tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597817245101254838.post8884481697295084064..comments2024-03-26T23:23:32.134-07:00Comments on TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Reflecting on the Bikini Girls of STC CebuCecilia Manguerra Brainardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17168990584147721585noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597817245101254838.post-37404770663590901592012-04-06T08:01:56.490-07:002012-04-06T08:01:56.490-07:00From Araceli Lorayes:
The nuns aren't just str...From Araceli Lorayes:<br />The nuns aren't just strict; they're stubborn too, when they believe they're right. Just think of the closing of the college department; that created an uproar too, and parents went to court. I understand that now they realize it was a wrong move, since vocations have dwindled. And not just stubborn; tough, too. As social progressives, the STC nuns are battle-hardened veterans of street confrontations.<br /> <br />But I digress. I had a feeling that there was more to the story than meets the eye.<br /> <br />I have a feeling that these girls had a history of flouting school regulations, to which their parents turned a blind eye. Scratch a misbehaving student and you'll find "kunsitidor" parents, or weak parents. The problem is that such parents put their girls in a school like St. Theresa's and then abdicate all parental responsibility, expecting the school to do their job for them. It doesn't work out that way.<br /> <br />I think there was a better way for the school administration to express its displeasure then to call them lewd and lascivious; but on the other hand, if the girls were flaunting their sexuality, they have to expect hurtful words to come their way in a conservative culture like Cebu's.<br /> <br />If the nuns flouted the court, well, they had a precedent in Leila de Lima's flouting of the Supreme Court order to allow GMA to travel abroad. In both cases, the disobedient ones felt that they were doing right, and relied on technicalities.<br /> <br />My fearless forecast: to save face, the parents will huff and puff, and when the furor dies down, quietly withdraw the charges (especially if the nuns had the foresignt to print the pictures, and present them in court, which opens them to public scrutiny). And STC's enrollment will jump, due to those parents who think, "That's just the sort of school I want for my girls."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com