Is Mandatory Military Service in the Philippines is the answer to prevent Teenage Pregnancy?
Hot tension between the Filipinoes on the hot weather in our country right now. If you scroll in the social media and to the news articles in the internet you can know and read about the issue here in our country before, during and after the election.
It's hot because the two candidates fighting for the position if being a President of our Country became a hot topic not only inside of the Philippines but it also reached the news worldwide because of the war betweem the two canditate's campaigning from the supporters became a huge problem in our country as well.
Many people voice out their thoughts and their opinions about this matter and here as well- I read a lot of their thoughts about the Election here in our country from my fellow countrymens because they are scared to voice out their opinions on their social media and I felt the same, I mean I am also scared of voicing out my opinions and thoughts about it because of some other people who are a fan or supporter of other candidates.
Let's be honest that we have some people who are closed minded and think that they are just the only person who have the right to say something about their thoughts and opinions. Which is they aren't accepting your opinions and thoughts and or if what you feel and there are some times that they even cancel you as a human being as a person and a netizen of your own country just because you voice out your thoughts, your opinions, if what you will think especially your choices of candidates that you are supporting and while days pasts until months, I found it scary because we lost our Freedom of speech. We lost to voice out the Opinion that we just wanted to share because you are also a netizen and the right that you have because you are free to speak because it's your country as well...deprived by them.
Actually, I am scared of voicing out my opinion before and even right now, I tried not to talk about election, i tried to stop my fingers from typing these words from the start of this article of mine but I can't! I am very thankful to this platform because, I can able to have peace to speak and share the thoughts and opinions and opinions that I can't tell to everyone in front of me. I like to say this, leaving a comment to something that I know that it is wrong or I don't like, i like to shout all the words that inside of my mind to other people but I don't have a confidence. But after some months of publishing here, I learned to voice out all the thoughts and opinions that I want to convey to everyone because it's hard to stop it but many people here accepted me and my opinions. They respected me and they even read what is I am trying to say dispite that I am not good at speaking english and my grammar is wrong but they still understand me and so, I am too. No matter what comments I will recieved, if what their thoughts and their opinions I am willing to accept it because they have the rights to voice out their opinions and thoughts about something.
I am scared of talking about our issue in the Philippines right now. About the Mandatory Military Service that our Soon to be Vice President of the Philippines Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio wants to do for the Youth of the Philippines under 18 years old. (Search some information about it on Google)
What is Mandatory Military Service?
According to worldpopulationreview dot com, Males (and sometimes all females as well) of a certain age must serve their country for a minimum amount of time (usually 1-3 years). Typically employed by militaries with the greatest need or the most autocratic leaders.
and I am familiar with this since they are doing this one in South Korea.
Many People in the Philippines share their thought about this especially the Parents and the Teenagers who are affected by this management of the elected for the Vice-President position of our country Mrs. Carpio. The election has not started yet but she told it (to everyone) that if ever she will become a Vice-President of our country, she wants that the 18 years of age of the youth people will do a Mandatory Military Service.
Many people reacted to it as other people will agreed to have this to our country and many people also disagreed to this plan because they are scared of what will happen to the youth if they will really inforce it to the youth but as of now, there's NO final decision yet since the counts for the position of President and Vice President of our country is not finished yet.
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Now, I saw something interesting post in the social media in the morning about the topic of having a Mandatory Military Service in the Philippines from our one netizen of our country and the reaction of the another person of our country because she just responded to the post.
I will not translate the words since y'all already understand what they are trying to say. Don't get me wrong, I accept the opinion of the person who voice out what she thought about the post and I respect that. However, I also have my own opinion about the both posts above and I thought about my own understanding to them.
"Mandatory Military Service is actually good than Teenage Pregnancy."
And my answer to the opinion of one netizen about the post:
For me they are both have a good and bad impact to our lives. We all know that Teenage pregnancy can ruin the many lives of many young children because if they will pregnant at the early age, it will make their lives more heavier and they will suffer and it can also ruin their education. It also have a big impact to our country because it will ruined or it will increased the population of our country. Meanwhile, Mandatory Military Service is actually a good thing to do and we needed-to lecture the young children in our country right now especially the BOYS. I don't know but it can also PREVENT teenage pregnancy because look, there are many youth right now that doing some bad things on their young age and the government can't do anything about it even if, you will lecture them by the words of their Teacher, of some experts, materials that you can use as an example or a very long discussion and even if you also use your brain and talk to them 24/7 and or you will do an effort to make a presentation about that topic if THEY ARE A CLOSE MINDED and they don't like to LISTEN because at the end of the day, the lesson that you shared to them will be just entered on their right and left side of their ears and they still do that without your knowing because they have their own choice. They have their own rules to theirselves and what's the use of having a Sex Education to our country if they didn't even know how to Listen to their own Parents? Right?
Do you think the Government in the Country of the Philippines is still LACK of providing a Sex a Education to the youth? Even I, myself is a Youth like you. We have Science and Health Subject in the Philippines and even if our Teacher say that you will pregnant by this and that blah blah blah if some youth doesn't have their own self discipline. It's still useless.
So I think, Mandatory Military Service is a Good move for those youth right now to discipline them. To stop them doing bad things at their early age they will know how to be a real Citizen of this country especially, those Youth that they are just staying at their houses doing nothing but to drink alcohol and going out at night with their friends, the legal age but doesn't have work to helped their parents and sometimes, they don't even have some manners to their Mothers.
What I am laughing about is to the people who ate against to this one and saying that it was a selfish act to force someone to serve their OWN COUNTRY and violate's the person's personal Freedom? Really?
In how many years, we are just doing nothing to our country but to give more and more problems. Many crimes everywhere because of your behaviour at the young age you learned a lot of things that you shouldn't do. To those people who are living in this Country Philippines, May I asked you, Did you already do something to protect your own country? You called it being a selfish act not knowing that they just wanted every youth people to wake up and serve your own country.
Freedom? They already give you a lot of Freedom to do the things that you wanted. To be free to everything even if it will just ruin your life and you think that that it is not enough? You called this being a selfish act without knowing that they are doing this to make the future of the youth and to the country to be better?
Remember that the National Heroes of our country didn't even hesitate to volunteer theirselves to protect their own country just to save your lives. They didn't even say any words and they didn't complain to what they did yet you as a young child have the rights to complain?
What freedom are you saying?
Dancing and making tiktok videos, Playing Mobile Legends, drinking alcoholic beverages in the bar, going out late at night? Disrespecting your own parents?
Is that what you want to happened to our country? The youth to be stay like this forever? Being old without an experienced and learning about how to protect the country if there's a war someday? What will you do?
Conclusion...
And as a Reminder to you that ROTC promotes self decipline before they will include the youth in to rotc they always make sure first that everyone is fit to enter the service. They will not force the other youth to join if they are not qualified. There are a lot of talks and they will discussed this and learn how to manage this more before they will make it official to everyone because this is not a simple dicussion to the Government because they are talking about the life and future of the youth here and the country as well.
That's all what I can say about this topic and this is just only my own opinion. You are free to comment what your thoughts about this by answering this question:
As a Citizen of your own country, are you agree or disagree to have Mandatory Military Service in your country?
Thanks for reading from the start of this until here! You are free to voice out your own thoughts and I Respect your own opinion and decision. Correct me if I am wrong, I am willing to listen to your voices! To God be all the Glory.
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