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 Human Stand fan for electric fan in Zamboanga City High School

Julie Alipala of the Philippine Daily Inquirer posted last Sunday in her Facebook page a photo that was appalling and disturbing.

 -Yahoo News

Faces of individuals are blurred for security purposes. And this article doesn't aim to blame the people included in the photo per se.

There are so many arguments on the web and harsh comments coming from several facebook users were even hitting the master of ceremonies whom I don't like to name for security purposes. Some of those comments are hitting him below the belt.

Because of major unfair statements directed to the master of ceremonies, he issued the following statement.

"The comments were hitting me below the belt. Some were calling me 'child abuser'. My job there that afternoon was just to emcee the program, and I didn't request a fan from anyone to keep me fresh. It was intended for the guest. It so happened that I immediately came in after the guest's message to call on the next speaker. Please be fair to me because I am not guilty of your accusation and much more of the damaging comments of the judgmental people."

I am pretty much sure that you are waiting the official statement of DiversityHuman.com regarding this case. Well, here it goes.

1. We should stop berating one or two people because during the event there were so many guests and teachers who should have noticed the situation and the need to have something in replacement of the student/s holding the fan.

2. The fact that there were many educated people surrounding the 'victim' why is it that no one was able to find a better solution?

3. I've seen this many times in different schools. This is not an isolated issue. This is becoming a practice in my standpoint.

4. Zamboanga City High School had the inauguration of a three-storey, 27-classroom building but they don't have a descent stand fan? That's 27-classroom building which cost millions compared to an electric fan which only costs around Php1,200+.

But there's something that bothers me more-unfair treatment of students. I doubt that the students involved were part of the top 10 performing students of Zamboanga City High School.