On Fairness and Camaraderie

"Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. "
Brit Hume

     It has been 26 years of unending grace, passion and ministry for the Taytay United Methodist Christian School. Its foundation has always been one of the greatest thing that happened into the lives of many students. The school never failed to meet the expectations of the church, the parents and of course, God.
     Just two weeks ago, the school celebrated its 26th Founding Anniversary. Students then, were so excited about the things that the school, in partnership with the a High School Student Council would offer them. Everything started out with a prayer for safety, divine guidance and the evidence of FAIRNESS and CAMARADERIE. Then, it was followed by the Oath of Sportsmanship and Parade. The school has also prepared a pageant for this year's Mr. and Ms. Intrams where the funny and confident girl, Carissa Jasmin Delgado and the mysterious orator Jeff Francisco were hailed as the winners.

                                                          (photo courtesy of Ej Figueroa)
     A few moments later, the field demonstration of all the year levels started. Everyone was so excited about the performances of each group and how each routine would be executed.

                                             
                                                  (photos courtesy of Mary Kate Marcelo)
     The Cheer dance Competition was dominated by the Juniors, the defending Champions. They were able to leave a remarkable performance into the eyes of the audience and to the judges.

                                               (photos courtesy of Mary Kate Marcelo)
      The Seniors never failed to meet the expectations of their CAT Commandant, officers and batch mates as they danced their hearts out and dominated the Modern Dance Competition. The Seniors had been constantly winning several Modern Dance Competitions and was even invited by AMA in their Streetdance Competition during the Foundation week.

                                              (photo courtesy of Mary Kate Marcelo)

     The prowess of the Juniors in executing their fierce and powerful routines made them dominate the Ballroom Dance Competition. They were able to execute the routines perfectly and with poise.

     The following days were used for the ball games wherein the students were able to show their physical prowess. The sun's hotness did not stop the students from fighting for their section's name and their team.
     The Juniors dominated the Volleyball and Basketball game while the Badminton games were somehow dominated by the Seniors.
     As the ball games continue, there were issues raised on scoring, illegal hitting, dirty playing and many others leaving many Senior students with eye injuries, sprain and deep wounds. What was alarming then, was the issue thrown against the Seniors on unfair scoring and cheating. They say that the Senior scorers were not honest enough in giving the opponent a score and that the Senior players were one of the contributing factors why the championship with the Juniors suddenly became a 5-set match. Imagine and analyze, why do we need to place a referee in the game and let him decide on certain things, to make fairness evident right? Why do we place a committee, to officiate on the official scores and not on the scores listed down by the Seniors right? So, any discrepancy in the scores, the Seniors should not be blamed.

     Above all, let us all acknowledge the spirit of fairness and honesty evident into our being. As stated in the latter part of my post, fairness is a professional skill, once you develop such, anyone could not steal it from you. Let this attitude be developed into the hearts of young men, so that, when you are to face the real world, the lesson imparted by the institution would be seen into your being.