Education, Out-Of-School Youths & Inequality
In this blog, i am looking at an unconscious tendency, because of a belief - to see myself as superior depending on the amount of money in my possession etc. I am forgiving myself for the problems i saw and opening the door for correction
Forgiving Myself
I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe I am the elite as i manage the farm - where i unconsciously behave like the elite, and believing i have the authority over the out-of -school youths who are working with me - designating them as my subordinates because i know more than them - and i speak English and they don't
I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that i know more than the Out-Of-School Youths because i know English and they don't
I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that i have authority over the Out-Of-School Youths because I have dollars and they receive Philippine pesos - which has very little value compared to the dollar
I forgive myself that o have accepted and allowed myself to associate the dollar to people who have more and the philippine pesos to people who have less
I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to associate the US to superiority and the Philippines to Inferiority
Commitment To Correct Myself
When and as i see myself having the belief that i am the elite and the out-of-school youths are my subordinates, i stop - I breathe. I realize this is what i learned in school - as i see my teacher being above me and the students - as us being her subordinates and i did not correct that in that moment
I commit myself to see that the teacher is equally valuable as the student - as they both come from the dust of the ear
