17/09/2026
๐ช๐๐ง๐๐ | ๐ญ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก
๐ง๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐: There are seasons to be the rabbit and the tortoise
Bea Joy C. Talavera, a BSBA student honoree who earned the highest general weighted average among students recognized for the previous semester, urged fellow achievers to embrace their own pace and redefine what it means to succeed during Limay Polytechnic Collegeโs 10th Student Honorsโ Convocation, held at Limay Sports Complex, Sept. 16.
Speaking on behalf of the student honorees, Talavera drew from the familiar fable of the tortoise and the rabbit to reflect on the pressure of being an achiever and the fear of falling behind.
She said students often grow up admiring the tortoise for being slow but consistent, yet there are seasons when they become the rabbit, running ahead, receiving recognition and becoming the person others expect to have the answers.
โThere will be seasons when you are the rabbit, and there will be seasons when you are the tortoise. There will be times when you move faster than anyone else, and there will be times when you have to slow down just to understand kung saan ka papunta. And both versions of you are still worthy,โ Talavera added
The BSBA student also pointed out that for those accustomed to being ahead, being surpassed by someone else can feel like failure, especially when success has become part of their identity and others expect them to remain at the top.
She reminded her fellow honorees that being left behind does not mean losing because life is not one continuous race, with some seasons calling people to move quickly and others requiring them to slow down and understand themselves.
In her reflection, Talavera said both the tortoise and the rabbit are worthy, with the tortoise teaching endurance and the rabbit teaching people how to run, while the greater victory lies in remembering why they started.
Beyond academic achievement, she emphasized that excellence is also about having the courage to take another step, ask for help, rest when necessary, start again and continue moving forward despite uncertainty and failure.
Talavera ended her message by encouraging the honorees to leave the ceremony without the pressure to have everything figured out, reminding them that being ahead does not make a person more worthy and being behind does not make anyone less.
Sometimes the tortoise teaches us how to endure and sometimes the rabbit teaches us how to run. But in life, the greatest victory belongs to the one who never forgets why and how they started. Because life was never about winning; it was about having the courage to keep moving,โ she uttered.
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Meanwhile, LPC honored 135 students during this yearโs Honors Convocation, including 19 Directorโs Listers and 116 Deanโs Listers from across all departments. #