Ante Kler, sometimes being vocal is much better than being silent and keeping everything bottled up until it explodes.Kung may mga estudyanteng nagpahayag ng pagtutol o pagkadismaya kay PBBM, hindi naman ibig sabihin na wala na silang respeto sa kanilang guro o sa gobyerno.

They were expressing their frustrations—frustrations that, for all we know, are also being felt by people in their own communities.

Mas delikado ang turuan ang kabataan na manahimik na lang kapag may nakikita silang mali o may gusto silang kuwestiyunin. Democracy is not about teaching young people to clap on cue. It is about teaching them how to speak, question, disagree and, yes, sometimes criticize those in power.

Ang dapat ituro sa kanila ay kung paano maging vocal nang hindi nawawala ang respeto at pananagutan sa kanilang pananalita—hindi kung paano manahimik dahil nandiyan ang Pangulo.

Because when you keep forcing people to swallow their frustrations, don’t be surprised when one day, they no longer whisper. They explode.

And perhaps that is the lesson worth discussing—not why students dared to speak, but why they felt they had something to say in the first place.