THINKING PINOY WHARTON GRADUATE MAR ROXAS, THAT IS NOT A “BACKGROUND IN ECONOMICS"! You, Simon Provost and 466 others lie this inl Was Mar Roxas intentionally vague about his educational attainment just to bloat his credentials? Because what he did was like bragging about a P 2 million SUV that turns out to be a Mitsubishi Montero. Contrary to Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte’s claims, an earlier ThinkingPinoy report showed that Senator Mar Roxas indeed graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania However, after checking out Roxas’ personal profile in the Senate website. thereappears to be an extremely ibtle but effective case of resume padding, that fication to make himself look better the importance er — than he should. rate least on DOS Sdiy aaa an TUE ee SRN) aS a) MITSUBISHI MONTERO. Roxas, the “Wharton Graduate” o imply his ti ften been cal attainment, and ains lots of political mileage out of it m the Huffington Post, the 015 in Rappler, such as th tly as November We as sidential erally considered to be the best-educated 20 ven by his rivals’ respective sur rs, which he wishes to woo to his is dismal pre-election survey scores, cal ad. The The ad] showed Roxas—a Wh the elite ton graduate who co Araneta clan—in a wet s he mingled with vendors and marketBe sce" The Inquirer essentially accentuated the peculiar sight of a Mar Roxas — who received a prestigious education and who belongs to an almost-royal bloodline — mingling with truly poor, far-less-educated, excruciatingly regular Filipinos, The catch: a bachelor's degree is hardly prestigious for a PH senator. Instead, it's the norm The term “Wharton graduate” customarily refers to Wharton MBA degree holders. Meanwhile, Wharton's Bachelor's degree holders are customarily referred to as “UPenn graduates”. Roxas’ highest educational attainment is a Bachelor's degree from Wharton-UPenn. Mar Roxas Senate Bio Part of Roxas’ biography on his senate profile page states: “Mr. Palengke’ is Senator MAR Roxas, the son of the illustrious Senator Gerry Roxas, and the grandson of the venerable President Manuel Roxas whose public service careers have greatly benefited the country. MAR graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979 Before entering public service, MAR worked as an investment banker, mobilizing venture capital funds for Small and Medium Enterprises.” Examining the underscored sentence, Roxas did not specify the degree he received from the two institutions he attended: Ateneo/ADMU and Wharton-University of Pennsylvania Education and the Regular Filipino Living in a country where 1in 4 adults do not even finish high school, Filipinos have a deep regard for education. Hence, those that have advanced degrees are generally regarded as more desirable than those who don't. Mar takes pride in his over 30 years of public service, and with this extensive experience comes the expectation that when he writes his biography for the Philippine Senate, he's writing for the regular Filipino, Assuming that that was in his mind would be reasonable, because it would be downright ridiculous otherwise. For a regular Filipino, the lack of degree information on his senate bio implies that Roxas obtained his Bachelor's degree from ADMU, as the Ateneo is known primarily as a higher education institution Consequently, for a regular Filipino, the Senate bio implies that he has a postgraduate degree from Wharton/UPenn, as Filipinos who acquired two undergraduate degrees separately are extremely rare, For a regular Filipino, where a person attended high school is irrelevant to a Senator's job. Even in the Philippine white collar job market, an applicant's high school education is largely ignored, even for entry-level job openings. Fresh 4-year college graduates insert high school information only if there's nothing else to put in their resumes. And that's what Roxas did. Roxas graduated from ADMU High School in 1976 and Wharton Undergraduate School in 1979, according to this record,Battle of the Presidential Resumes Roxas’ “legendary” Wharton education gave the the regular Filipino the impression that he's the smartest among the presidential candidates. After all, his rivals graduated from less prestigious schools: Duterte from San Beda, Miriam from Michigan, Binay from UP, and Poe from Boston College But now that we've ascertained his educational attainment. let's list the five candidates one by one along with their postgraduate degrees. 1: Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) 2: Miriam Defensor-Santiago Doctor of Juridical Science U.S.) Master of Laws Master of Arts in Religious Studies Bachelor of Arts in Political Science The list of postdoctoral studies is too long so Ill stop at this point. 