ATENEO-myths,lies,stories and all that jazz

well..ehem..

to start this blog entry.. I would like to note that this only applies to "ATENEO de ZAMBOANGA" oki?

It all started when I was in my senior year in highschool, graduation was fast approaching and we were to decide the college we are going to enroll in. I already have a college in mind, which is the ATENEO de ZAMBOANGA UNIVERSITY.

One day, our teacher in Araling Panlipunan told us that some of the ateneo students and its faculty will come to our school and talk to us about the College. I guess they were the first University who went to our school for the caravan. Most of us were excited, especially that some of our former schoolmates, now in college, were also there(to mention, kuya CEDRIC). It was a nice caravan, and we were in some way, driven by the invitation of the school. After that, some of my closest classmates and I build this,"ADZU CLUB", those who inspires to be an Atenean someday..although some of our members was not sure. Oh yea, and I was the President of the ADZU CLUB.

buahaha.. anyway, my loyalty was on adzu since that day, as a matter of fact, ADZU is the only college I took an entrance exam..

well.. that was it, I had my decision. I will study in ADZU! toinks..

next, days ago, we learned about this site about students of adzu..those were scandals and gossips about them. I was strucked by a comment of someone to a scandal of a nursing student, and he/she said that because of this scandals, he/she is ashamed of being an ATENEAN.

The point here is, we should not be ashamed of being in this institution, because, its not only in the ateneo that students have scandals, and churva..

I mean, this is reality, some students decide to be good, and some decides to be a shame to the society, and this hurts us, coz, one person's shame, is the whole ateneo's shame!

Also, before, I have this friend, who told me, that she never wants to study in the Ateneo. She heard about stories like( a poor girl who is a scholar of the ateneo who is influenced by some of her classmates, and she started to become maarte, and pasosyal)

Duh! That is a wrong outlook about the ateneo! not because the ateneo has the highest tuition rate in the city, it should also be aclaimed with pasosyal, maarte and bad influenced people! I mean, if your smart enough, you wont let them rule you, and judge you. And really, its not happening here in the ateneo. Most of my classmates are humble and they are not those rich kids who judge you and all that.

So better erase this perspective: ateneo is for rich kids. NO it isnt. As a matter of fact, it is one of the best schools in the city.

The atmosphere in the ateneo is just right. Poor kids like me are not pressured to see people with laptops, and other gadgets. Its not an issue. As long as we study hard, we can survive our college life, and we are surviving it here in ADZU no matter what.