The Katipunan Fund Drive (KFD), a yearly fundraiser event where classes band together to showcase their business management skills for a cause, is deemed by many as the greatest rite of passage for Atenean students. As this year’s KFD comes to its conclusion—and the event gears up in other basic education units following the senior high’s footsteps—students and teachers alike look back at the fruits of this event; not only reaching their monetary goals, but also touching the hearts of many. However, along with these successes, looking back at this year’s event may expose a lingering sentiment that this was not simply a mere right of passage, but a trial by fire instead.