3: Jejomar “Jojo” Binay + Bachelor of Laws + Master of Laws + Masters Degree in Public Administration + Master's Degree in National Security Administration + Master's Degree in Management4: Grace Poe-Llamanzares + No postgraduate degrees 5; Mar Roxas Too bad Roxas had the temerity to believe that we will never find out. MAR ROXAS SITS A aA Ss) 3 ea a) aN a Cae Pan Mar's Pride in his “Background in Economics” This would not have been a big deal, really. However, you misrepresented your background in the the worst place po:Why? Because gov.ph addresses are as official as any official source can get. That convenient omission has made its way to mainstream media and inevitably, to the consciousness of the regular Filipino. That underscored sentence appears almost verbatim in major news websites: 1. Interaksyon,com: "Roxas... graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979" 2. BusinessWorld,com: "Roxas... graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and from the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979," 3, The Philippine Star: “IRoxas] graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979” And just when | thought the misinformation can't get any worse, you even used that same misleading sentence in MarRoxas.com, your own official website Background in Economies Your own website conveniently states, “BACKGROUND IN ECONOMICS: Mar graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1974 and the Wharton School ofEconomics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1979". Roxas attended Wharton from September 1976 to May 1979, equal to 2 yrs & 8 months. f f School: UNIVERSITY OF me of Schoo hool Division: WHARTON UN e(s) of Study: Mister Roxas, no self-respecting presidential candidate will consider four years of high school and three years of college a "Background in Economics" MISTER ROXAS, TS essay Dee SST HIGH SCHOOL AND Be Tees a STE et) UU TesMister Roxas, many regular Filipinos can neither read nor write. Twenty-five million of us are grossly undereducated, That's why many regular Filipinos mistake satire for real news You are well aware of that. These are regular Filipinos like me. And it breaks my heart to see that all | can do for them is write. And despite all this, you chose to take advantage of our weakness To think that leven shelled out my own hard-earned money to verify your records so | can protect you, even if | do not like you. That “little” lie of yours will make regular Filipinos vote for you, because they will think that despite Mamasapano, despite DAP, despite Yolanda, despite Oplan Lambat-Sibat, despite damaging Davao's tourism, you can still do the right thing because you're OH...SO..SMART.Latta Rol Filipinos vote for you. SAR ae arel mec (cd Mamasapano, despite DAP, despite Yolanda, despite Oplan Lambat-Sibat, despite damaging Davao tourism, you're still “IT” because you're OH... SO... SMART. Dear Mister Roxas Dear Mister Roxas, no matter how stupid you think regular Filipinos are FILIPINOS ARE MY PEOPLE. But instead of accommodating our weaki took advantage of it. Mr. Roxas, just this one time, let me be the voice of the Botto! ted Filipinos, the ones who avao City Mayor RodyDuterte: “Put"’g i" mo. Facebook Comments 69 comments 52 Comments Moderation Tool Sort by| Top HD ross commen Marissa Sayno Digital Marketing ategist at Si ‘Employed So... sino na ang sasampalin - sia o si digong? Like “Reply: 1 hr The Thinking Pinoy “== Di ko pa.surr. Abangan! haha! Like “Reply 53 mins Rude Lynn Rates & Listings at Stay City Rentals hahah! | watched that episode last Sunday. The good Mayor did not say na sasampalin niya si Roxas kung di nga xa nakagraduate sa Wharton. It was more like an expression ni Mayor..could be dahil sa inis ba and di rin naman kasi niya kiniclaim na safest city ang Davao. Kaso itomg si Roxas eh iba ang pagkakaintindi sa sinabi ni Digong eh..naghamon..hahaha! kawawang tao. Punta xa ng Davao para makatikim xa ng galit ng mga tao dito. Ipokrito kasi Like “Reply 25 mins Amel Abel Registered Nurse at St. Joseph Medical Baka ka branch ng Wharton ang Hogwarts?? Myth din ba yun?? Or HogWharton yun? ter, Tacoma, WaLike «reply “My Iu + ns El, Kenneth Roldan Tello lol natawa ako dito haha Like + Reply W532 hrs Madz Dela Cruz Interface Computer College Davao T*S#8% M&% M(&i!! Hahahahaha... Nice one, nice one Like “Reply af) 1-1 hr Limic Dela Calzada I Instructor 1 at Cebu technological university moalboal campus Nyahahahal!! Like - Reply af) 1-1 hr ‘Show 2 more replies in this thread Kenneth Roldan Tello More than the "wharton" myth, he should have answered these statements by Duterte for the sake of his supporters "You were supposed to be the Secretary of DILG. You are the one in-charged of the police. if the Crime rate of Davao City is indeed very high last year, then why didn't you reprimand the Depo?" "Mayors do not have the jurisdiction to command them, all we can do is support them." "I do not even have a copy of the blotters done in the precincts. All those are sent to you as DILG secretary of that time." “if those are the statistics you received, you were either treated as a fool by the police, or you were considered insignificant as thrash."... See More Like - Reply “9 31-2 hrs Joel Babatid Haemodialysis Nurse at St George Public Hospital Wag nalang po nating murahin...ang Dios na.mismo ang bahala sa mga taong maniilintang, nagsisinungaling..nasa 10 Commandments po ng Dios yan...salamat on the otherhand sa information. GOD BLESS PHILIPINNES mabuhay po kayo. Like - Reply “a9 2 hrs ® RaniolNasa diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa. Tangina ni mar. Like - Reply (4 6 47 mins Od La. Alcantara Raniel Juliano 00 nga, masama mag mura! nakaka ng image ng tao! Kaya putang ina Mar! tigilan mo na yang ginagawa mo! Like - Reply 13 mins a] Loida Albaladejo Zarandona Philippine fomen's University, Manila Perfect!! | would have told Mr, Roxas the same thing myself Thank you for this post, Like - Reply 98-2 hrs Princess Selma-Sy Davao City Representative at Wallem Philppines thank you for this post. such an eye opener for our fellow Filipinos whom Mr, Roxas is trying to fool. 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