(Melchor Vergara contributed to this report)

The Department of Education’s recent stance on allowing students and teachers to wear yellow duck hair clips raises some quizzical eyebrows. While championing freedom of choice, it inadvertently sidesteps the very principle of maintaining a distraction-free learning environment.

The irony peaks when juxtaposed with DepEd’s previous directive to strip classrooms of all decorations for the same reason—distraction. Aren’t these spring-enhanced clips more distracting than static decor? Their whimsical bobbing with every student’s movement might just prove to be a more dynamic distraction. Shouldn’t the focus be on fostering an atmosphere conducive to learning rather than endorsing fashion statements that could potentially disrupt the educational process? While individual expression is important, it shouldn’t overshadow the collective goal of providing an environment where students can thrive academically without unnecessary interruptions.

It’s a quack-worthy conundrum that DepEd might want to revisit.

Ah, the great quackery of our times! As the nation grapples with weighty matters of governance and progress, behold the uproar over the humble yellow duck hair clips! 

The Department of Education, in a stroke of bureaucratic brilliance, has bestowed its blessing upon these avian adornments, sending shockwaves through the corridors of fashionistas everywhere.

But let us ponder: what distinguishes these duck clips from their floral, ribbon, or faux-diamond brethren? Are they not all but baubles in the grand tapestry of hair accessories?

Yet, in their infinite wisdom, DepEd has deemed it necessary to dabble in matters of style, as if the fate of the nation hinged upon the placement of a feathered friend in one’s locks. Oh, how the mighty have fallen – from guardians of education to arbiters of chic!

Truly, if only they had expended such fervor on matters of substance, perhaps the nation would be quacking a different tune. But alas, in the kingdom of quackery, even the smallest feather can cause a stir.

So for DepEd and its critics, they’d be better off staying clear of people’s hair.