10/06/2024
On behalf of our organization, charter, and our local council, we are commending our fellow members who graduated this academic year 2023-2024. Congratulations!
During this shady time, we all experienced hard times and adversity, which in fact we now lived in a world of disruption and uncertainty, wherein change is the only constant. Believe me, students are one of the vulnerable individuals who are exposed within the 21st century's dilemma. Along their academe journey in pursuing a dream of higher education in undergraduate studies, they encountered challenges such as financial constraint that wrecked their morale. As a result, it became a gaps in chasing the quest of their education.
Brothers, you defined the meaning of the word, "Iron Clad", your perseverance and resiliency paid off, you applied the values that you learned in Alpha Kappa Rho Teachings. It is true that education cannot be taken away from you, indeed it was the most precious treasure we can obtain in life. However education must be fused with character, because it is nonsense, if you are educated but does not have a moral or ethics. A man who is educated but does not have a manner is not accepted in the society, it is a contagious disgrace of dignity and reputation. As hemmingway said, there is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man, true nobility is being superior to your former self. So let us be humble all the time, so we can be a gentlemen.
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Again congratulations! Skeptrons, Class of 2024. Best of luck to your future endeavors. As you leave your beloved Alma Mater, you have now opened another portal to the realm of life. Continue to thrive on serving our country, dedicated for the betterment of our nation and to the future of the next generations. Your families are proud of you.
Long live! Mabuhay ang kapatiran!