Life of a Cadet

 This is a story of a boy named Adrian who wanted to be apart of a military organization called Citizenship and Advancement Training (C.A.T.) in his school. One day, a cadet officer approached and invited him to join the said organization. At first, he is scared and terrified but his friend Yvan, a boy scout member, encourages him to get involved in a service organization. After a week, Adrian decided to join C.A.T. organization with his classmate Rachelle. Cadet officers and staff trained them basic commands and marching. Adrian experienced a lot of punishments, difficult exercises, and physical and mental activities before reaching the highest rank and designation. 4 months later, his classmate Rachelle could not take it anymore. Adrian confronted and motivated Rachelle to continue what she had been started. However, she cannot continue it anymore; she wanted to leave the organization. Adrian asked her “Mayroon bang problema?” Rachelle answered, “Hindi ko na kaya, hindi ko na mabalanse ang oras ko, maggawa ang mga gusto kong gawin, at simula ng sumali ako sa C.A.T, bumaba na ang aking grado sa lahat ng subjects at ang ilan doon ay bagsak.”. Even though his friend left to the organization, Adrian continued his duty as a cadet officer. He faced a lot of problems and challenges as a cadet. There were many obstacle and hindrance that he encountered. There were people who want him to go down and to surrender. Adrian’s co-cadet was trying to destroy his name in order for him to achieve the highest rank in his class but he never succeed.

In his second year as a cadet officer, Adrian still balanced his academics. On the third quarter of grading Adrian and his Mother noticed that his grades were getting low, and because of that his Mother wants him to quit and focus on his study. Adrian did not obey his mother and continued his duty as a cadet. He managed his time in order to get higher grades and to participate in C.A.T. organization. He got higher grades compare to the last and also he got promoted in his organization. In his third year as an officer, he is more disciplined, responsible, well-trained, knew how to hold and command using rifles, swords, and guidon, and more knowledgeable in survival settings. For him, this was one of the hardest moments as a cadet officer because he encountered a lot of problems and challenges. First, there were times that he committed mistakes due to inconvenience of his co-cadets. Second, another person wanted him to go down. Third, they judged him negatively and countless bad situations he faced; because of that Adrian used it as an inspiration to motivate him to do the best he could as a C.A.T. officer.

         At the end of March 2015, the staff announced the next leaders of Citizenship and Advancement Training (C.A.T). We were nine in our class which means anyone of us can be designated at S7, S6, S5, S4, S3, S2, S1, Deputy Corps Commander, and Corps Commander. After years of hard work, challenges, and sacrifices; Adrian had finally achieve what he is meant to be. Unexpectedly, he is assigned and designated as a Deputy Corps Commander of Citizenship and Advancement Training (C.A.T.) School Year 2015- 2016. In his last year as a cadet, the C.A.T. organization changed its name; now, it is call as the Matthean Police Officer (M.P.O.) because of the K-12 curriculum. He and his co-staffs led and trained the M.P.O. in a military setting like C.A.T. He is now, one of the highest members of the organization. As what they had expected, the result and feedbacks of the teachers, students, and admins were all positive. Now, the day had come that he will leave the organization. It was hard for him to leave the organization because that organization taught him how to be an efficient leader, well-trained and discipline, responsible, and initiate camaraderie among cadets.