Actress Angel Locsin slammed the Department of Education’s (DepEd) response on the body-shaming issue surrounding a learning module activity circulated on social media over the weekend.
“I intended to ignore this issue, but when I read DepEd’s statement, aba teka lang,” said Locsin on Instagram November 15.
Locsin reacted to the statement of the Schools Division of Occidental Mindoro, which addressed the learning module that allegedly body-shamed the actress.
The module activity read: “SITUATION. Angel Locsin is an obese person. She, together with Coco Martin, eats fatty and sweet food in MANG INASAL fast food restaurant most of the time. In her house, she is always watching television and does not have any physical activities.”
The philanthropist and known critic of the government noted the importance of teaching good manners and right conduct to students.
Here is Angel Locsin’s full post regarding the body-shaming issue:
“I don’t mind the insults. Cheap comments do not define who I am.
“I intended to ignore this issue, but when I read DepEd’s statement, aba teka lang.
“What bothers me most is apart from teaching incorrect grammar to the students, DepEd seems unaffected that the said teacher is teaching bad conduct and sowing discrimination among the children. Anong mangyayare sa future kung ang mga kabataan ay tinuturuan ng pambabastos at pangungutya sa kapwa?
“This is the more relevant issue DepEd, that you should be held accountable and must correct. Sa inyo naka salalay ang pag asa ng ating milyon milyong kabataan.
Angel Locsin slams DepEd’s response to body-shaming issue
“The said teacher should apologize to his students and all the students that read the module.
“I am fortunate that I had teachers who value good manners and right conduct. Every child deserves to have teachers like them,” said Locsin.
DepEd-Occidental Mindoro Schools Division Superintendent Roger Capa issued an apology, clarifying they do not “tolerate nor condone any act of body shaming.”
Meanwhile, DepEd also clarified that the learning module did not come from its Central Office and that a teacher made it.
The agency also asked the public to stop bashing the Grade 10 teacher who made the material.
“[W]e appeal to the public to spare him from any ad hominem attacks as this single mistake will not define him as a person,” DepEd said in an official statement.