The Other Side of the Story
It has gone viral in the Internet. The story of a graduating student who was interrupted by the school officials because of her “unacceptable” salutatory speech. Many netizens sympathized with the rant of the young girl, highlighting how the whole education system was flawed.
Krissel Mallari was the student involved in the issue .In early reports, the kid was allegedly cheated, having her grades manipulated to give favor to the other student that was declared valedictorian. The Department of Education ordered an urgent investigation to address the concern of mass people and the raging parents.
But are we seeing both ends of the side? Have we ever considered that Krissel might be holding the shorter piece? The mass media is powerful that it can feed people’s mind of what they should believe. In this case Krissel’s story was focused. The wrecked dream of an aspiring valedictorian who bravely spoke herself out during their graduation rites.
That’s why it is a good thing some media men bothered to report the other side of the story. The valedictorian was given a chance to explain her side against the judgment of “pro-Krissel” people. The school also aired their views about the issue, stating that they are open to double-checking of grade computations to ease out the doubts of many.
Also, in our country it is quite natural to see students becoming overly competitive in terms of academic standing. Mostly evident during high school getting the highest honor becomes the driving force of students. And in the Philippines as well it is frequent to see someone bashing and being bashed.
Social media is so powerful that it can make or break a personality. We are witness to countless sensationalism and issues that had gone to the netizens’ fingertips all battered with bad comments and irrational statements Krissel Mallari’s case is no different. Aside from the sympathy she got it is inevitable to have someone commenting in a harsh tone of how she should accept her defeat and brushoff her overly competitive attitude.
The other casualty of the bashing is the valedictorian, even before her statement was aired many people already accused her of being a cheater and how she got the favor of the school to be the valedictorian. Only few people thought of the possibility that this student might really deserve the recognition. She might also be a victim of the highly competitive culture among high schools.
It is in the TV, radio and print with this larger media it is a huge goal to have people understand two faces of the issue. Not only Krissel’s , but also of other people involved.
Sensitive issues require critical thinking. We all need to weigh our decisions to avoid the domino-effect of misinformation and premature judgment.
In toss coin, we choose from heads or tails because we know that there are two are sides. Same with the issue, we should value the other side of the story.
It has gone viral in the Internet. The story of a graduating student who was interrupted by the school officials because of her “unacceptable” salutatory speech. Many netizens sympathized with the rant of the young girl, highlighting how the whole education system was flawed.
Krissel Mallari was the student involved in the issue .In early reports, the kid was allegedly cheated, having her grades manipulated to give favor to the other student that was declared valedictorian. The Department of Education ordered an urgent investigation to address the concern of mass people and the raging parents.
But are we seeing both ends of the side? Have we ever considered that Krissel might be holding the shorter piece? The mass media is powerful that it can feed people’s mind of what they should believe. In this case Krissel’s story was focused. The wrecked dream of an aspiring valedictorian who bravely spoke herself out during their graduation rites.
That’s why it is a good thing some media men bothered to report the other side of the story. The valedictorian was given a chance to explain her side against the judgment of “pro-Krissel” people. The school also aired their views about the issue, stating that they are open to double-checking of grade computations to ease out the doubts of many.
Also, in our country it is quite natural to see students becoming overly competitive in terms of academic standing. Mostly evident during high school getting the highest honor becomes the driving force of students. And in the Philippines as well it is frequent to see someone bashing and being bashed.
Social media is so powerful that it can make or break a personality. We are witness to countless sensationalism and issues that had gone to the netizens’ fingertips all battered with bad comments and irrational statements Krissel Mallari’s case is no different. Aside from the sympathy she got it is inevitable to have someone commenting in a harsh tone of how she should accept her defeat and brushoff her overly competitive attitude.
The other casualty of the bashing is the valedictorian, even before her statement was aired many people already accused her of being a cheater and how she got the favor of the school to be the valedictorian. Only few people thought of the possibility that this student might really deserve the recognition. She might also be a victim of the highly competitive culture among high schools.
It is in the TV, radio and print with this larger media it is a huge goal to have people understand two faces of the issue. Not only Krissel’s , but also of other people involved.
Sensitive issues require critical thinking. We all need to weigh our decisions to avoid the domino-effect of misinformation and premature judgment.
In toss coin, we choose from heads or tails because we know that there are two are sides. Same with the issue, we should value the other side of the story.