Friday, August 22, 2008

MILA- A TRIBUTE TO ALL THE TEACHERS

By:Anna Mikhaella D. San Andres
A movie of a true modern hero!

A true to life story of Anita Pamintuan,directed by Joel Lamangan and written be Ricardo Lee. Maricel Soriano really did a good job here!

A story of a public school teacher, Maricel Soriano (Mila Cabangon) teaches grade three students in a public school. A witty diligent, patient zealous and an animated elementary teacher, she has a genuine concern for all her student. She patiently tries to understand what her students undergo, their woes, their problems, and is always ready to lend a listening ear for them. She’s always ready to give help to anyone, anytime, anywhere. She’s kind and approachable and is a friend to almost everyone, including those people you can’t expect to be her friend.

But behind all these is a person that has lot of problems; Mila has so many struggles in her life. Yet, she’s a strong woman who manages to overcome these. Her mom is a battered wife and her dad (Noni Buencamino) is a drunkard. She lost her job due to the teacher's strike. Worst of all, she discovered that her young lover, Primo (Piolo Pascual), was a drug addict and tried to extort their possessions in order to finance his vice.

After losing her job, she found herself in the streets of Ermita. First, she doesn’t know why she’s there. But as days went by, she find herself teaching the street children of Ermita, and also those,prostitutes who live there. There, she found the meaning of her life. She became contented on her life in Ermita though it’s a lot different in her life when she’s still teaching in the public school. She died in the streets of Ermita after some time, since she doesn’t have anyone to stay there in Ermita, she sleep in the streets of Ermita with only a mat and a blanket as her things. In the end, she died because of poverty.

Still, after she died, the government still didn’t give the wage increase the teachers fought for. They didn’t listen to the needs of the teachers, but continued to suppress them.

Mila did show us the reality our teachers are facing against the government, there are suppressed and their needs are not given by the government. Still, even though these problems arise, they still do their jobs with all of their hearts. They sacrifice, they experienced downfalls but these didn’t become hindrances for them to do impart us their knowledge, their experiences and the lessons they have learned in their life, that will serve as our guide in living out the life we dreamed of and fulfilling our goals.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What actions are evidently prudent in the story/ movie? (5pts)