The topic of my article is about the ceasefire in Capiz between the AFP headed by the 9th infantry division of the Army and NPA rebels. It was said that there will be a temporary peace proceedings between the opposing soldiers and gun men this coming Christmas so that they may spend the yuletide seasons with their family and continue non traditional military services of the AFP like blood-letting and community services.
The question I had come up with my topic is: Will this rebellion still push through? This question is problematic, because we know that the government cannot give in to the request of these NPA rebels. Otherwise, if the government does, not all the conditions will be favorable for both parties. Now we can only wonder when will these senseless taking of lives and blood bath will end. This question is really the upper hand of everything, because even though the government knows the root cause of this rebellion, they will never give in to the biases of the rebels. Thus, civilians will also be affected with this problem. Therefore this question must be pursued, because if not, more lives will be taken away and untimely deaths will increase. Peace talks must be resumed immediately, while both parties are in a calm mood.
We as civilians must trust on the military tactics of the AFP. I personally believe that being part of the military requires good leadership and unconditional love for the own family and for the whole country. But what we do not understand is the thinking of these rebels on why they must pursue their goals of domination.
I just hope that they come to their senses, and realize that our country needs more help than their ridicule beliefs in what they do through armed rebellion.
Martes, Marso 22, 2011
The noble and the brave: Essay on corruption
The noble and the brave: Essay on corruption
As an educated person, you would not dare steal blatantly, shop lift from a grocery store, or take anything not intended for your own sake. Political or economic corruption in my own understanding is when public leaders and officials steal a partial amount of money from an allotted budget for certain Economic, and poverty alleviation projects. This moreover changes the situation from ‘worse’ to ‘worst’. When they commit such crime, I just can not seem to process in my mind of how selfish, shameless and cruel are these people. Corruption shows us that million’s of Filipino suffering in poverty results to the satisfaction of one person standing proud. This is while he/she drowns in his/her dirty money, and overflow with ill wealth inside his/her wallet.
According to the poll by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd., The most corrupted country of Asia is the Philippines [1], and so as the United Nations Development program also claimed that the country manages to corrupt an amount reaching up to $ 2 billion Dollars or roughly 13 % of the annual budget.[2] This researches only show of what kind of disgrace is these officials are giving for our country. It is quite an irony that they promise during elections to eliminate poverty, and yet this polls and studies present of how are we so engulfed into such controversies. And what we need now is people that are willing to uplift the pride of the country by fixing its system.
There are a lot of corruptions going on the country nowadays and the most popular today is the AFP corruption. This issue has been squealed by the COA whistle blower Heidi Mendoza. She exposed the alleged anomalies happening within the armed forces, and because of this, she consistently receives death threats. The action she took was very brave for her part for the reason that she meddles with powerful authorities and personalities of the government. Due to this she was bestowed as the Women of Courage Recognition by women's group Gabriela.[3]
Lt. Col. George Rabusa the former AFP budget officer just like Mendoza, is a whistle blower of the alleged corruption going on in the AFP. He exposed the anomalies of the so called tradition of the AFP wherein a general receives an amount of 50 million pesos as a send off gift aside from the 5 million pesos they got from service every month. The first person to taste defeat was the former chief of staff Angelo Reyes. That in spite of shaming the whole AFP, he decided to take his own life in front of his mother’s grave.
The country has faced a lot of challenges, and there are only a few of Filipinos brave and noble enough to face the cancers of this society. Personally, I hope that more Filipinos will be like Rabusa and Heidi, so that someday without corruption there will be no poverty, like the claim of President P-NOY.
1 Philippines More Corrupt Than Indonesia, Poll Says (Update1), 2007, By Katherine Espina, Bloomberg [online] Available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aS1mjWEgmEvw&refer=asia [Accessed 06 March 2011]
2 Ranking of Corruption in Asian Countries, 2007, Asianoffbeat [online] Available at: http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=844 [Accessed 6 March 2011]
3 COA whistleblower Heidi Mendoza named Woman of Courage, 2011, By Atom Araullo, ABS-CBN news [online] Available at: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/02/23/11/coa-whistleblower-heidi-mendoza-named-woman-courage, [Accessed 6 March 2011]
As an educated person, you would not dare steal blatantly, shop lift from a grocery store, or take anything not intended for your own sake. Political or economic corruption in my own understanding is when public leaders and officials steal a partial amount of money from an allotted budget for certain Economic, and poverty alleviation projects. This moreover changes the situation from ‘worse’ to ‘worst’. When they commit such crime, I just can not seem to process in my mind of how selfish, shameless and cruel are these people. Corruption shows us that million’s of Filipino suffering in poverty results to the satisfaction of one person standing proud. This is while he/she drowns in his/her dirty money, and overflow with ill wealth inside his/her wallet.
