Ma. Karen Colle
The
story It's A Night Job is written by Joanita Male. The main character narrates
the story. She did not choose her life - it chose her. She has a job with her
mother and her mother as well. She was raised in the words "Look after
your body; you never know when you'll need it to make a living. She says that
one day she'll stop doing her job and go to school without depending from it.
Doing what is right is a choice. That was the first thing
that came into my mind when I read the story. The main character shows how much
her job destroys herself especially her as a lady. She inherited e job from her
grandmother. Although she really didn't want to do it, she has to because the
moment she stop her mother will be mad at he and she will definitely stop going
to school.
Many Filipino students have the same case with that of
the girl in the story. Some of them involve themselves in prostitution for the
sake of going to school and helping their parents but the worst is just for
them to get all there wants. Since their parents cannot afford to give them
everything they want they decide to trade their body and get some money that
can buy all things that they want.
Taking the case of the girl in the story, I cannot
directly say that what she is doing is wrong. It is never wrong to go to
school. What is wrong is her way of sustaining herself just to be in school.
Her body is not a commodity which can be bought anytime someone has wanted it
and for her to have money. No one can do nothing that will let her have something
within her pocket. It is only a matter of industry, determination and of course
faith in God. Choose to do what is right because somehow something within you
will tell you that everything will be alright.
Ma.
Karen Q. Colle
BSED II-N
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