Jorge bocobos college un education by jorge

BRIA G. RIVERA COLLEGE UNEDUCATION BY JORGE BOCOBO I wish to speak on “College Uneducation.”  Is it possible that our college education may “uneducate” rather than educate?

I answer “Yes.”  It is a paradox but nonetheless the truth—the grim, unmerciful truth. We all believe in higher education; else we should not be in the University.

Jorge bocobos college un education by jorge

At the same time, college education—like all other human devices for human betterment—may build or destroy, lead, or mislead. My ten years’ humble service in the University of the Philippines has afforded me an opportunity to watch the current of ideals and practices of our student body.

In some aspects of higher education, most of our students have measured up to their high responsibilities. But in other features—alas, vital ones!—the thoughts and actions of many of them tend to stunt the mind, dry up the heart, and quench the soul.

These students are being uneducated in college. I shall briefly discuss three w