According to the poll by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd., The most corrupted country of Asia is the Philippines [1], and so as the United Nations Development program also claimed that the country manages to corrupt an amount reaching up to $ 2 billion Dollars or roughly 13 % of the annual budget.[2] This researches only show of what kind of disgrace is these officials are giving for our country. It is quite an irony that they promise during elections to eliminate poverty, and yet this polls and studies present of how are we so engulfed into such controversies. And what we need now is people that are willing to uplift the pride of the country by fixing its system.
There are a lot of corruptions going on the country nowadays and the most popular today is the AFP corruption. This issue has been squealed by the COA whistle blower Heidi Mendoza. She exposed the alleged anomalies happening within the armed forces, and because of this, she consistently receives death threats. The action she took was very brave for her part for the reason that she meddles with powerful authorities and personalities of the government. Due to this she was bestowed as the Women of Courage Recognition by women's group Gabriela.[3]
Lt. Col. George Rabusa the former AFP budget officer just like Mendoza, is a whistle blower of the alleged corruption going on in the AFP. He exposed the anomalies of the so called tradition of the AFP wherein a general receives an amount of 50 million pesos as a send off gift aside from the 5 million pesos they got from service every month. The first person to taste defeat was the former chief of staff Angelo Reyes. That in spite of shaming the whole AFP, he decided to take his own life in front of his mother’s grave.
The country has faced a lot of challenges, and there are only a few of Filipinos brave and noble enough to face the cancers of this society. Personally, I hope that more Filipinos will be like Rabusa and Heidi, so that someday without corruption there will be no poverty, like the claim of President P-NOY.
1 Philippines More Corrupt Than Indonesia, Poll Says (Update1), 2007, By Katherine Espina, Bloomberg [online] Available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aS1mjWEgmEvw&refer=asia [Accessed 06 March 2011]
2 Ranking of Corruption in Asian Countries, 2007, Asianoffbeat [online] Available at: http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?Display=844 [Accessed 6 March 2011]
3 COA whistleblower Heidi Mendoza named Woman of Courage, 2011, By Atom Araullo, ABS-CBN news [online] Available at: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/02/23/11/coa-whistleblower-heidi-mendoza-named-woman-courage, [Accessed 6 March 2011]
We write to improve
Ever since the ancient civilization the earliest form of writing whether it is cuneiform or hieroglyphics only has three purposes. One is to promote literacy, second is to record history and events, and lastly to share their ideas to other people. We write to record the information and ideas we have, and when I said “we” I meant “I”. Meaning it should always be original, and not plagiarized, or at least give credit to your resources. When we write, it is not only the wanting to share the ideas we have, it is also because we have the objective to be known for our own work and own words.
The fear of losing memory or remembrance of our past thoughts is also something we would not want. Probably these thoughts someday are thoughts that can make big changes in how other people think especially to the readers of your own article. For me the pleasure of putting my ideas into paper is something I should be happy about. And sometimes I wish that maybe someday if I get good enough I can get paid for it.
Ever since I was a kid, it has been my hobby to write. Although I must admit that I was not that good in coming up with short stories. I love reacting on certain subjects, complaining in writing, and being a critic of others work or perhaps even my own work. I am also aware of the mistakes I and other commits in writing. After all no one is perfect, so I try becoming open minded and accept of what people might correct in my writing. By writing we interact and storm our thoughts together. We help each other in improving ideas. Thus, for me these are the reasons why we write.
The fear of losing memory or remembrance of our past thoughts is also something we would not want. Probably these thoughts someday are thoughts that can make big changes in how other people think especially to the readers of your own article. For me the pleasure of putting my ideas into paper is something I should be happy about. And sometimes I wish that maybe someday if I get good enough I can get paid for it.
Ever since I was a kid, it has been my hobby to write. Although I must admit that I was not that good in coming up with short stories. I love reacting on certain subjects, complaining in writing, and being a critic of others work or perhaps even my own work. I am also aware of the mistakes I and other commits in writing. After all no one is perfect, so I try becoming open minded and accept of what people might correct in my writing. By writing we interact and storm our thoughts together. We help each other in improving ideas. Thus, for me these are the reasons why we write.
