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| With my family at the Universal Studios in Singapore |
"I am a PSHS scholar, committed to the pursuit of excellence foremost in my academic life and later, in my service to the Filipino people, to whom I owe the gift of my education and to whose uplift I must dedicate my God-given talents and acquired expertise in science and technology."
At first, it was just a line in the Scholar’s Pledge all the students must memorize and recite every Monday during the weekly Flag Ceremony while holding up one’s right hand. I would look around and the person beside me would be diligently mouthing watermelon watermelon over and over again, a technique those who haven’t yet mastered the piece kept among themselves. And then, the teachers would say recite the Pledge wholeheartedly and so, with the take two, we would wholeheartedly repeat the Pledge (well, what we knew, at least) and for an added bonus, we’d keep our backs straight, our chins lifted high, and our faces exhibiting the respective facial expressions.
