MORE nursing GRADUATES

Published Apr 12, 2010

tinekrism

11 Posts

Attended a niece' nursing graduation, 11 Mar 2010.

5:00 AM - prepped up

5:20 - no breakfast, commuted 20kms (bus and taxi) to school

6:00 - arrived venue - 6th floor (FCFS policy)

7:40 - mass

9:00 - distribution of 920 pieces of diploma

12:00 PM - lunch outside school (after 7hrs no food/water) - 2 taxi rides

1:00 - waited for auditorium to open at 1:30 (FCFS policy)

3:10 - pinning of 920 (nine hundred twenty) nursing graduates

4:30 - presentation of honors/awards

5:30 - picture taking

6:00 - herded (apprx)3000 sheeps, err human beings, on a two 12-pax capacity elevators or 12-staircase

7:30 - arrived home spent, wasted and tired!

Need I say more?

Btw, other members of my family skipped mass and missed a day to be together on a SUNDAY.

Parents/students (including those 33 who did not attend) paid for the rite and were given some "tickets" which the school thought we would value equally like an opera-ticket?

Have the organizers not used their faculty of thinking/imagination?

First off, there were 920 graduates X 2 "tickets" each for parents/guardian/visitors = 1800 (rounded off). Yet the school only allocated 800 seats, on the condition that FCFS policy will be applied.

Isn't the school supposed to provide ENOUGH number for seats for the parents (who paid over P320,000 for a nursing course)? What has gotten into their brains: mob/kids who would scamper to get a seat to watch a concert? (can you picture parents on a Sunday-attire)

1.5 hours (am) + 2 hrs (pm) X 900 parents = 3150 manly hours wasted on WAITING. I believe parents wouldn't mind waiting 30-40mins for guests to settle BUT 3.5 hours is a big insult to us. It is a manifestation of how the school callously treat their clientele.

Another thing, assuming most participants are catholic, holding a mass along a graduation is flawed. (alm-baskets yielded tens of thousands pesos though)

I respectfully suggest on your next graduation, make it a half-day affair - the most 3-4 hours. Holding a rite beyond 2 hours is a practice that is quite extravagant and wasteful.

Consider this a feedback-complaint. You should appreciate it you get if for free - while students/parents get substandard service. Graduating from your school is not even a guarantee they will land a job related to their field.

(tried e-mailing to their website, bounces back)