Ryan Jacob C.

Agdon
BSE 31
A pleasant afternoon to all the people in this room. To Ms. Chair, to the opposition side and to
my team; also to those who came to listen to what I'm going to say. Standing in front of you is a
proud affirmative speaker of our motion: Resolved that Filipino subject should be removed from
college. Who believes that this is a great topic to discuss this afternoon. But before I start my
constructive let me first set the parameters of this debate to the beneficality and beneficiality
alone of the motion. Eyes and ears please as I begin to lay my points and arguments.

Argument1: We should focus on languages that are more globally acclaimed and competitive.
For example, Surgeons, psychiatrist, physician, engineers, architects, accountants, and many
high paying jobs, is these jobs more interesting than teaching a student a-ba-ka-da who knows
how to speak Tagalog already?

Argument2: 10 years, and now 12years of studying Filipino subject in junior and senior high is
enough. We all know that we go to college to master our own chosen program. Okay its good to
maintain Filipino subject for Filipino majors. But let's be fair for courses that needs more
mastery in mathematics, English laboratory, computer etc. Who keep on wasting time and money
for a subject which is just a recall of what they have discussed in high school. If a student is not
good enough to Filipino subject then its not about the students but more about the school's
problem already.

Argument3: We are aware that removing Filipino subject will reduce the numbers of Filipino
teachers which will lead to the unemployment of many. But Ms. Chair and dear opponents just as
that, a hot air balloon won't fly high if you don't release the rocks. Meaning to say it is all part of
the process. There is no perfect process in getting up. But the important thing is that we go
straight up. Another thing is, high salary job opportunities for universal language speakers. I'm in
my 19 years of living and I could say that I learn enough English language (let's take that
language for example) to become a call center agent, and that's already a decent job. But even
though I speak and had mastered my mother language my whole life (Filipino), I won't be able to
get a job where I can earn roughly 16,000 a month. Now if you're saying that removing the
subject would increase the unemployment rate. Think about those who don't get the chance to
graduate and to work but has the efficiency in English who can be call center agents can do.
Removing the Filipino subjects is beneficial to our country's vision of pag-unlad the negatives
are all part of the process as I believe that there is no perfect process, there shall be and will be
sacrifices but all of those were nothing for all the things that will come soon. Our voices are too
good to speak only one language our minds are too wide to think in just a single way. Let us all

not forget who raised us up and brought the goods to us, it's not even our own countrymen but
those who have invested and colonized us. And as I end my constructive, I will leave you with a
saying from Lao Tzu: Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that
only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they
like. and with that I am more proudly to propose.
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ng Memorandum No. 20 Series of 2013 (CMO no. 20
series of 2013)