A non-mind-boggling question that boggles my mind
There are questions that are difficult in themselves like does God exist, or what is beauty. But there are questions that are difficult because the teacher made them out to be. This is a case in point: During our Social Dimension in Education review class, there’s a question that goes this way:...
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Project Law School: Why take up law?
I was twice asked why I want to take up law? My aunt asked me the first time. When she asked me that, I stared at her. Just stared. Then nodded. Then said, “I don’t know.” “You have to have a reason,” she said. Yes, I have to have a reason. But does everything we [...]...
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‘Dahil sa pagkakacrisis natin’
Last night, while I was checking the essay part of my students’ exam, I have come to the conclusion that they are not only deficient in English. They are deficient as well in Filipino. The evidence:
Ito ay mahalaga dahil ang mga tao ay nangangailangan ng mababang presyo. Dahil sa pagkacrisis natin....
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Exptemporaneous Speaking Contest is not a Beauty Contest, stupid!
I so cannot understand the Extemporaneous speech during the Intramural 2009. Here’s why:
Cherie, the participant of the College of Education, just finished delivering her piece. When she was about to leave the stage, she was stopped by one of the judges and asked her another question.
“How...
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Undecipherable…
…is the theme of this year’s Holy Cross’ Intramural:
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Teaching is performing
On November 7-8, 2009, we had a Theater Workshop, one of the series of seminars that Education interns for the second semester would have to go through. Mr. Norman Narciso, who has an extensive experience and training in theater, facilitated the workshop.
Mr. Narciso said that a two-day workshop is quite...
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I survived Dr. Aberion’s seminar
Of all the seminars that I’ve attended, the seminar on problem-solving strategies is perhaps the most frightening—and challenging. Why? Well, for one, it was Dr. Bernardita Aberion, former Education Program head, who facilitated it, and everyone present at that time knows who Dr. Aberion is. She’s...
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The slippers and the slippery slope fallacy
On December 1, 2009, I’ve had a row with the security guards of our school.
“What’s this,” the male guard asked, referring to the white smoke cellophane in my bag.
“Slippers,” I said.
Then the male guard asked for my I.D. One moment, I said, why are you confiscating...
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Like truth, books shall set us free
(The essay below was adjudged as third in the Essay Writing Contest sponsored by the Learning Resource Center of our school, HCDC. Which means this essay’s only worth a hundred pesos.)
Books have many purposes. There are books that entertain. There are books that teach us how to cook and plant....
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Dealing with defeat my way
I went this afternoon to the Education Student Council’s Office, only to be told that I placed third in the Essay Writing Competition sponsored by the Learning Resource Center of our school.
Of course, the news rather disappointed me. I’m not the pseudo-humble person who says that joining...
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