A LIGHT IN THE MIDST OF DARKNESS

CATALINA L. SERRANO

What freedom would someone find with education? What is the sacrifice of prometheus for? We all know the fact that the universal symbol of education is the burning torch a blazing torch that is a symbol of enlightenment a light readily guiding the way in the wilderness of ignorance a weapon against the beasts in the ferocious reality of life. The fact that this torch was stolen by a god from god for the human civilization is the greatest liberation story in history. We are all aware of the myth, but the fact why fire was given could not be that obvious. It was for the human condition to be visible to the human eye, a chance for a phenomenological understanding of the realities of the human condition the fire is the greatest liberation of humanity because it sparked the revolt of humanity against the human condition the word transcendence was added to the vocabulary and it was an invitation to keep on striving to keep on liberating ourselves from the shackles that the gods have put on our feet. This is the greatest gift to keep freedom. An educated citizenry in the darkness of oppression would always see that they are oppressed that they are violated in which as humans it make them capable of fighting back and wanding off oppression to keep that precious freedom which is the ember for unlimited transcendence. Far from seeing oppression this torch was also the greatest weapon of humanity against oppression for humanity that does know what is right as rational and reasonable beings would keep on choosing and insisting for what is right because like that torch that is being pointed against yourself the blazing fire would touch and burn you and feeling the pain you would not choose that. This is the safeguard of an educated humanity it is against any forces that would go against its flourishing and against its progress the fact that one is educated is tantamount in saying that this is someone who would never ever let anyone suppress the growing, developing and progressing self of the human being. If prometheus did not steal fire we would still he in the darkness of a stagnant non improving existence

-oOoTHE AUTHOR IS TEACHER-III AT GRACIANO PAULE Elementary School