THE RELEVANCE OF ASSUMPTION COLLEGE
SOME PEOPLE ARE MADE TO BE ASSUMPTIONISTS
Some people relayed to me their total delight on being Assumptionists and some relay utter dismay. Some say that Assumption is a lot like High School and some actually love the environment.
Through 12 years in the Assumption College, it is ironic how times have molded the college but the basics remain the same.
When I first stepped into Assumption, i had with me 6 years teaching experience and an ongoing MBA education. I was impressed with Assumption because of the different environment and the names behind the organization. This also included now President GMA anchoring the A-Team and a phalanx of practitioners. I immediately fell in love in being in Assumption.
Through the times, nothing has changed except for the faces that come and go and eventually recycled. Funny that people do not believe that through years of teaching, you can actually the same face in different people.
Although, through times, I also have a recurring complaint, Assumption College is so high school.
I have thought about it and yes it does resemble a little of high school. If the students get slighted by another, the students drag their parents and complain with the principal. This time, the face of the principal is changed to either the dean or the department head. Asus... the same din pala haha
The students' voice has more power and a professors' tenure is a lot of times at the mercy of the student evaluation.
Fortunately, in Assumption, the students are very responsible with that power bestowed.
Going through several batches, I could not yet see the value of being in a school like Assumption and neither can I see any difference. All I can analyze is that Assumption is a small school and the universities are bigger. They use to say, face it, the reason why they are here is because they did not pass in UP, La Salle and Ateneo or their parents are so cynical that they chose to keep them in an exclusive school environment.
Years have breeezed and I found myself in the same school in a different department and teaching the same subject.
When I started to coach PANA, I realized one thing: some girls really need that four additional years so spread their wings to fly higher. Cheezy statement isn't it?
But a lot of this holds true.
I have had classmates before in La Salle who graduated in High School with honors and found themselves squashed by the gender struggle in college. With the sheer size of the university, my classmates never found sufficient ground to fly. They did not have a solid launch pad because when they were in college, the pad would always be rocked by the guys or the size of the school.
In Assumption, where small is an advantage, every student is given their day in the sun.... if they want it. In Assumption, all students are given the chance to excel and prove themselves... something they would not be able to do in a bigger environment.
In Assumption, the size protects the students from temporary hiccups and shields them from being judged and labeled in a large environment. That is good.
In Assumption, the girls who are underachievers in high school were given ample time to cope, develop and leap to their destined path.
I have handled a lot of girls who would always tell me that they were not outstanding high school talent. Some of them even elaborated about their low grades in high school and how they felt dejected when they were not able to enter the big universities.
DLSU, Ateneo were built this way in the early stages. Small environment and all students given their chance to excel with the small environment. But the 2 schools have already expanded in their size and is now matching UST with size and student to professor ratio. When I first entered La Salle, the upperclassmen were complaining about the growth in population from 900 to 1,200. (same size as Assumption today)
Assumption has that distinct environment to breed that. And that is what makes a student who was not prepared four years ago allowed to stretch their wings and fly their heights upon reaching college and onto the professional world.
Some girls need additional four years of reinforcement to be able to spread their wings at the right time and fly.
Some girls are plug and play by high school graduation to tangle with the big environment and still allow themselves to fly. But this does not guarantee success.
In UST, we do not care who fails and passes. All we care is that we go through the semester, do our jobs in the best way we can. All the casualties remain dead. Limited considerations. This happens more in other universities. Number of students in universities is hardly an issue.
Some will make it in the big universities but a huge lot won't. In my personal accounting, I would assume that the success rate of Assumptionists per capita is higher than any universities. A lot of them will not make it big time because the environment did not allow that to happen at that time.
Assumption also teaches survival techniques in a bitchy environment. It is not easy surviving in a girl-spat-girl world. Desire to dominate still exists and living through this can equip you with a lot of corporate survival skills
It is all about timing. Assumption gives that space for development. That is what makes it unique even compared to St Scho, Miriam and other exclusive girl's schools.
Assumption also has a very positive brand equity that allows every student to easily fall in love with the brand in the medium term. (after all, they all said that the saddest experience for each of them is upon entering AC at the onset)
But each Assumptionist should swim against the tide for now as we try to change overall perception. That would take time. Maybe a lot of time. But through consistent effort to reform internally and communicate externally, we may some day find Assumption to be the brand of choice among women who want to be achievers and parents who would believe in it.
If we have advertised a handful being Assumption achievers, I cannot fit in 3 hours the names of Assumption converts. There are just too many.
From juvenile concern to becoming professional achievers, that is what the school delivers.
