Hey there, welcome to
Daynadream!
Today I just wanted to post a little life update since I haven't
posted in about almost a week. It's been a little hectic here lately and with
lack of proper WiFi (because Philippines is super hi-tech hah), It's been
difficult to post. Despite that, I'm making up for it by doing a life update
plus an intro to an upcoming challenge. Stay tuned for more!
It has been quite the ride being a college student for my sister
and so far she has both loved and hated being in the academic world. The push
and pull relationship of school administration policies and social justice was
one fight she had undergone. To our delight though, it is time to move on from
said fight with University of St. La Salle as she has graduated with flying
colours!
In lieu of the graduation rites ceremony, my mother had flown in
all the way from Beijing, China to show support to my ever so ecstatic older
sis. The graduation rites went pretty smoothly to my surprise. A solid 2 hours
and 15 minutes, definitely a record to beat by future ceremonies.
The long ride that my sister, Lara, had to take was a good 5 years
in this school and it wasn't all bad, but it wasn't all good either.
Elaborating my previous statement, much is to be told of in terms of the
constant battle between student rights and student policy, but here, I
summarise it in a paragraph (or three).
Being a student, especially one that is in a very religious school,
is a very hard endeavour to pursue (given that we are not really religious people). Because of this religion, of course the school should follow a
specific set of policies and school rules from behaviour to academic standings to
uniform and to rights. Might I specify "rights”. The ever-so unsurprising
unfair ruling of disciplinary action is one which my sister could never
tolerate and has been subject to being “victimised” for practising
self-expression.
So what type of violation
or “act of criminality” did she do towards self-expression?
Bleaching her hair.
One of the simplest form
of self-expression out there. Yet it was so frowned upon.
She graduated, not just with a piece of paper stating what subject she finished the past 5 years, but a reputation that states whose lives she's influenced the same.
