Law Professor on Viral Photo of Teachers on the Roof: "I KNOW SCRIPTED WHEN I SEE ONE" - The Daily Sentry


Law Professor on Viral Photo of Teachers on the Roof: "I KNOW SCRIPTED WHEN I SEE ONE"



Atty. Bruce Rivera | Sto. Nino High School Teachers | Photo credit to the owners

Just recently, a photo of a group of Teachers who allegedly climbed the roof to get signal for their online class, went viral and elicits different reaction from netizens. 

Challenges from the new normal education or remote learning has now been an open issue and every students and teachers are trying to cope up with it. Such is the alleged reason why teachers from Sto. Nino High School in Batangas City were forced to held their online classes on the roof to find a stronger internet signal.


Sto. Nino High School Teachers | Photo credit to the owner

Sto. Nino High School Teachers | Photo credit to the owner


However, not all netizens approved that said motion of the teachers, and some actually condemned it and thought that it was just an "act" and a "scripted" one.

One of them is Atty. Bruce Rivera, a well-known media influencer and a professor himself.

According to Prof. Rivera, he knows scripted when he sees one. And that viral photo of the teachers is most likely one of them.

Sto. Nino High School Teachers | Photo credit to the owner

He then listed obvious reasons why he thinks this teachers' move was just a set up and why such act actually endangered the lives of others and their own as well.


Read his full post below:

"I KNOW SCRIPTED WHEN I SEE ONE

There are so many ways to protest the telecommunications problem in our country than curating a picture and passing it off as real. It is plain dishonest. Remember the Pieta remake of a mother and her dead son that won a Pulitzer that became a poster for the EJK narrative? If you remember that, I am shocked you made the same mistake.

First, ganun talaga kalinis ang bubong? Kung hindi planado, hindi dapat picture perfect ang bubong. Unless, bubong company ang sponsor.

Pangalawa, sabay sabay tumingin sa langit at naghanap ng signal? Even the law of coincidences cannot explain that. Unless, may sumigaw ng wan...to..tri!! Tapos may isang kunwari ay di nakinig kaya nakatayo. Ung pinakamalapit para di halata.

Third, nakita mo ba ang nasa bubong? Nakita mo mga katawan at edad. Merong mga nasa picture na medyo may edad at mataba. Mahihirapan pumunta sa bubong yan. Maniniwala ako kung may safer way going up. And if thats the case, it defeats the human value of the picture, that is, human sacrifice.

Fourth, iba ang dedication at sacrifice sa risky behavior. Putting your life at risk is not sacrifice even in your line of work as a teacher. Hindi gagawin ni Mila yan. Imagine kung nagcollapse ang bubong sa dami nila, anong nangyari sa pobreng tao na nsa loob. They are endangering the lives of others and their own as well.

Umamin kayo na di totoo ito kasi if this is true, lagot ang principal at lagot din kayo bilang guro. Bilang magulang, may diligence ang guro similar to a good father of the family.

Sa palagay niyo, gagawin ng isang nanay ang pumunta sa bubong para makakuha lang ng signal? At kung meron man, anong gamit ng signal kung duon sila maglilive. Magkakarinigan ba sila. Hindi ba mainit kasi bubong nga di ba?

Alam ko na World Teachers Day. At ako ay guro. You can best celebrate teachers not by pandering to them by way of an implausible picture. Just do not insult our intelligence AND a simple thank you will suffice."

Atty. Bruce Rivera | Photo credit to his Facebook page



SourceBruce V. Rivera