Joel Mendiola, Grade 12 Student Sells Corn To Support Family, Study
A grade 12 student named Joel Mendiola who sells corn just to support both family and his study has inspired the netizens.
Nowadays, most students were lucky of having a supporting parent financing their studies and giving all the resources they needed for school. In return, the students must focus on their study and show that they are worthy for the hardship of their parents.
Unfortunately, some of the students are less fortunate and can’t even afford to go to public schools. So several students decided to take a part-time job or any source of income to sustain their financial needs to finish their study.
A Facebook user named Facia Lois Estive has shared the life of a Grade 12 corn seller named Joel Mendiola she met beside the street. Mendiola was selling corn to sustain the financial needs of their family and also to support his studies.
Estive said that the Grade 12 student was wearing a lanyard confirming that he was in the humanities with Major in Psychology. Mendiola wants to become a social worker someday, so decided to be a working student to finish his education.
Mendiola also explained that all his earnings go to his family probably to his mother and he was only asking for an allowance. He also said that his father had already passed away.
The hard-working student also revealed that he usually wear civilian clothes and slippers, but it just so happens that he work wearing his uniform due to his busy schedule.
Here is the full story:
“So ayun nga po ano. Wazzup sa inyo mga paa. Cheret.
Kumakain kami ng fries ng kaibigan ko sa Gastam. Tapos napansin niya si kuyang nasa tawid lang. Sabi niya “Tingnan mo si Kuya oh, naka-uniform”. Akala ko kung anu-ano nanaman sinasabi. (Malakas kasi trip nito) Pero tumingin naman ako. Si Kuyang shs nagtitinda ng mais. Nung time na yon, maraming bumibili sa kanya. So pinicturan ko siya after umalis nung mga sinerve-an nya. Tapos lumapit ako.
Grade 12 na raw siya. Humss tapos mag-major in psychology (psych suot nyang lanyard) Gusto niya maging social worker. Matagal na siyang nagbebenta ng mais. Bale binibigay niya yung kinita niya magdamag tapos nanghihingi raw siya ng baon. Siguro sa mama niya binibigay kasi tinanong ko kung nakikipagshift ba siya sa Papa niya magbenta, pero sabi niya patay na raw tatay niya. Naka-civilian daw siya lagi pero natataon din na naka-uniform. Naka-tsinelas siya nung lumapit ako eh. ‘Yang pagtitinda rin yung nakatulong kaya grade 12 na siya.
Nakaka-inspire. Nakakatuwa na kumakayod siya para na’rin sa sarili niya. Nahiya ako bigla, feeling ko puro ako hingi kay Mama ko. Hanggang house chores lang ako ?
Guys, bili po tayo sa kanya. Masarap naman ang mais diba? ??
P.S Sa sobrang tuwa, nalimutan kong tanungin yung pangalan niya ?
Pero oki na po. He is Mendiola Joel. ☺️”
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