It’s heartbreaking to see what the current batch of nursing students is going through. You failed students who were willing to learn, grow, and prove to others that the school they chose is just as capable as any other institution. They entered your college carrying their dreams, goals, and hopes for the future, believing that this institution would help them achieve those dreams. Yet, somewhere along the way, you failed them.
What they are doing right now is NOT an attempt to destroy the college’s image. They are simply trying to voice their concerns. If you would only listen closely, you would hear the desperation in their voices, the frustration, and the silent plea for someone to finally listen to them. Because this is NOT just about academics. This is about their FUTURE. These are not just individual concerns anymore. This involves an entire batch, a family, and students who are fighting for the future they worked so hard to build.
Your system refuses to acknowledge the problem and continues to put the blame on the students. And what are you doing about it? Is this really a solution, or is it simply damage control to protect yourselves? Imagine making your own students feel afraid by telling them that their posts are being monitored. Imagine making announcements that CON Week could be cancelled if accreditation is not obtained because of the current issue. Instead of addressing the root of the problem, you are making your students feel responsible for the consequences of speaking up.
You are silencing the very students you are supposed to educate, guide, and protect, all to preserve the image of a system that desperately needs to be questioned. What happened to accountability? What happened to listening to your students? What happened to the values you are supposed to uphold as an institution that trains future nurses?
LATRELL J.A.C., read this message carefully, at ipasok mo ito sa utak mong tila nakalimutang mag-isip nang tama.
Sa totoo lang, you gave your students so much hope. They thought that because you were a new professor, someone who was almost their age, you would understand their struggles and help them throughout their journey. The way you introduced yourself made it seem like you would guide them, support them, and stand with them as they worked toward their dreams. They believed that you would be someone they could rely on.
Yun pala, ikaw rin ang hihila sa kanila pababa.
And honestly, it’s disappointing. You had the opportunity to become the kind of professor your students could trust, someone who could make a difference in their lives. But somewhere along the way, it seems like your pride and ego became more important than your responsibility to the students who trusted you.
You forgot what your purpose was supposed to be.
Kaya ang nangyari, imbes na maging gabay ka sa mga estudyante mo, naging bahagi ka pa ng problemang pilit nilang ipinaglalaban. And what makes this situation even more questionable is how the circumstances seem to be changing, with grades suddenly being broken down and made available through the portal you created.
So, what exactly is the goal here? To make the situation look different from what it really is? Para bang ang dating tuloy, gusto ninyong palabasing bagsak talaga ang mga estudyante at sila ang problema, instead of addressing the concerns they have been raising from the beginning.
If there are legitimate academic concerns, then address them transparently. If there are problems with the grading system, then explain them properly. Students deserve clarity, fairness, and accountability, not confusion and fear. They deserve answers, not a system that makes them question whether the people responsible for teaching them are also the ones working against them.
Latrell, remember this: the way you treat people, especially those who trusted you, matters. Hindi man ngayon, pero darating ang panahon na kailangan mong harapin ang consequences ng mga desisyon at kilos mo. Sana, bago pa umabot sa puntong iyon, matutunan mong unahin ang responsibilidad mo kaysa sa pride mo.
And to the PLMAR College of Nursing, this is a plea that should have never needed to become this loud.
SANA, PAKINGGAN NIYO ANG MGA ESTUDYANTE NIYO.
SANA, KAMPihan NIYO SILA, HINDI DAHIL ESTUDYANTE SILA, KUNDI DAHIL DESERVE NILA ANG MAKATARUNGANG PAGTRATO.
SANA, HUWAG NIYONG UNAHIN ANG PAGPROTEKTA SA PANGALAN NG ISANG TAO KAPALIT NG KAPAKANAKAN NG MARAMI.
SANA, HUWAG NIYONG HAYAANG ANG MGA ESTUDYANTENG DAPAT INYONG GINAGABAYAN ANG SIYANG MATATAKOT MAGSALITA DAHIL LAMANG SA MGA POSIBLENG KAHIHINATNAN NG PAGPAPAHAYAG NG KANILANG MGA SALOOBIN.
SANA, MATUTO KAYONG MAKINIG SA BOSES NG NAKARARAMI, HINDI LAMANG SA BOSES NG IISA NA PILIT IPINAGTATANGGOL ANG SARILI NITONG PANGALAN.
Because at the end of the day, this is not about pride, positions, or protecting reputations. This is about students who trusted your institution with their dreams and their future. These are students who worked hard to get where they are today, only to find themselves fighting for something that should have been guaranteed from the beginning: the right to be heard, the right to be treated fairly, and the right to receive the education they deserve.
You cannot keep asking your students to uphold the values of nursing while failing to demonstrate those same values yourselves. Compassion, accountability, integrity, and advocacy should not only be taught inside the classroom. They should be reflected in the way you treat the people under your care.
A school’s reputation is not protected by silencing its students. It is protected by having the courage to listen, acknowledge its mistakes, and make things right.
And if your students have to fight this hard just to be heard, then perhaps it is time to stop asking why they are speaking up and start asking yourselves why they had to in the first place.
LISTEN TO YOUR STUDENTS. THEY ARE NOT YOUR ENEMIES. THEY ARE THE VERY PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.