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Mirabueno (Activity 1 Essay)

Eljhon O. Mirabueno reflects on how to make his participation in the National Service Training Program (NSTP) meaningful. He realizes that he and others were uninterested during the orientation because they focus only on themselves and not on their role as Filipino citizens. To find purpose and meaning, he will utilize active listening to absorb information clearly and think critically. This will allow him to view NSTP not just as a requirement but as a way to equip himself with knowledge and skills to serve the country. He will consider others' well-being in addition to his own and address societal issues by volunteering in his community. Finding one's purpose and role in society is the first step to becoming a

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Mirabueno (Activity 1 Essay)

Eljhon O. Mirabueno reflects on how to make his participation in the National Service Training Program (NSTP) meaningful. He realizes that he and others were uninterested during the orientation because they focus only on themselves and not on their role as Filipino citizens. To find purpose and meaning, he will utilize active listening to absorb information clearly and think critically. This will allow him to view NSTP not just as a requirement but as a way to equip himself with knowledge and skills to serve the country. He will consider others' well-being in addition to his own and address societal issues by volunteering in his community. Finding one's purpose and role in society is the first step to becoming a

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Name: Mirabueno, Eljhon O.

Date: September 21, 2019

Section: 79 Facilitator: Ma. Rowena Manuel

How can I make my NSTP engagement meaningful?

The National Service Training Program Orientation, which was held a while back,

was, in a lot of ways, interesting and an eye-opener. At least for myself, I noticed that

people during the orientation, most of them were uninterested, including myself. I think

the reason for this kind of approach is that we have a thinking process of only focusing

on oneself. We do not take in or consider the fact that we live in a nation, and as a

nation. We normally set our goals in life to achieve something like becoming a doctor,

an architect or any profession or career that we are passionate about. We also plan

what we would like to have or possess later on in life, materially. I realized that, in light

of the recent orientation, we struggle to find, in each of us, our purpose and role as a

Filipino citizen.

To find my purpose and role as a Filipino citizen and make my NSTP

engagement meaningful is to utilize my ability in active listening. Of course, to start

one’s engagement in the program, one needs to be an active listener first. Active

listening helps us in taking in or absorbing information more clearly. It helps us collect,

organize, and interpret information in our heads more easily. Active listening also aids

us in exercising our critical thinking. Exercising our critical thinking will enable us to

scrutinize and provide information that we absorb with more content. Possessing both
active listening and critical thinking will now allow me to consider the National Service

Training Program not only just a program that I need to pass in, but a program that will

equip me with knowledge and skills to be of service to our country. To make my

engagement with the program meaningful, I will be opening my mind not only to my

well-being but also to the well-being of others. A nation is not a nation if the people who

live in it act and only live for their own welfare. Being individualistic will hinder me from

using the knowledge and skills that I will earn through the National Service Training

Program. I will be addressing to the issues concerning the society and actively be part

of the process of its solution to the best of my abilities. Through the program, I will, in

my earnest desires, be more inclusive to the country’s concerns as I am a Filipino

citizen and will continue to be a Filipino citizen. As a student, I will hone my passion and

abilities to be an effective medical practitioner in the Philippines. I will also volunteer in

movements that are effective and educate the less privileged people of our country

starting with the community in my vicinity.

The road to being a better Filipino citizen of our country will be a tough one. But

when one has or possesses great knowledge and skills to help our fellow Filipinos, they

will be a true nationalist and a true patriot. It all starts with the desire to find our purpose

and determine our role within our society.

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