FOOTNOTE TO YOUTH
BY:JOSE GARCIA VILLA
The story of Footnote to youth is all about the teenagers who married early age. Some reason girls getting pregnant, and boys are aggressive to marry a girl. Because of real desire of getting a girl because of love. Marriage is not a easy thing you must enjoy while still young, and if we are married we cannot go back to being youth.
Dodong who was living in a small farm, wanted to marry a girl named Teang. So he ask his father`s permission. And his father didn`t refuse, but Teang is already pregnant that time, and they were married and give birth to a child named Blas. After 6 years a new child was born again. and Teang didn`t complain. And sometimes Teang wondered that if she was married to lucio who was his other suitor who didn`t have a child since she married Teang and Dodong were twenty but they wonder that why they are look so old. when Blas was getting older, he was like his father that he want to marry in a early age. He was fallen in love to Tona, and Blas asked permission to his father which is Dodong. And Dodong didn`t refuse but he don`t want Blas to be like him that he married and have a child at a early age so Dodong argue with Blas.
Footnote to youth focuses on teenagers who married early. which is a problem of a teenagers nowadays. But we as a teenagers must not follow, we all know that marriage is good because you know that you meant for each other, but who is gonna pay for your marriage? your parents, marriage is a thing that you are being blessed by the lord and you must love your partner till death. You must be a good example to your child, that your child will grow well. He will not go to the bad ways, he will not marry early. As a teenager we must enjoy our life to the fullest don`t hurry love will come to you, marriage isn`t a race marriage will come to you at a right time. You must not argue with your parents because parents will not give you a bad way, they will always love you and put you in a right way. even if they are falling apart they will put you to piece and put you together. Like Dodong that he is hard headed, who want always to be his way he thought that he knows everything. because regrets are always last. happiness is early but sorrow will be the last to welcome you. be a good son and a father don`t marry early. Live your life to the fullest.
The Footnote to youth by Jose Garcia Villa is a good story to all fathers and a good example to all teenager even in positive and negative example it could be a good reminder to all families to all teenager families and to their sons/daughters that the biggest decision that will change our life is at teenager stage. where we will choice either we will enjoy our teenage years or we will direct to the married stage. sometimes we argued to our parents because we though we know everything, we though we are wiser to them. I`m not saying that love is bad. love is good but we serve it as a inspiration, or if we are in a relationship we must just make it slow or enjoy your teenage years with your partner. If you make your bad decisions, Live with it face the consequences and don`t put in your mind that you`re alone God is always be there. Just making a test. Sometimes life is hard but deal with it, it is your decision.