Stereotype

Warning: This post is a serious post.... hahaha!!!

What comes into your mind when you hear U.P? Ateneo? Lasalle?
These schools are the three top universities in the country. But stereotype people always make some comparison on these three universities.

U.P- home of the scholars ng bayan; witty; radical people; freemen; ability to profess their thoughts freely; some belong to the social and upperclass while some are average, in other words "pangmasa ang school na 'to".

Ateneo- mostly elite people; money+ brains

Lasalle- mostly elite people; but here's the catch.... only money; no brains???? WTF!!!

Note: I am a Lasallian.

--- I reserved this post to those stereotype people, no offense to the Skolars and the Atenistas.

Honestly, while I was in highschool and planning to take some entrance exams, I first prioritize UP and Ateneo taking Lasalle as sort of an alternative, in case of not passing/ not been able to take the tests of those two. I was not exempted on being a stereotype. Maybe it's because I really don't know things when I am in highschool, I thought that UP is everything.... like everything. Ateneo, uhmm, can be, but not really my dream-school and Lasalle, I never really thought that I am going to be a Lasallian, never in my wildest dreams.

Now, I too had been a stereotype person, but I am trying to erase these stereotypicality at all! It's stupid for a person to think something like that. I just want to tell people that you are wrong, I have proven it! Life really does not revolve in Ateneo or in UP. When i knew that I didn't passed the UPCAT, I was devastated. The fact that I cried, yep! I literally cried. But that was history. I remember what Carlota, one of my dearest friend, told me... "Buti na lang at di ka nakapasa UP, kasi mag-iiba ka." At least there's someone so honest a person like Lota who told that UP is not everything, though she is also a Lasallian. Lota is one of the best students of Lasalle haha!!!! :D

Many have asked me this question: "Bakit 'di mo sinubukang magpa-recon (reconsider) sa UP?". Well, actually, I have planned but never really tried. Many reasons: first, I am too lazy with all the paperworks and interviews, haha. Second, if I'm not really meant for UP then, fine. I am not a type of person who push himself for something that is really not meant for him, 'cause it will only end up in disappointment, depression and "unhappiness".

Being stereotype is actually a "natural" thing. It's like a norm or a standard that we can't avoid and everybody is at fault. It only affects people when it goes beyond what is right.
So, this is a persuasive attempt to tell you stereotype people, to stop thinking like one! It only ends in rivalries (Ateneo vs. Lasalle) and endless fights and arguments. Why don't we just go on our way and let's mind our own business. Just focus on pursuing our own goals and dreams and you'll see that school is not what it counts.

P.S. Lota! Yey! I have already posted an update, just as you wish! Go Lasallians! haha. And by the way, forget him! He does not deserve someone who is beautiful, intelligent, kind creature like you Lota! So move on! Haha. :D