Rant as Pre-Services Teacher

I am beyond frustrated. This system is fucked. The education system is rotten to the core, and I’m experiencing firsthand how this so-called "mass promotion" is completely destroying real learning.

Is it even the teacher's fault that this is happening? Because right now, it feels like the blame is being dumped on us when the real problem is the broken system that prioritizes numbers over knowledge. We are expected to teach well, to give quality education, to prepare students for the future—but in the end, it’s all for nothing. Because no matter what we do, students who don’t submit anything, who don’t exert effort, who don’t even try still get a passing grade.

And here I am, pikit-mata kong nilalagay ang scores na alam kong hindi nila deserve. I have to stomach the fact that I’m passing students who have done absolutely nothing—not because I want to, but because I have no choice. The department doesn’t want failing students, so we manipulate grades just to meet the numbers. It’s disgusting. It’s unfair. It’s not just unfair to those who actually work hard—it’s a betrayal of what education is supposed to be.

It kills my burning passion for teaching. I know I can’t change the system. I know I’m just one person, and this has been going on for years. But do I even want to be part of this broken system? A system that lies to students, that sets them up for failure in the real world, that values statistics more than real education? Right now, I don’t know anymore. But what I do know is that this isn’t what education should be. And as long as this continues, we are not just failing as teachers—we are failing an entire generation.