#7 My hero

When we were ask to write an article about our personal hero, the first thing that has come to my mind was to write either about my papa or mama because more than anyone else in the world they really fit as my hero but since we were ask to think of the other people it took me a longer time to decide. The decision process was this: I listed five persons whom I considered that may fit in the word hero and choose one among the five.

In the list was: teachers, NGOs, soldiers, OFW workers, and newscasters. These fives were just ordinary citizens of our society working for their own interest but at the same time doing philanthropic deeds. For me everyone can be a hero in their own simple ways. Rice planters can be a hero for they provide us our main food, a lifeguard is a hero for those that experienced drowning, a good politician is a hero for he/she is doing the things for the whole welfare of his constituencies, a lawyer can a be a hero to someone for he/she have helped that someone achieve justice, I might be a hero to someone and you also. That is why we should spread love and kindness in every little thing we do because we might be the change we want to see in the world and that will make us hero in others life.

Since I really want to include my mama and papa here, I included teachers and NGOs. My mama is a teacher and my papa is a NGO. Among the five I chose the teachers but let me explain first why those five make it to the list.

An NGO is a hero for me because I have learned it from my father that NGOs provide help like aids and basic services, livelihood programs and development projects especially for those people that are not reached by government services. In that way they have helped in eradicating poverty and moreover helped in achieving peace in the community because most of the cases those are deprived by the government of their right and in the process of fighting for those rights they engage in violence. And violence is an impediment to a sustainable development.

Soldiers are hero because they risk their lives for their people in maintaining the peace and order of their country. Soldiers are heroes especially for the civilians that are the most vulnerable when it comes to conflict. Soldiers worked away from their family, most of the time spend their life in training and combating which is actually not a normal life. These soldiers have the choice to choose a peaceful life, life closer to their families, life that normal persons have but they still choose to be a soldier and risk their live.

Our OFW workers are the ones we consider our new generation hero because they contribute a bigger part in our economy, it makes our economy continue to be alive. Because of that contribution it is helping the people not to be in the poverty line. Because of their contribution, the government can provide more services to the people especially to poor families. Services like education, health care, food, etc. And these OFW workers are also heroes in their every family because they chose to work far from them just to provide them good life. Being an OFW worker is really a very hard job, they experience different kinds of maltreatment. OFW workers are sometimes being discriminate by foreigners, others experienced raped or tortured, others are sometimes do not receive pays, and they do heavy works and do not have rest days and even work more than 8 hrs a day. Those were inhumane conditions but still many Filipinos chose to work abroad for a greener pasture their families.

To be newsman or a member of a news team is also a risky task. Sometimes there are cases when they have to risk their lives just to give the people news. And news is very important to us especially in cases like conflicts and disasters. News can save lives. News updates us with the happenings of our country and of the world and in that sense we can prepare if their things we need to prepare especially in the case of war and natural disasters. Like what is happening now, the weather is not so good to our brothers and sisters in Luzon so a weather forecast is so important. Newscaster chose that job even though it is risking their lives and sometimes even threats. 

Teachers for me are heroes for next to our families they are the one that affects or shape our personalities and perception of the world. The teachers that I consider heroes are those that are dedicated to their work, teaching beyond their duty. Teachers are in somewhat responsible for how a person came to be that person in the present. A child might be someday a greedy politician or a good politician, an honest lawyer or a lawyer dedicated to serve justice, or a soldier who will fight for its men or a terrorist. That’s how influential teachers are, that is why we should always give thanks and importance to them especially to those teachers that more than anything else, they teach because they really want to help those people that are deprived of the right to education even without pay. Because education is a treasure that cannot be taken from someone and education is the foundation of making a country; more educated people equals more opportunity to develop. So I thank you all my teachers, I thank my mama for she is my first and have been a teacher for 17 years to me, and thank you ma’am Lynnie for making out a blogger from me. Our teachers are the catalysts for social change and development of our country. I salute you teachers.