Denis Santos
Graduation is a much-awaited moment in every student’s life. It marks the end of their academic learnings, and a start of something bigger and better. It is the result of their years of hardwork.
But what could be harder than this guard’s story…
Erwin Macua, 38 years old, is a security guard at St. Theresa’s College in Cebu City. He has worked there and dedicated 20 years of his life watching over the welfare of his students.
But this March, he marched with the students he is guarding for their Graduation Rites! Can you believe it? But wait there’s more! He is graduating Cum Laude!
While fulfilling his duties as the university’s guard, he also studied Bachelor of Elementary Education Major in General Education. And that does not end there! The Trinidad, Bohol native is a father of 3 children. How was he able to manage his guarding duties, his academics, and his family? I do not know, too.
Age is not a hindrance, poverty is not a hindrance. Just pursue your dream with the formula: hard work plus determination plus prayer and you will reach your aspirations in life,” Macua said in an interview.
He admitted that finishing his studies has always been a dream to him. He wanted to be a teacher to shoPreviewwcase his special affection for children.
How?
For his first year in college, he used his small savings to pay for his expenses, and in his second year, he got luckily sponsored by an unnamed donor. His sponsor was generous enough to provide him what he needs until he graduates.
“Education is a good course to deal with students and you can really change their lives,” he said.
He set a very good inspiration not only to his classmates but to everyone who had given up on their education.
Macua vowed to continue working as the school’s security guard while self-reviewing for the teachers’ licensure examinations.
He is such an inspiration, isn’t he?
