A Lasallian's Post

Saw this in Miggy's multiply. It was written by someone from La Salle. I'm not sure where he got it though.

Please stop embarrassing the Green Community. We won the game. Let us bask in the glory of the win. We deserve that.

But with that "intelligent" attempt to put the opponent down with a "well-executed attack", we are simply bringing more criticism to De La Salle.

It was an interesting piece of information, that's a given. Many of us probably believed it could finally put an end to the "stereotyping" Lasallians have been up against since time began. But folks, information like that is tricky. Especially when we use it as ammo to shoot down an opponent.

When I saw that banner raised up tonight, all I could think was, "I hope this is backed up. I hope this info is ironclad. Para walang masabi hindi lang ang Ateneo kundi pati ang ibang universities." I feared that though the shot was heard LOUD, we were only loaded with but a noisy blank bullet.

I would never want anybody (not just Ateneans) to think we simply found some statistics that happened to work to our favor, had them printed out on a giagantic tarpaulin banner, and expected that no one would look it up and RESEARCH the information's origins and bases. So I did precisely that.

Unfortunately, we may have worked against ourselves tonight, my dear Lasalle brothers.

The THES-QS Rankings is, ultimately, a guide for prospective students around the world in considering universities: "Rankings can assist your decision-making process if used properly, but they must be FULLY UNDERSTOOD, or they could lead you to miss the very institution that is right for you."

It is definitely NOT for bragging rights, because the statistics they collated have absolutely NOTHING to do with how academically adept its students are (it doesn't prove one's students and alumni smarter than the other's, so to speak).

"It is natural to approach any university ranking on the basis that it genuinely reflects the RELATIVE strengths of the institutions covered. But, it is vital to remember that all rankings select their own methodology and individual evaluation criteria on which to base the ranking. It is recommended that you are clear about what is important to you at your prospective university. If one of your priorities is extracurricular opportunities, for example, a standard ranking is unlikely to include this as one of the chosen criteria."

In other words, we are stronger in some areas...but they are stronger in others. It's simply no gauge of who's better. It's just about who's better in WHAT. Now for the wake-up call:

Here is how DLSU fared in stats, namely, Peer Review Recruiter Review Intl. Faculty Intl. Students Faculty / Student Citations / Faculty Overall:
10.4
32.0
1.2
0.5
26.1
0.0

for ADMU:
3.6
37.8
6.8
6.2
18.2
0.0

For educated people, are we not supposed to take all considerations in context, and look beyond the major statistic? Are we not contradicting ourselves when we unabashedly proclaim that 2 is more than 3 in this case...when they can easily throw the logic back at us with all the categorized statistics here (which disappointed me a lot! ADMU's is easily more attractive to foreign students when broken down!)

"Just because a university comes out very well in a ranking, doesn’t mean that it is equally good in all subject areas."-AYUN. SAPUL NA SAPUL TAYO. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT FOR AN ATENEAN TO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS TO US?

I just find it very unbecoming that in our haste to retaliate (and to what? To "Wrong Spelling" and "Suspended"?), we grabbed the first thing that had our name on it without double-checking if the credit is solely ours. In our attempt to put them down, we have just managed to bring attention to our weaknesses! I'm proud of my school, of my Lasallian heritage, and of today's win, but WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

And for a community who wants to break free from stereotyping, aren't we doing the exact same thing to the Ateneo boys we mentioned, like LA Tenorio, Ford Arao, etc., in undermining their intellectual ability? Ateneo has been known to kick players out of the team due to academic deficiencies, to provide one-on-one tutoring and to NOT give special treatment to student athletes. I know this because my best friend was a professor to a number of student-athletes. Unfortunately for us, credibility in this area is on the Ateneo's side.

Bottom line? The "prized" statistic we emblazoned on that banner is nowhere near objective, simply because it was created to be SUBJECTIVE. It is not even "timeless" like we claim! Please, my dear La Salle brothers, let us be vigilant about what we put out there. Because in the same way that we speak about our preference to La Salle, to some, Ateneo is on top. Let us respect that. Both are good universities that make the country proud. Let us leave it at that.

Animo Ateneo
masarap talaga maging ATENISTA

love it! hehehe
*peace*

nag-sorry ka. salamat sa apology. i'm sorry din coz I can't forgive you. not now. not yet.