GENSATOS FOUNDATION COLLEGE, INC.

Bulaong Extension St. General Santos City

_________________________________________________________________________

Name & Section: Johanna Mae A. Lozada ( Hs-S2E) Date: April 20, 2023
Subject: Lit 22 ( Survey of Philippine literature in English)

Reflection #1
The Visitation of the Gods
by Gilda Cordero Fernando

The story talks about the reality of what happen if they have a visitor in the school.
They prepared a lot of things for their coming visitors. The importance of obtaining a
high efficiency rating by the school, its faculty and students has compromised the
principles of most of its administrators. It not only affects the efficiency of the schools
and their faculty but it also contributes to the decline in the actual performance of
students.

A visitation announced a month in advance defeats the purpose for such an activity,
as was clearly shown in the story. It gives the school administrators the opportunity
to prepare and hide the infirmities of their respective schools. The results are usually
not reflective of the true status and situation of the schools because only the good
things are highlighted while the bad things are hidden. Students are exposed to the
practice of conformism and favor-currying by their teachers. The school is supposed
to protect the students from such corrupt practices.

Good people in the government are usually punished for doing their jobs, while bad
people are rewarded for doing things other than their jobs. The more one
compromises his principles, values and character, the more likely he will succeed.
Justice is indeed hard to find in the Philippines. Those who sacrifice and dedicate
their lives for the good of the country usually end up getting nothing and having
nothing. In the end, it’s always the children who will suffer.