Sabado, Marso 19, 2011
Too much Filipino pride becomes too embarrassing- Surprise Reversal essay
Suppose we see a fan page in Facebook, or a survey site in the internet that compares the best things in the world we support in life. The survey site or the fan page asks the people to vote which they like the best. Of course people from around the globe will give an opinion regarding that matter only referring to at least the two given choices. And with this, there is something we can deduce and notice from reading comments on these web pages, and it is the Filipino involvement on every page. I can observe the redundancy of the out of the blue topics like Pacquiao, Charice, Jabawockeez and even Adobo being blurted out on unrelated topics and formal forums. Even as a Filipino I sometimes tend to become embarrassed in witnessing the over reaction of Filipinos on a single world achievement, that causes Philippines in general to be in bad terms world wide, eventually resulting to the creation of anti Filipino internet websites and forums. With this I say, too much Filipino pride has sent our country to shame rather than to fame.
When these annoying comments and world spreading of news happens in a split second, people over the world gets pissed off because of the too much pride Filipino has. Consequently, people all over the world start to hate the certain subject we love. And when they do, Filipino sees this as racial discrimination.
According to the website antipinoy.com whenever someone like Manny pacquiao succeeds abroad, Filipinos will once again brag about false and underserved Filipino pride basking in the glory, talent and strengths of which they never had. All these achievements are individually done, such as, you can only say such expressions as “Filipino pride” when an achievement is meant for everyone collectively. The reaction of this kind of people like the author of the article on the said site states that we should not make it an excuse of having a countryman with such talent by saying “Filipino pride”.
Actually when we go to websites like Facebook or Youtube that has other nations making a world wide impact you can never find someone saying “Chinese pride” or “French pride” as if it seems that we are the only one saying such expression. A nation’s pride should come from the progression of the country with our own joint efforts.
There is nothing wrong about being a proud Filipino. In fact, everyone should be proud, as other nations are with their own country. Otherwise, nations would see us ridiculous to adapt so much western culture and succumb to it. However being proud should not be integrated by saying “Filipino pride”, or “Filipino talent” to unrelated subjects like boxing or modernized singing and dance. People just see this annoying and pure arrogance. The world does not care if Manny, Pineda, or Charice are Filipinos, what they care about is the history they make on the world they choose to live on.
When these annoying comments and world spreading of news happens in a split second, people over the world gets pissed off because of the too much pride Filipino has. Consequently, people all over the world start to hate the certain subject we love. And when they do, Filipino sees this as racial discrimination.
According to the website antipinoy.com whenever someone like Manny pacquiao succeeds abroad, Filipinos will once again brag about false and underserved Filipino pride basking in the glory, talent and strengths of which they never had. All these achievements are individually done, such as, you can only say such expressions as “Filipino pride” when an achievement is meant for everyone collectively. The reaction of this kind of people like the author of the article on the said site states that we should not make it an excuse of having a countryman with such talent by saying “Filipino pride”.
Actually when we go to websites like Facebook or Youtube that has other nations making a world wide impact you can never find someone saying “Chinese pride” or “French pride” as if it seems that we are the only one saying such expression. A nation’s pride should come from the progression of the country with our own joint efforts.
There is nothing wrong about being a proud Filipino. In fact, everyone should be proud, as other nations are with their own country. Otherwise, nations would see us ridiculous to adapt so much western culture and succumb to it. However being proud should not be integrated by saying “Filipino pride”, or “Filipino talent” to unrelated subjects like boxing or modernized singing and dance. People just see this annoying and pure arrogance. The world does not care if Manny, Pineda, or Charice are Filipinos, what they care about is the history they make on the world they choose to live on.
Philippine media- an endangered species – Taking a stand essay
In the light of several reported cases of media kidnapping and killing, it is no laughing matter that the Philippine media is becoming a dangerous profession for those who are in the field, and even for those aspirants who dream to be part of the new breed of media men specifically us the students. In the midst of these bloody murders and dreadful acts of terrorists the media men can not do anything but to arm their selves for self defense and protection, for the purpose, that they may continue their democratic role in news delivery. Arming the media men means that they may perform their roles in the society with lesser barriers.
