25/08/2026
From a UP Mindanao alumni to you UP students.. lose the red flag and maybe people will listen to you. You are marking yourselves as mere puppets of whoever that is influencing you.
Develop your own opinions, i know you are more intelligent than that , because like you i have been walking that campus trying to survive as a normal everyday student with the aspiration to become a professional someday.. and let me make this clear, what you're doing now is not the way to become part of the society, but maybe you do not want to be part of the society with much fire in your hearts but your parents/relatives are hoping you become one hence they tried so hard to get you the best education, and education should be your goal, not some extracurricular activities that mark you as deviant.
Let me tell you one another thing, of most things i am telling you right now, but this is the most important, What you do in college doesn't matter for a professional in real life, it is the grades that matter, and they will base their opinions about you by looking at your grades, if you hirable or not.,
It is not the way we would hope it to be but it is the reality of it whether you like it or not. If you're going to be admitted in another prestigious school or not. UP is just another stepping stone and stepping stones are called that way because they are mere stepping stones.
So wake up and at least ponder on the things i have written because i have seen a few of my batch mates who have fallen to the temptation only to end up shocked about the truth of life, that doors of opportunity are closed for them even before they can knock.
So God bless to you and your family. I am one of the pioneering batch 96-43905 UP Mindanao. Biology.