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I Am The Youth of Today: Will Never Reach His Destiny

The speaker identifies as the youth of today, descended from brave ancestors who fought for Philippine independence. While the country has faced centuries of foreign domination, the youth now face different challenges to freedom, such as poverty, human rights violations, and corruption. The youth enjoy some freedoms but could better honor their heritage by defending the homeland from threats such as terrorism and foreign invaders, as their ancestors did. To achieve their dreams for the future, the youth must understand the struggles and lessons of the past.

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I Am The Youth of Today: Will Never Reach His Destiny

The speaker identifies as the youth of today, descended from brave ancestors who fought for Philippine independence. While the country has faced centuries of foreign domination, the youth now face different challenges to freedom, such as poverty, human rights violations, and corruption. The youth enjoy some freedoms but could better honor their heritage by defending the homeland from threats such as terrorism and foreign invaders, as their ancestors did. To achieve their dreams for the future, the youth must understand the struggles and lessons of the past.

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I Am The Youth Of Today

By Lovella Chris L. Palma

I am the youth of today. I am a descendant of the brave Katipuneros and the strong-willed
leaders of the revolution. I wear the red banner and carry the torch of my guerilla forefathers. The blood
of my ancestors runs through my veins. I was not delivered into this world in defeat. The resilience of
the past centuries nourishes my will but I am still fighting for my freedom, justice, and peace.
To our unidentified members of the board of judges, to my fellow classmates, froends, visitors,
ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon.
I stand before you to speak for democracy that our heroes died for, the unfortunate and unjust
strived for, and the present and even the future generation’s endeavor. Honor and dignity flow in my
blood and my heart beats for freedom.
But where is our freedom? Through the agony of the three hundreds of years under the Spanish
colonization, several years under the Japanese and American occupation, I should think we are
liberated from foreign forces… but a fellow Filipino dictator once again threatened our peace. When
victory came ours, the seed of democracy began to take root and sprouted to grow. I should rejoice
and shout. However, ladies and gentlemen, I can see pictures of our Mother Land in reality and she is
chained.
Her shackles are those of poverty and injustices, human rights violation, corruption and treason.
Her eyes are blinded by media and social networking. But her heart breaks as she sees her sons
pointing guns at each other. She sees her daughters slaving their way in foreign lands to earn money
to buy food for their families. Is this what freedom has cost her?
I am the youth of today. I am free to do what I want without prejudice. I am free to say what I
want without fear of incrimination. I have grown fond of TV shows, love teams and teleseryes and fight
over them in social media. If only my fellow youths can defend our land from domestic terrorist groups
like how we defend AlDub and Pastillas Girl. If only we can protect our West Philippine Sea from foreign
invaders like how we protect our love teams from rumors. Then I can say that our forefather’s heroism
is not in vain.
Fellow Banganhons, I am the Filipino youth of today. I enjoy social networking like facebook and
instagram. I like taking selfies and posing it online. But what I do online does not define me. It is my
thoughts– thoughts that will always contain memories of the meaningful virtues our ancestors passed
down to us. It is my words– in the stories that I will tell my future grand children how Aeaw-aeaw came
to be. It is in my actions that embody the true nature of Saguibin– helping one another.
As Dr. Jose Rizal once quoted, “He who doesn’t know how to look back where he came from
will never reach his destiny.” The only way to reach our dreams for the future is to have a clear
understanding of the past. What has already happened can never be changed but they can be lessons
we can learn from.
I am the youth of today. I am a descendant of the brave Katipuneros and the strong-willed
leaders of the revolution. I wear the red banner and carry the torch of my guerilla forefathers. The blood
of ancestors runs through my veins. I was not delivered into this world in defeat. The resilience of the
past centuries nourishes my will but I am still fighting for my freedom, justice, and peace.
Ladies and gentlemen, where is your freedom? Once again, good afternoon.

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