In the biggest scandalous media related violence of 2009 was the Maguindanao massacre, as ABS-CBN news journalist, Ira Pedrasa, reported that “the massacre of 57 civilians in Maguindanao shocked the whole world – news that further catapulted the Philippines high in the impunity index…” also according to the article of Aquiles Zonio of inquirer Mindanao, Mangudatu who felt very helpless from seeing the men of the Ampatuan’s around, believed that they would not be harmed if they have the company of the Media. In this case, Mangudatu was able to invite 37 media men. And all 37 of them were killed on that dreadful event as they were included in the convoy. This became an eye opener for lawmakers, making them believe that arming reasonable media men will be able to perform their roles courageously, however these media related violence would not be stopped by arming the media men alone, it is the Government that should start making a superior action regarding this matter.
The fourth estate plays one of the significant roles in our society. If the media men are not armed sooner, criminals will continue to cause harm and violence. Media men will have limits to what they can report on due to the threat on their safety. Arming the media men may not be the solution to this problem nevertheless it can still bring this issue one step closer to justice. The Government should not wait for more media men to be killed in the field before they take serious action.
In the biggest scandalous media related violence of 2009 was the Maguindanao massacre, as ABS-CBN news journalist, Ira Pedrasa, reported that “the massacre of 57 civilians in Maguindanao shocked the whole world – news that further catapulted the Philippines high in the impunity index…” also according to the article of Aquiles Zonio of inquirer Mindanao, Mangudatu who felt very helpless from seeing the men of the Ampatuan’s around, believed that they would not be harmed if they have the company of the Media. In this case, Mangudatu was able to invite 37 media men. And all 37 of them were killed on that dreadful event as they were included in the convoy. This became an eye opener for lawmakers, making them believe that arming reasonable media men will be able to perform their roles courageously, however these media related violence would not be stopped by arming the media men alone, it is the Government that should start making a superior action regarding this matter.
The fourth estate plays one of the significant roles in our society. If the media men are not armed sooner, criminals will continue to cause harm and violence. Media men will have limits to what they can report on due to the threat on their safety. Arming the media men may not be the solution to this problem nevertheless it can still bring this issue one step closer to justice. The Government should not wait for more media men to be killed in the field before they take serious action.
Linggo, Marso 13, 2011
“You fail with one zero! - the performance based grading system” - solution proposal essay
Adamson University has always been on the move when it comes to improving the school’s academic performance. Hence, the school administration has done all the possible improvements that they think would withstand the society’s rising standard today by training students the best way possible, and giving them the best service there is. With this they resolve, teacher-student relationship through the TBI evaluation; they also tend to improve the school facilities by raising the miscellaneous fees which the students are already taking advantage off; and they also gave special attention to foreign students, that they may be able to cope up with class discussions. However, there was an improvement that made students raise their voices up to the administration at first. This took the school by storm as this issue is still being talked about now. And this is the issue of the 0 base grading system of the school.
The new grading system of Adamson University has already surpassed UP standards[1] the home of the country’s scholars when the passing mark was raised to 70%. The students felt helpless with this kind of system as everyone was used to the 50% standard. And since it is 0 based, it practically meant that a single zero from any quizzes, projects, seat works, assignments, or term tests can lead to your big-time down fall, and more bad news for lazy students came when it was said that the ‘4’ or incomplete grade has also been removed out from a student’s option. A lot of students was furious about this and lead to numerous protests. Either would it have been loud through shouting outside along San Marcelino, or it may have been the silent protests wherein students and professors wore black t-shirts on washday. Yes, even some professors were not happy about this. If we would notice there are middle aged and old professors among the faculty members, and they were used in following their old grading system, as this was the system they used ever since they started teaching in Adamson. And more importantly, the professors had to use Lap Taps and computers that have software that automatically computes student grades, but usually and more often; this comes to an error, thus ending up giving the wrong grade to students. Because of this, the students had to re compute their grades manually in order to gain the grade which they truly deserved. The teachers tried to file a TRO against the grading system, but unfortunately they have failed.
Perhaps a good solution for this is that, the administration should hold a forum, wherein they would not be biased with their sides like what happened before in the past forum. If they really plan to continue pursuing this zero based system they must give the teachers especially the old professors the benefit of the doubt, by giving them basic computer literacy training. And in the side of the students, perhaps it is about time that we get off our lazy behinds, and start training ourselves for the real world. After all, Adamson did not coerce us to join and study in Adamson, we choose to be part of the institution, and therefore we must respect and follow. In my educated opinion, it really now depends on the professor how will they pass their students. Because from experience this Academic year, the professors are making ways on how to pass their students, so now the decision lies within the student if they plan to grab the opportunity or not. That is why this grading system is also known as “Performance Based”.
