Skating the Tracks: A Narrative Inquiry-Based Study of the Skates Drivers of Brgy. Rizal, Lopez Quezon

Authors

  • Clyde Coral

Keywords:

Skates Driver, Culture, skating the tracks, qualitative

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, jigger, Kalamazo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. A typical design consists of an arm, called the walking beam, that pivots, seesaw-like, on a base, which the passengers alternately push down and pull up to move the car but the skates nowadays are modern type where the skates has a motor and more easily to use. The track on a railway or railroad, also known as permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties and ballast, plus the underlying subgrade. It enables the skates to move by providing a dependable surface for their wheels to roll upon.

METHODS

This study used a quantitative descriptive method using focus group discussion. The researchers utilized a questionnaire type of descriptive research method and purposive sampling which enables the researchers to gather information from the respondents on the narrative inquiry-based Study of the Skates Drivers of Brgy. Rizal, Lopez Quezon using structured interview.

RESULTS

The findings of the researchers where the highest is at the range of 15-25 and the lowest were at the range of 57-71. in terms of gender, all of the respondents are male. in terms of educational attainment, 30% graduated in elementary and 70% finished High School. The positive questions that scored highly (strongly agree) are “being a Skates driver help their family” and “enjoying being a skate’s driver”.

DISCUSSIONS

It concludes that all of the skate’s drivers took up this profession because it seems that this is a tradition of older people. During the interview, most of the skate drivers answered that they are 4Ps beneficiaries and that they enjoy being a skate’s driver for decades. During low season, most of the problem encountered by the respondents were having a few passengers and cannot support the family in their daily needs and some of the skate’s driver experienced heat stroke.

Published

2019-01-18