PUBLIC Attorney’s Office chief Persida Rueda-Acosta has challenged the 1, 668 newly graduates of the Pacific Intercontinental College to be catalysts of change in the lives of students.
”As teachers, as mentors, you may not have the power to change the world, but you can be catalysts of change in the lives of our students,” Acosta told the graduates who successfully hurdled the Master of Arts in Education and Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership and Management degrees in Las Piñas City-based PIC.
Gratified by the invitation of PIC-Global Foundation chairman Dr. Soo Yeon Hwang and PIC dean Dr. Jennifer Pacomios to speak recently before the newly graduates, parents and faculty at the Philippine International Convention Center, she hailed the PIC as one of the pioneers of online transnational education in the country.
Now more equipped as educators, the chief public attorney banks on the graduates that they will always use the knowledge that they have in living up to the event’s theme: “Inspiring Change and Empowering Minds: Shaping Educators for A Transformative Tomorrow.”
“Continue being an inspiration. Embrace opportunities that can empower yourselves and pass on the empowerment you received to others. You are the educators that we need not only for today, but also for tomorrow,” she said.
Among the students, there could be potential leaders who could bring about the change that the world needs, said Rueda-Acosta who started teaching law school in 1990, a year after placing fourth in the Philippine Bar Exams.
“Behind every leader, certainly, there is an educator who shapes the former’s mind for the better,” she pointed out.
The PAO chief, who finished Doctor of Social Development at the University of the Philippines-Diliman in 2015, also hailed the PIC mentors as well as the parents for the students’ success.
“Needless to say, your parents and mentors are behind your triumphant moment; you all represent the fulfillment of their dream – they dreamt with and walked with you every step of the way ensuring you were guided, motivated, and most of all, that you would never feel alone in your journey,” Acosta added.
