The current generation’s culture of entitlement and hunger for undeserved affirmation however has given rise to the proliferation of awards and honors. As UST’s statement has explained, the university had nothing to do with the alumni association’s awards rites; UST has its own outstanding alumni awards, which it said has a strict vetting process. If UST already hands out awards to its top alumni, why did the alumni association decide to give its own awards? The only way for awards to remain valuable, they argue, is to make them limited. In the Philippines, alas, awards and award givers are a dime a dozen.

Source: Manila Times January 27, 2018 16:30 UTC