Schooled, but not educated

It was a bad day for the security guard, but for Ms. Paula Jamie Salvosa, the infamous 23-year-old MassCom student who barbarically leaped her way to a big break in the social media spheres about three days ago, it was a day to remember.  Well, she will be remembered.

Thanks to the video of Gregory Llamoso, everyone is now reminded good manners and right conduct is not a cheap subject in the Philippines. That it’s a subject for life.

And true indeed, Salvosa seemed to lack a substantial dose of GMRC in her life. When she confronted lady guard Sharon Mae Casinas at Santolan LRT Station 2 on Tuesday, it seemed as though she poured out to the guard every single feeling of hatred she has got with the world. Fuming with anger, screaming at the top of her lungs, she went to castigate the guard who merely prevented her from entering the station without her bag inspected first—the guard merely upholding the station’s “no inspection, no entry” policy.

Okay, I must point out that I’m not in the position to judge the person of Salvosa on the basis of one video alone. For all we know, she might be a kind, good and sweet girl in reality. But the thing is the one-minute video prevented me from thinking so. Some people cannot just stomach such a scene of arrogance. If she cannot do without her being arrogant, at least she should have shown respect, owing to the fact that the guard was older than her.

However, as it appeared, not the slightest trace of the value of respect in Salvosa’s life could be seen from the video. And there is no point calling oneself an educated person if at the end of the day, they cannot deliver another a basic virtue, such as respect, that must come incumbent with being educated.

Being educated is in itself not even something someone has to brag about if, at the hems of her school uniform, she maintains that little sense of humility and delicadeza. At any rate, it comes unfair for someone merely exercising the call of their duty to be chastised in public. To make it even more unfair to the guard, the young, ill-mannered brat performed her act in all English, probably, so as to show her total brattiness and complete disremember of the word “respect.” And how proud she was when she said she owns an education!

And yet, the same antagonist now comes out, claiming she is a victim of online bullying? After all the world has seen, she’s still got the balls to show up and expect to win humanity’s clemency when she in herself does not know how to show it. Or how to give it. Her education must have harked back on her now and she might have figured out the golden rule.

You see, situations like this are prevalent anywhere else in the world. Especially in the call center industry, particularly in customer service departments, we see a lot of irate customers switching their heat on representatives, calling them names, using profane language and what not. You go to terminals; either bus, train or airport, and you will never fail to catch a scene like this. In our schools, students take it on our guards for having their I.D.s confiscated for violating school rules.

In other words, more than just pointing a finger on Salvosa, this recent incident must ring a bell to everyone to keep their cool at all times. Especially in this highly-wired world where a simple thing we do could catapult us into instant superstars, we must learn to be in command of our own temper.

Well, if you’re ready to face a fate similar to what Miss Amalayer did, then you don’t really have to take this one seriously.