special academic convocation 2013

Special Academic Convocation 2013 The Special Academic Convocation showed me people who have lived their whole lives in service of others. Ateneo graduates who have made their school proud before the whole country because of the differences they've made. I realized from them that Ateneo is one of the top schools in the country not because its graduates can be found in the magazine's list of the top richest people but because their lives and works can be found in the progress of this country. They have spent a lifetime serving the people because as Edmundo F. Nolasco, one of the speakers, believe that there can be no greater expression of gratitude than to dedicate their lives to change the world for Christ except maybe to die fighting for a cause. The graduates coming from different times across Ateneo history have made me realize that I have absolutely no idea what my school stood for. I know that “being a man for others” is one of the values that every Atenista tries to live by but I never really realize just how great an impact it has on us, students. It's like a responsibility that has been handed over to us together with our college diplomas. A sort of trust that you would use your knowledge for the betterment of mankind like the so many others before you have. I never thought it possible but these Atenean graduates, Edmundo Nolasco, Jesse Robredo, Christian Monsod, Michelle Gamboa, and Resil Mojares, sure proved me wrong. Underneath all the rumors of Atenistas being arrogant, greedy, and evil, Who would have thought that there were Atenistas who also had a heart? I never thought I'd see a day when an Atenista like Christian Monsod and Michelle Gamboa would share his award with the people who helped them make a difference in the world. Nor could I ever have imagined that an Ateneo graduate like Michelle Gamboa would be contented to be a farmer and a baker Now I see that there is a depth inside all our hearts that pushes us to be more than what titles