Editor's Note: Working As A Team
As a kid, I used to hear the saying that, “Two heads are better than one.” That it’s better to rely on another person in accomplishing things. Because by doing things together, more will be attained, taking in for consideration that everything is times two: the effort, inspiration and action. At a young age, my mom inculcated in me the value of teamwork and how it amazingly brings best results in any endeavor.
As I grew older, the more I appreciated the idea of sharing your abilities and gifts with others. Not only does it shorten the way to achieving your goal but also tests your capacity to adjust with various human behaviors. Let’s face it, no matter how noble or sincere our intentions are, there will still be oppositions that sometimes makes us blow our top. That’s life. But the essential lesson here is learning how to blend well with other people who share the same goal with you.
Again the cliché, “No man is an island.” True. Life is too short not to realize our need to co-exist with our fellow human beings. Sometimes, it’s our pride that hinders us from giving our share in the game. Especially if we know we have the ability to solve things alone. But we ought to remember that not all the time it works. There will always be an instance when we’ll need assistance from other people.
It’s not really hard to cooperate. Yes, that’s the magic word! Cooperation like faith can really move mountains. Especially these days when everything is fast-paced and everyone’s living a rat race whether you’re a student, employee or even plain housewife, sharing our best gifts makes things done easier. It will surely be heart-warming to attain success knowing that everyone in the team did his or her own part.
Genuine success can’t be totally credited to just one person. In this temporal world, everyone and everything contributes to all the good things happening around. Everything follows the rule of symbiosis. One more thing, isn’t it fun and enriching to work with someone towards the fulfillment of the same dream? One of the worst feelings is to be alone and definitely, no sane person will like to be in such state.
In this requirement for Media and Literacy Studies subject, the unifying theme is teamwork. This is completely mirrored in the cover story involving the uintessential writer Ricky Lee. Even if he’s the celebrated scriptwriter who worked for Himala, Moral, Jose Rizal or the Natatanging Gawad Urian for 2003, he was unpretentious to say about his hardships before when he willingly lent us time to interview him at Loyola Heights, Quezon City. He didn’t try to upstage his answers. The result is just overwhelming.
The same can also be said of the other two great interviews (and a rare chance also) we have: Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino member Rolando Tolentino and Rappler.com chief editor Marites Vitug. After all these years, they’re being looked up to in the industry as respected critics. Tolentino, being also the current dean of the UP- College of Mass Communication, and Vitug, who wrote the controversial book Shadow of Doubt: Probing the Supreme Court, proved that my thesis in making these interviews possible explored new material for next Journalism seniors who will soon make this final requirement.
Lee, Tolentino, and Vitug. When these three luminaries merge forces, what can be expected but only the best? As a team, we feel we have the finest topics to offer. Turning through the pages is the sole proof.
Enjoy reading folks!