1 University of the Philippines Grading System, 2010, Joanna Macris Armendez, THE TOUGH COOKIE [online] Available at: http://joannamacris.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/university-of-the-philippines-grading-system/ [14 March 2010]
The new grading system of Adamson University has already surpassed UP standards[1] the home of the country’s scholars when the passing mark was raised to 70%. The students felt helpless with this kind of system as everyone was used to the 50% standard. And since it is 0 based, it practically meant that a single zero from any quizzes, projects, seat works, assignments, or term tests can lead to your big-time down fall, and more bad news for lazy students came when it was said that the ‘4’ or incomplete grade has also been removed out from a student’s option. A lot of students was furious about this and lead to numerous protests. Either would it have been loud through shouting outside along San Marcelino, or it may have been the silent protests wherein students and professors wore black t-shirts on washday. Yes, even some professors were not happy about this. If we would notice there are middle aged and old professors among the faculty members, and they were used in following their old grading system, as this was the system they used ever since they started teaching in Adamson. And more importantly, the professors had to use Lap Taps and computers that have software that automatically computes student grades, but usually and more often; this comes to an error, thus ending up giving the wrong grade to students. Because of this, the students had to re compute their grades manually in order to gain the grade which they truly deserved. The teachers tried to file a TRO against the grading system, but unfortunately they have failed.
Perhaps a good solution for this is that, the administration should hold a forum, wherein they would not be biased with their sides like what happened before in the past forum. If they really plan to continue pursuing this zero based system they must give the teachers especially the old professors the benefit of the doubt, by giving them basic computer literacy training. And in the side of the students, perhaps it is about time that we get off our lazy behinds, and start training ourselves for the real world. After all, Adamson did not coerce us to join and study in Adamson, we choose to be part of the institution, and therefore we must respect and follow. In my educated opinion, it really now depends on the professor how will they pass their students. Because from experience this Academic year, the professors are making ways on how to pass their students, so now the decision lies within the student if they plan to grab the opportunity or not. That is why this grading system is also known as “Performance Based”.
1 University of the Philippines Grading System, 2010, Joanna Macris Armendez, THE TOUGH COOKIE [online] Available at: http://joannamacris.wordpress.com/2010/07/11/university-of-the-philippines-grading-system/ [14 March 2010]
“An initiative for the better” - compare and contrast essay
After the controversial term of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Benigno Aquino III was next to take the seat of power. And for every term people expects what miracle can the president do in 100 days. Probably after the economic crisis on GMA’s term, President PNOY will have to do a lot of adjusting, considerably a lot of miracles. With a country engulfed in corruption, I think it is about time that the new administration focuses on something that will fortify this nation’s creed, as Jose Rizal quoted: “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”. With this I would like to compare on the standing of education on both terms, and contrast to whom may which had given a better project proposal in terms of youth’s cognitive perception and basic education.
Ex- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inherited a state that belonged to a corrupt and gambling lord president. She was the second woman president, and just like as Cory Aquino was, she replaced an impeached leader, and this was back on 2001. After finishing Estrada’s term, she ran and had an alleged victory. And for that, she officially became the 14th president of the Philippines on 2004
On the first 100 days of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she pursued the project she implemented even back when she was a senator in 1997, and this is the project known as the Net 21. It aims to prepare the Filipino youth for the 21st century. And by doing so, the mission of the Net 21 project is to make the youth globally aware, promote skill relevance and basic education, and finally build the values and community the youth is involved. She also initiates in Educational reforms that concerns various issues regarding our educational system today. [1][2] This includes the problems to be solved which are the following: the teacher benefits, lack of school facilities, and low quality books in the public schools. This reform also emphasizes the return of English as a medium of instruction[3] , which caught the advocate’s attention.[4]
Today, the most controversial issue happening right now is the plan of the implementation of the k-12 basic education system. Wherein the basic education system will have additional years and these are the: Grade 7 and 5th year. It is believed by PNOY that the curriculum of today is unable to reach world standards since it is being all stuffed on the 10 years of education, and this is not enough to cover everything. This is a project that President PNOY wants to pursue. However, compared to the first 100 days initiative of the Arroyo government, this was not warmly welcomed by the Filipinos, as PNOY was not able to substantiate he’s reason for this proposal.[5]
For my educated opinion, compared to President Aquino, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is more substantial with her plans on her first 100 days as president. She instead thinks of improving the welfare of teachers and students first rather than being pessimistic of the Filipino education standards in terms of global competitiveness. On the other hand, PNOY rashly decides to add up 2 more years in basic education without proving substantial facts of why the Basic education shall be extended. The society needs the youth more than they were needed before. If we do not change for the better, what will the youth be of the next generations? This is why our leaders must make a stand, a stand that will rise up our nation for the better of everyone.
