F. Sionil Jose’s article titled “Why
we are shallow” again opened my eyes into many perspectives. “Shallow” is not
caring about or involving serious or important things. In this article, it opened my eyes that our shallowness had rooted in many
reasons, like media, the one I am going to be in the nearest future, and our
arrogance and the rugged educational system.
I agreed to Jose’s
opinion, that media is one of the reasons to our shallowness, because aside from
they are bias, they also bring news that does not contain any information to
ponder and they also contain unserious matters. Media plays a big role in the
popularity of every person who wanted to be recognized; popularity, not the
quality.
But what struck me the
most was that shallowness rooted in this arrogance. Because we have this
boosted confidence and pride within us, we think we can do it and therefore
accept far behind our qualifications, and we are trained to see them as if they
are the real deal, as if they are true. It shows shallowness, and immaturity,
because we make our own burden to which will scourge us and will make us
suffer, as well as those who will be affected by a “little show”. I say
immaturity because as the opposite term implements, maturity needs full
development physically and has wisdom. Let me ask you, do people with wisdom do
such fake shows and over-believing? I believe not. “We are shallow
because we lack this most important knowledge — who we are and the limits to
what we can do.”, stated F. Sionil Jose.
I also believed that Filipinos don’t read much
that is why we are shallow, and this belief was strenghthened by his situation
in hospitals and from other countries. But this article also gave me this
belief that Filipinos are shallow because some life situations made them arise
to this state of self, a state of shallowness, and also because they wanted to
attain something they have never done before.
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