The son of a teacher who went viral on social media and possibly faced license suspension addressed the criticisms that his father received from the netizens.
It can be recalled that the said teacher went viral on social media after he was caught disciplining one of his students the hard way.
The said video reached millions of views online, and some netizens even asked the Department of Education to remove the license of the teacher.
In his lengthy Facebook post, Val Cabase apologized to the netizens but defended the position of his father.
“We apologize that my dad did not respond to the situation appropriately. He admitted his fault and deeply regretted it, and my whole family is in pain. He should not have done that. Hence, I am here to extend my apology to the student and to the parent who shared the video. We accept whatever consequence my father will face,” said Cabase.
“But what we cannot accept is how people judged him without knowing the context of the video, yet many concluded negatively and believed only one side of the story,” he added.
According to him, his father had been teaching for 30 years, and the incident was the first time his father couldn’t stop himself and took the extreme path to teach his students a lesson.
“He is a loving and supportive father of four and a good husband to my mother. He is religious. They both did their best to raise us to become good people, and they did not fail. My father is a good person, and many can prove that. As of now, my father is not well. He couldn’t eat or sleep well. You can see the regret in his face,” he stated.
Meanwhile, several teachers expressed their support for the Cabase family, saying that they could understand the situation.
As of this writing, DepEd has yet to provide any statement on the issue.