1 PHILIPPINE president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_presidents/President_arroyo/initiatives.html[Accessed 10 March 2011]
2 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.macapagal.com/gma/initiatives/net21.php [Accessed 10 March 2011]
3 PHILIPPINE president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_presidents/President_arroyo/initiatives.html[Accessed 10 March 2011]
4 A Response to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo directing the Department of Education to “Return English as Primary Medium of Instruction”, (n.d.), Anon, University of the Philippines [online] Available at: http://www.up.edu.ph/oldsystem/proenglish.htm [Accessed 10 March 2011]
5 Noynoy 100 Days Report: Aquino tongue-tied, jumpy logic on K-12, 2010, Anon, League of Filipino Students [online] Available at: http://www.lfs.ph/2010/10/08/noynoy-100-days-report-aquino-tongue-tied-jumpy-logic-on-k-12/ [Accessed 10 March 2011]
Ex- President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo inherited a state that belonged to a corrupt and gambling lord president. She was the second woman president, and just like as Cory Aquino was, she replaced an impeached leader, and this was back on 2001. After finishing Estrada’s term, she ran and had an alleged victory. And for that, she officially became the 14th president of the Philippines on 2004
On the first 100 days of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she pursued the project she implemented even back when she was a senator in 1997, and this is the project known as the Net 21. It aims to prepare the Filipino youth for the 21st century. And by doing so, the mission of the Net 21 project is to make the youth globally aware, promote skill relevance and basic education, and finally build the values and community the youth is involved. She also initiates in Educational reforms that concerns various issues regarding our educational system today. [1][2] This includes the problems to be solved which are the following: the teacher benefits, lack of school facilities, and low quality books in the public schools. This reform also emphasizes the return of English as a medium of instruction[3] , which caught the advocate’s attention.[4]
Today, the most controversial issue happening right now is the plan of the implementation of the k-12 basic education system. Wherein the basic education system will have additional years and these are the: Grade 7 and 5th year. It is believed by PNOY that the curriculum of today is unable to reach world standards since it is being all stuffed on the 10 years of education, and this is not enough to cover everything. This is a project that President PNOY wants to pursue. However, compared to the first 100 days initiative of the Arroyo government, this was not warmly welcomed by the Filipinos, as PNOY was not able to substantiate he’s reason for this proposal.[5]
For my educated opinion, compared to President Aquino, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is more substantial with her plans on her first 100 days as president. She instead thinks of improving the welfare of teachers and students first rather than being pessimistic of the Filipino education standards in terms of global competitiveness. On the other hand, PNOY rashly decides to add up 2 more years in basic education without proving substantial facts of why the Basic education shall be extended. The society needs the youth more than they were needed before. If we do not change for the better, what will the youth be of the next generations? This is why our leaders must make a stand, a stand that will rise up our nation for the better of everyone.
1 PHILIPPINE president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_presidents/President_arroyo/initiatives.html[Accessed 10 March 2011]
2 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.macapagal.com/gma/initiatives/net21.php [Accessed 10 March 2011]
3 PHILIPPINE president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (n.d.), Anon, NET 21 - Preparing the Filipino Youth for the 21st Century [online] Available at: http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_presidents/President_arroyo/initiatives.html[Accessed 10 March 2011]
4 A Response to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo directing the Department of Education to “Return English as Primary Medium of Instruction”, (n.d.), Anon, University of the Philippines [online] Available at: http://www.up.edu.ph/oldsystem/proenglish.htm [Accessed 10 March 2011]
5 Noynoy 100 Days Report: Aquino tongue-tied, jumpy logic on K-12, 2010, Anon, League of Filipino Students [online] Available at: http://www.lfs.ph/2010/10/08/noynoy-100-days-report-aquino-tongue-tied-jumpy-logic-on-k-12/ [Accessed 10 March 2011]
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