When You Are Careless, Are You Irresponsible Too?

It is wise to generalize that carelessness is synonymous to irresponsibleness. Do you agree with that?

I remember sometime in early 2001 there was a TV episode on the bad effect of not taking care of everyone’s garbage in the community. The flood brought by the typhoon collected all the scattered garbage and pushed them back inside the various houses in the community. That TV short episode had reminded anyone in the community that they should take care of their garbage to avoid the recurrence of that incident.

It is being emphasized then that waste especially solid one should be sorted out and if possible be recycled. Along this environment care which everyone should take it seriously is sanctioned by a law. In the Philippines, it is Republic Act No. 9003. It is a law for an ecological solid waste management program.

Are Pupils Ready When Disaster Happens?

Most of the teachers and even the school heads had missed to observe the month of July as the National Disaster Month by virtue of Executive Order of 1999.They are used to celebrate the month of July as the Nutrition Month.

This morning in our flag ceremony of our school, Cubay Elementary School, I apprised our pupils the importance of disaster preparedness and checked themselves on how ready and prepared they are when natural calamities or disasters may occur anytime, especially when they least expect them. I reminded them how terrible it was before when they personally experienced the earthquake last year that shook the school for more than 8 minutes.

I remember that every one got panicked, cried and even trembled for fear that their lives are endangered. I was even affected too for it was the first time that I felt that tremor which moved the sala set which I was sitting when that quake struck. I got out from my office feeling dizzy, walking groggy.