SOME PEOPLE ARE MADE TO BE ASSUMPTIONISTS
Some people relayed to me their total delight on being Assumptionists and some relay utter dismay. Some say that Assumption is a lot like High School and some actually love the environment.
Through 12 years in the Assumption College, it is ironic how times have molded the college but the basics remain the same.
When I first stepped into Assumption, i had with me 6 years teaching experience and an ongoing MBA education. I was impressed with Assumption because of the different environment and the names behind the organization. This also included now President GMA anchoring the A-Team and a phalanx of practitioners. I immediately fell in love in being in Assumption.
Through the times, nothing has changed except for the faces that come and go and eventually recycled. Funny that people do not believe that through years of teaching, you can actually the same face in different people.
Although, through times, I also have a recurring complaint, Assumption College is so high school.
I have thought about it and yes it does resemble a little of high school. If the students get slighted by another, the students drag their parents and complain with the principal. This time, the face of the principal is changed to either the dean or the department head. Asus... the same din pala haha
The students' voice has more power and a professors' tenure is a lot of times at the mercy of the student evaluation.
Fortunately, in Assumption, the students are very responsible with that power bestowed.
Going through several batches, I could not yet see the value of being in a school like Assumption and neither can I see any difference. All I can analyze is that Assumption is a small school and the universities are bigger. They use to say, face it, the reason why they are here is because they did not pass in UP, La Salle and Ateneo or their parents are so cynical that they chose to keep them in an exclusive school environment.
Years have breeezed and I found myself in the same school in a different department and teaching the same subject.
When I started to coach PANA, I realized one thing: some girls really need that four additional years so spread their wings to fly higher. Cheezy statement isn't it?
But a lot of this holds true.
I have had classmates before in La Salle who graduated in High School with honors and found themselves squashed by the gender struggle in college. With the sheer size of the university, my classmates never found sufficient ground to fly. They did not have a solid launch pad because when they were in college, the pad would always be rocked by the guys or the size of the school.
In Assumption, where small is an advantage, every student is given their day in the sun.... if they want it. In Assumption, all students are given the chance to excel and prove themselves... something they would not be able to do in a bigger environment.
In Assumption, the size protects the students from temporary hiccups and shields them from being judged and labeled in a large environment. That is good.
In Assumption, the girls who are underachievers in high school were given ample time to cope, develop and leap to their destined path.
I have handled a lot of girls who would always tell me that they were not outstanding high school talent. Some of them even elaborated about their low grades in high school and how they felt dejected when they were not able to enter the big universities.
DLSU, Ateneo were built this way in the early stages. Small environment and all students given their chance to excel with the small environment. But the 2 schools have already expanded in their size and is now matching UST with size and student to professor ratio. When I first entered La Salle, the upperclassmen were complaining about the growth in population from 900 to 1,200. (same size as Assumption today)
Assumption has that distinct environment to breed that. And that is what makes a student who was not prepared four years ago allowed to stretch their wings and fly their heights upon reaching college and onto the professional world.
Some girls need additional four years of reinforcement to be able to spread their wings at the right time and fly.
Some girls are plug and play by high school graduation to tangle with the big environment and still allow themselves to fly. But this does not guarantee success.
In UST, we do not care who fails and passes. All we care is that we go through the semester, do our jobs in the best way we can. All the casualties remain dead. Limited considerations. This happens more in other universities. Number of students in universities is hardly an issue.
Some will make it in the big universities but a huge lot won't. In my personal accounting, I would assume that the success rate of Assumptionists per capita is higher than any universities. A lot of them will not make it big time because the environment did not allow that to happen at that time.
Assumption also teaches survival techniques in a bitchy environment. It is not easy surviving in a girl-spat-girl world. Desire to dominate still exists and living through this can equip you with a lot of corporate survival skills
It is all about timing. Assumption gives that space for development. That is what makes it unique even compared to St Scho, Miriam and other exclusive girl's schools.
Assumption also has a very positive brand equity that allows every student to easily fall in love with the brand in the medium term. (after all, they all said that the saddest experience for each of them is upon entering AC at the onset)
But each Assumptionist should swim against the tide for now as we try to change overall perception. That would take time. Maybe a lot of time. But through consistent effort to reform internally and communicate externally, we may some day find Assumption to be the brand of choice among women who want to be achievers and parents who would believe in it.
If we have advertised a handful being Assumption achievers, I cannot fit in 3 hours the names of Assumption converts. There are just too many.
From juvenile concern to becoming professional achievers, that is what the school delivers.
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