Yearbooks

i always look forward to seeing the yearbook every year for i whenever i see my previous students graduate from their respective course, i feel i have always been part of their lives in shaping and molding of what they have become as an individual and as a professional.

to make myself look good in the yearbook, i always see to it that i get a good haircut at the best salon i could afford. i have to see to it that i to put a little makeup to give the photoshop editor effortless editing. wearing the school's prescribed uniform worn with ID tied to a sling would be tasking on my part; however, the results always turn great.

it is every year that i have to groom myself in preparation for the yearbook. however, when i looked at this year's yearbook, my name and my picture were never actually included for this batch of graduates. i scanned a handful of pages, thinking i was placed together with the security guards, maintenance and all. to my disappointment, i was not included. what becomes more depressing is when you get to see name with their pictures who are not even connected with the college anymore; they were already dismissed or have resigned many years ago.

so, what is now the purpose of putting up people for the yearbook? what is now the purpose of putting up editors, layout artists, etc? you were given the authority by the institution of creating what you think is best for the graduates, which turned out to be full of errors.

paying 3600 for the yearbook is not a joke. yes, most of the parts were colored but when i looked at the activities, i was shocked to see them in black and white. these pages should be vivid so as to create life in the memories the graduates created while they were still students with the institution. black and white pictures made me think that there is corruption going on as the pages are paid less compared to the colored ones.

i am just hoping that my efforts of making the best of what i can visually show to the yearbook in the next edition would be scrutinized at its best before publishing it. i understand that humans as we are who are bound for errors, but a certain degree of error in many of the pages would mean what? NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO MADE THE YEARBOOK!

i sounded so bitter but hey? medicines are bitter but they make people well.