in what I do. Life is so short for me to move beyond my limitations. Life is short to be spent on things that is alienating. I am not investing my for myself just to compete for something that I do not really aim. Life is too short to be in the system that I perceive to be dysfunctional.

2. Seek Happiness. Happiness is doing what you love. Happiness is waking up every morning acknowledging how God has blessed you. Some say that to be truly happy, you do not need to do what you want or have the things that makes you happy. They say that desire are the things that make us sad because of the failure of fulfilling it is a great blow to the spirit. They discourage me but here I am. A wolf charging towards the abyss. What I did is I believed in myself. I tried to be someone who I dreamed to be. I didn't care about others' opinion. All I care is that I know that I can be myself. I can surpass the expectations of anyone else. I could charge head on with the challenges and trials of life. I can laugh at my own failure, I can bow in humility in my victories. I was not raised to be a sheep. I am a strong, independent free-thinking person. I want to be happy and I want to have a life. The life that I want is more than having a stable job. I want to take a better part in imparting knowledge to the new generation of leaders. I want to be an agent of change. I want to write books, researches and commentaries. I can't do it in Deped because it does not allow it.

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