NAME Genuie Channel S.
Bucoy COURSE/YEAR BSMA 4
Dialectal Response to A Literary Text
INSTRUCTIONS: Copy three (3) quotes or passages from the text that strike you as interesting, insightful or
memorable, in the LEFT column. Write your response to the quotes in the RIGHT column. Use ellipsis (…) if you
omit words or part of the text, especially in long passages. (30 points.)
LINES/PASSAGE FROM THE TEXT
(copy verbatim/word for word)
Education is no guarantee of decency,
prudence, or wisdom… the worth of
education must now be measured
against the standards of decency and
human survival.
It makes far better sense to reshape
ourselves to a finite planet than to
attempt to reshape the planet to fit our
infinite wants.
We have built a world of sybaritic
wealth for a few and a Calcuttan
poverty for the growing underclass. At
its worst, it is a world of cracks on the
streets, insensate violence, anomie, and
the most desperate kind of poverty.
SCORE ____________
Par./Page YOUR RESPONSE
No. (your comments, question, analysis; or its connection to
your life or experience)
Par. 4/ What are we when we are educated but not human
p. 8 enough in action? People nowadays think that education
is the only key to success. But in the road success, most of
the time, we forget the values of decency, prudence and
wisdom. We forget to be compassionate and think of
others. We trample on other’s rights and dreams just to
reach the top. It is unbecoming of us, educated ones, to
trade education with humanity. Rather, we should
nourish them together to build a better world. To survive.
Together.
Par. 8/ Scarcity happens because we only have limited resources
p. 9 despite our infinite wants. The world can only provide
much for our needs, and secondly and shortly, for our
wants. Human as we are, we dream for bigger, greater
things. But the means just don’t suffice. Will the Earth be
the one to adjust for us? Definitely NOT. I believe in the
Filipino saying, “matutong mamaluktot sa maliit na
kumot.” It just means that we have to be the ones to
adjust according to what is, and will be ours. We cannot
own everything in this world especially that we have to
leave some for others, and our mother nature as well. If
we only learn to give and share, the world will be a better
and more harmonious place to live. We can never say
that everyone can get equal shares, but at least everyone
can have some of something rather than really none.
Par. 15/ We have been educated, established, and honed to be
p. 12 professionals. But then, how come others are still down
on the rugs? How come there are people left behind this
so called “development”? We have grown with very high
ideals that we became greedy capitalists. We forgot to
bring with us in this journey, the masses that have been
struggling in poverty. Them dominating in number, but
us, dominating in power. They have been left with little
benefits to enjoy and more rocks to stumble upon. They
have been the majority of victims - of violence, of
injustice, of an actually ruined economy. They have been
desperate to lift up themselves – to feel relief and
prosperity. And yet here we are. We have long turned our
backs from them, from reality. How did we become
hypocritically educated? Especially those on the topmost
of this pyramid. The powerful who promised us equality
and affluence. Will we just hope for the better? Or work
 for the better? I prefer the latter.
Your feelings, reaction, or response to the text, as a whole

Becoming educated doesn’t equate to becoming the “better person” in this life. There are people, intelligent and
knowledgeable enough, but lack in being a good member of the society. As they became thirsty for power and
wealth, they became monsters of greed and exclusivity, leaving the masses to experience poverty and grieve for
their invalidated struggles.

The education we had was confined in the four walls of our classrooms. Maybe we had ideas on how to uplift
humanity, but how do we make them a reality? How do we immerse ourselves into reality when we ourselves
don’t understand enough the roots of all these controversies? Did we really exert enough effort to know what’s
happening in our society? Did we really try to open our eyes, to see the importance of everything and everyone
around us? Did we really try to be inclusive, to holistically develop our society?

Maybe we knew about all these, as we were taught about contemporary issues concerning humanity and the
environment. Maybe we just didn’t know where to start. Or maybe, we just weren’t given enough chances to take
action. There may also be something or someone stopping us. And this someone can also be our own selves. If
that’s the case, then what are all these learnings for?

What is education for?

Rubrics for grading:

Choice of Quotes (5),
Insight, Analysis or Understanding & Critical Thinking (15),
Diction or Grammar (5),
Neatness (5).