Every year, universities and colleges let about 1,000,000 students graduate and have them explore the world. In that million, probably 20,000 of that will end up being hired by multinational companies who have promoted some of their staff asked their COOs and CEOs to retire so that they can make way for the fresh minds. About 40,000 of the million will start searching for a job right after graduation so that they can live their parent’s dream. The next 10,000 are ready to leave their parent’s dream and pursue their own dream by moving away from them – say get a job in another country a.k.a. independent style. The remaining 30,000 and probably the career hungry 40,000 will be unemployed for a month, six months or a year because no one wants them or the positions are still filled and they are being asked to wait. Unemployment is a big number in the Philippines. We then ask our grade school students in Tanay Elementary School What Is Unemployment for them. According to Shaina, a grade 4 student, unemployment means staying at home and playing games all day. Her best friend, Mandy said that unemployment means going out every night and coming back a zombie in the morning. John, a grade 5 class president said that unemployment is not acceptable in their family. If they cannot work outside, they need to work in the family business. In general, these gade school children thinks that unemployment is enjoying the fun part of life because when you start working, people get angry so easily and is not willing to play with them – unlike the unemployed people they know. Thankfully, none of them thinks you can be unemployed forever though Chacha, a grade 3 student asked ‘can i work and collect unemployment benefits from the government?’ I can only smile.