Politics More Important Than Children's Day In The Sun

Children don't really have time to be the center of attention and many don't really like to be the center of attention unlike adults and this was proven recently.

In the midst of a kindergarten graduation at a public gymnasium in Himamaylan, Negros Occidental, administration standard bearer Gilbert Teodoro Jr. and his popular TV star running mate Edu Manzano crashed the ceremony.

I am not really a fan of these graduation ceremonies for kindergarten and grade 6 because I firmly believe that the 2 biggest academic milestones any person should remember is surviving . . .ahem I mean finishing high school and getting your undergraduate degree.

That being said, I don't like it when adults take over a special day supposedly for the children and let politics take over.

Yes the program took longer than expected and yes it wasn't supposed to be in that venue but come on.

Heat being a factor it had to be moved unless you want collapsing children in your hands (and parents I suppose) and the only reason these things take so long is because too many adults just don't know when to shut their mouths. Is it really necessary to have that many people say speeches to these events?

But back to my point it was not a reason to disrupt the event and have a political rally in the middle of it. If Gibo and Edu were civil about it they should have just told their staff to let the ceremony finish before they took over.

There are times when politics should give way to common decency. This was one of them. But then again I doubt if Mayor Menchit Bascon thought about it.

As for the parents shame on you for allowing this to happen without protest. This was your child's moment in the limelight and you all blew it. Shame on you.

But it's not surprising. After all in this country logic and decency gets thrown out the window when politics and kissing-ass take over.

And that's what the "responsible" adults in this graduation ceremony did.

Shame on you all.