MAN OF CHARACTER

When we say that a graduate of Assumption University is a MAN or WOMAN of CHARACTER we mean that he or she has learned from his or her life experience, from childhood to the present, how to gradually correct, improve and cultivate his or her character and that he or she has succeeded in attaining a desirable level of maturity in the development of his or her own personality and moral character.

Many Philosophers of Education and the Church Fathers of today are of the opinion that for the Internal Process of Personality Development of a person to have a life-long effect, that person must be able to live his life in an environment of personal choice and personal freedom; he must be able to make his own decision and learn how to become responsible to himself and the society at large.

At the same time, if the Internal Process of Personality Development is to have sustainable and enduring effectiveness, a person must practise self reflection through meditation and intellectual inquiry; he must learn how to behave responsibly and wisely exercise his personal choice and personal freedom through creative and independent decisions.

By MAN OF CHARACTER, we also mean that a graduate, once he has undergone the Internal Process of Personality Development to a satisfactory level of maturity, is firm and resolute about what he has to do. He does not waver in the face of criticism and bickering. Neither is he puffed up by servile praises. He is not easily excited by rumours or fickle propositions because he has built his character on firm moral principles. He has the courage to openly express his independent opinion while at the same time and being aware of human weaknesses, forgives the wrongdoing of others but he will not compromise his principles.

A graduate who is MAN OF CHARACTER builds and fortifies himself in moral strength. He always discerns and reflects upon events happening around him, in the light of moral reasoning in order to search for truth. His role in this regard is valuable to the society in which he lives and is part thereof. He is truly the salt of the earth…… and a light to the world…… to his society.