Entering into the Vision by Laying the Foundation

I have been saying a lot about making engineering not only a profession but the means for building a promising society with passion. This is a wonderful vision – one that I myself have just recently come to realize. However, as I evaluate my four years in engineering education, I see that more has to be done to pass on this vision unto us future engineers, us future movers and shakers, future leaders of society. Indeed, we receive good engineering training that prepares us for being absorbed into the industry. Though there are professors that do remind us of this role we will be playing, I personally believe that more opportunities should be given and perhaps more programs be done to build us up as responsible engineer-leaders. That our mindset be not solely on career and profitability, but on service and society. And so, we can only enter the vision by laying a good foundation. Now, while receiving a UP engineering education, let us build a heart not only of profession but of passion. Then, after our education, whatever path we take, our engineering education will not be a limitation – that that is all we can do and know how to do to which we are stuck if not forced to practice purely technical expertise – but an addition – that our passion and profession come together to positively impact and transform our present society into a better, more promising one for the Filipino.