16/11/2025
๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ด
As students from the School of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts, we witness firsthand how education continues to be treated as a privilege rather than a right. Year after year, students are made to endure inadequate services, inaccessible facilities, and a system that demands more but provides less. Behind every promise of โimprovementโ is a reality of underfunded classrooms, limited learning spaces, and a growing divide between those who can afford to stay and those who are forced to leave.
We are taught that education shapes a nation, yet we see how it is neglected by those who should protect it. Billions are poured into corruption, confidential funds, and projects that do not serve the people, while the education sector faces budget cuts and neglect. The message is clear: those in power have forgotten who they are meant to serve.
Just days ago, Super Typhoon Uwan struck our communities, leaving hundreds of Louisians and their professors struggling to continue academic life. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑโ displaced, disconnected, and trying to recover from the disaster. Yet SLU resumed classes and exams immediately, as if the typhoon never happened. Roads remain blocked, power and internet are unstable, and many are still stranded or tending to their families. This is not normalcy; this is neglect disguised as order. Being a Catholic university, we should show ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ฒ๐. We walk out because better facilities, accessible services, and fair opportunities are not privilegesโthey are rights. We walk out for the students who had to drop out because of financial hardship, for teachers who are overworked and underpaid, and for families who sacrifice everything just to keep their children in school.
๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
Learning should not depend on how much we can pay. When corruption thrives and public funds are misused, the youth lose not just opportunities, but their faith in the very institutions meant to guide them. This is why we take a standโnot just as students, but as a generation that refuses to remain silent.
The November 18 walkout is more than a call to protest; it is a call to reclaim our right to education and to demand accountability from those who have failed us. It is a reminder that unity is our greatest strength, and that collective action is our most powerful lesson.
๐ช๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐/๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐, ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฟ๐. We walk out for better student services, for transparent and accountable governance, for a truly liberating education, and for a nation that prioritizes its people over profit.
Let this walkout serve as a reminder of our responsibility as students: to study not only for ourselves, but for the people. To understand the conditions of our society and to act upon them. To stand with and ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐.
๐๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ด.
Stand for a national, scientific, and mass-oriented education.
with you in solidarity and in the struggle,
๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐/๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ
๐ผ๏ธ: Yzavijes Marie Malana
