What a UP student is not?

As I have observed, people describe us as intelligent and very brilliant. Some also say that we are good in speaking English. Some say we are good in MATHEMATICS. But believe it or not, some even don’t know any information about us. They sometimes try to ignore when they hear the word Upians. Maybe because they only recognize UP as a school of college students but definitely it’s not! Although the school is not so beautiful, the people studying there have clean hearts and conscience.

It’s so hard to admit the negative side of us. We don’t even look at our negatives, maybe because we are so busy. But as a UP student, I know our imperfectness and mistakes.
We are not rich, especially in materials and tools. We only have the least amount of gadgets needed in our activities. We don’t have very expensive materials.

We are not good followers when it comes to instructions especially in projects and assignments. Many of us are dead liners. We do our project during the last minute on the day of the project’s deadline. If the teacher said that it should be passed on Monday for example, there are some students who pass their projects on Tuesday or Wednesday.

When it comes to rules and regulations, UP students are somewhat violators. In our school, wearing bracelets and necklaces are not allowed but I can still see students wearing their bracelets during school hours. There are some people who bring their cell phones with them. Even not during school hours, it’s still a violation because you are supposed to surrender your phone to the student welfare of the room or to the principal and you can only have it back after school hours.

UP students are also not good speakers. Yes, it’s true. Many of us have hard times in studying English. In our activities that involve speaking or writing composition, many of us really complain because as they said, they have no more ideas. A good example is this blog project. Many of us are bothered by their problem about writing or expressing feelings, opinions, and reactions through writing. They can’t think of other words. And I think that’s one thing that UP should improve.

Although we are said to be brilliant students, we should not jump into conclusions. We should improve our imperfectness and continue our abilities. We should not ignore the things that can destroy the image of UP. We should put this in mind that whatever we do when we are wearing the school uniform, it is reflected to the school and thus affecting the image of the school. You might as well ask why we should be wholesome to protect the image of the school. We should protect the image of the school because it also affects our personal life. I hope you are aware that people judge generally. Meaning, if whatever they see in one student, it will also be their impression in all the students if the said school. And if what one student does, they would also think that every student is doing the same job. You’ll see the difference between protecting and not protecting the image of the school.