Posted by Quito on Jan 3, '08 9:38 PM for everyone So last night, I was reading the newspaper. One of the stories on the front page was about how bad the quality of education is here in the philippines. get this. according to the article, a lot of teacher in ARMM were only armed with English skills and proficiencies equivalent to that of a Grade 3 student. how alarming is that? furthermore, im also writing about philippine education in my argumentative research paper for english. i have seen some even more alarming data while i was researching for my paper. for instance, did you know that the average math proficiency of a filipino high school student in the public schools is only 39.05%? that certainly is very low especially when you consider that the passing rate is 75%.
But you know what really pissed me off? the headline of yesterday's paper was about how the political parties are already planning who they will field as presidential candidates for the 2010 presidential elections. 2008 just started and now they're already thinking about 2010. i think that's the problem with our political system. we are perennially in election season. as soon as one election ends, politicians already start campaigning for the next one albeit discreetly. they forget about the task at hand of trying to improve the quality of living of their constituents.
why dont you guys just focus on the other more important needs of filipinos? one of which is education. stop thinking about how you can win the next election. focus on the present. how dare you call yourselves public servants when all you busy yourself with is the next election.
Bagong taon na. Mag-ayos naman kayong mga politiko. Kung hindi, tangina, mamatay na kayo.
 | High school pa lang kami mulat na kami sa ganito.
Well hindi naman talaga exposed, pero basta. Basta high school pa lang ako gets ko na yan.
Siguro sa inyo lang, kasi Ateneo High ka, kaya hindi mo masyadong feel na baragbarag ang English ng mga tao. Sa amin kasi nung high school feel namin mas marurunong pa kami sa ilang english teachers. Tapos ginagawa lang naming pampalipas oras noon ang pagbibilang ng wrong grammar (yung nakakatawa type, kasi di ba meron namang wrong grammar na parang wala lang napapalampas lang) tapos yun nga.
Share ko lang naman ano :p |
 | Tibay for president!! Naniyo!! ;) |
 | thanks sir. perhaps i can show you my draft? hehe! |
| actually, narealize ko nrn un nung high school. pero hindi sa teachers. sa mga students. meron kasi kaming TD diba? mga grade 6 students un dati pero ung comprehension skills nila, malupit pa sa grade 3 eh. english tutor p nmn ako noon kaya imagine mo nlng kung gano ako kabadtrip. haha!
and yeah, ginagawa rin namin ung nililista ung mga nakakatawa na sabi ng teachers namin. pati nga mga mannerisms niya eh. hahaha! |
 | I bet you heard about most schools cancelling classes on the first day back from Christmas vacation because a lot of teachers and students failed to show up. King ine, 3 students lang per classroom ang pumasok sa ibang schools kahapon tapos hindi pa lahat ng teacher andun |
| haha! yeah! even in UP. ung isang kaibigan ko, hndi dumating mga prof niya. hahaha
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| hahaha!!! alam mo naman un eh! hahaha! pero hindi naman ata sayo eh. haha |
 | may magagawa ba tayo ngayon? ganun sila ehh... sa ngayon wala pa... sana kapag panahon na natin... maisip natin ang mga yun...:D |
 | hindi lang sila nagpplan kung sino tatakbo for president...si ERAP gusto ulit tumakbo!!! ano ba yan!!! |
 | emkey wrote on Jan 5, '08 tama quito! lol parang ok election then walang next na gagawin kung hindi next election! |
 | gosh, being too smart again =)) JOKE LAAAANG :)) |
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But you know what really pissed me off? the headline of yesterday's paper was about how the political parties are already planning who they will field as presidential candidates for the 2010 presidential elections. 2008 just started and now they're already thinking about 2010. 