PRESS CORPS

RIANNE CORPIN

MOTHER DOESN’T KNOW BEST

FAMILY. Betrayal. Broken trust. What would you do if someone that you trusted so dearly, someone you thought would never snitch, betray and break your trust… go ahead and do it anyways?

What would you feel if that person who betrayed you was practically your mother?

Math examinations are a spe- cial kind of test that makes students tremble every quarter. Alas, they have no choice but to take it anyway, or they will drop out of school and fail.

How do you respond?

How do you respond to your own mother backstabbing you?

She was smiling so softly while talking to them, acting like she didn’t do anything wrong.

Fail… Haha…

A Senior High School Math

Teacher of Divine Grace School almost failed a substantial number of students that “cheated” during their first quarter exam. Graceans were not safe from his wrath.

The first quarter Math exam became the unforgettable horror of students alike, as they felt their grades were in grave danger. The pressure was so great that some students resorted to coping via humor. You’ve heard students joke about cheating since the dawn of time.

However, one innocent joke was taken seriously by the mother. She saw a post on Facebook which she believed was related to some “cheating issue” from one of her children, and immediately snitched it to all the teachers without knowing that those remarks were purely satirical.

To the students that were associated with the post, it was a living nightmare. The scandal spread like wildfire to every corner of the school, and the students became the center of attention.

Do you want to know the worst part? She *lied* to her children. She never revealed that she was the one that discovered the post. Shocked. Heartbroken. Backstabbed.

How do you respond? How do you respond to your own mother backstabbing you? She was smiling so softly while talking to them, acting like she didn’t do anything wrong. But, behind that smile, lied a pretentious snake. Breakdown. Anxiety. Depression.

This was all these students- nay, victims felt. The teachers placed heavy blocks on their shoulders, all because of one innocent joke. They were so close to dropping out of school too. A lot of peo-