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thnx for posting this....

Quote from: junjun on January 19, 2010, 06:20:38 PM
para naku dili na unta  to give chance to others, anyway taas ng panahon cyang miserve sa bohol pero with Cajes as his opponent, kang Aumentado na lang ko. In fairness, lay dynasty gihimo si Lolo!

I am from the second district and will be casting my vote this coming elections. Para nako, wa may mapili nilang duha. I am worried about Arroyo seeking a seat in the congress and doing her best to find allies as early as now. Unsaon na man lang ni?

Kinahanglan gyud ni ma istudyohan pag-ayo. Sayangan kawangon ang akong boto para niining duha pero kung wa na gyuy lain, angayan pa nga timbang timbangon aron sa ingon mabansay kung kinsa gayud ang akong pagabotohan this coming election.

unsa man? murag mo expire ang gugma?

salamat Anna (u must be Anna not Jorge)...

Quote from: lyds35 on January 17, 2010, 05:31:19 AM
hi there phil. musta na

maau man mam... ikaw? kumusta na diha?

The exposes are shocking yet so informative.

I am just wondering where the blogger is. If it's true, one should not be afraid to reveal himself.

nah... dili gyud na angay ikauwaw... mas angay ikauwaw ang pagpaka-aron ingnon nga adunahan bisan wa diay jamo.

mao na... di gyud nato hibaw-an mao nga kinahanglan mag inandamon... andam na ba kaha ko? hehehe

I really like it. It's so helpful. May I know the source?

I couldn't believe that with all her astute and elegance, she has this level of insecurity. Is this true?

“I don’t want to answer that, but I now know who I will not vote for.” --->> what a reason... enough reason for me to doubt...

hello mam lyds!

My prayers to the victims especially the Filipinos. May those who perished would find eternal repose. Life's so uncertain....

Matud pa, ang saging nga nakapamunga na kinahanglan na nimong putlon aron mahatagan ang saha ug higayon nga makapamunga usab. Isip kanhiay congressman sa ikaduhang distrito sa Bohol ug gobernador usab sa atong lalawigan sulod sa 3 ka termino, igo na ang maong pagpangatungdanan ug dako na ang iyang nahimo. Karon, panahon na nga iyang ipasa sa uban ang kahigayonan sa pagsilbi sa kadaghanan. Ato pud nga pabungahon ang uban. 

NONE OF THE ABOVE!

Wala pa ko'y gisuportahan ug giduso nga gobernador sa pagkakaron pero sigurado na ko nga dili si Herrera ug dili pud si Montano. Ako sang tan-awon ang political track sa mga kandidato aron makadesisyon gyud ko. Puol na kaayo paminawon ang mga pasalig nga mga bakak. Kada eleksyon na lang ba mapuno ta sa mga pasalig?

Aniay akong panglantaw kang Cesar Montano http://josephilsaraspe.blogspot.com/2009/04/cesar-montano-future-governor-of-bohol.html. Ako lang ning komento sa dihang akong nadungog nga molansad daw siya pagka gobernador sa Bohol.

Quote from: Lorenzo on November 16, 2009, 12:27:28 AM
Jose, what is up?

I must say, brod, this blogging/forum thing is quite therapeutic for me.
If i had a stressful day at work/class/hospital,
i come back at home, read for a while, and then unleash some stress through poems here.
Its good too to think about something aside from work.

TB is for sure, a therapy for me.

yeah... it is... it is here where we can read others' thoughts and express our own thoughts... i have been missing TB... I need more hours this time... 24 hours has never been enough... hehehe... how i wish we had 28 hours so i could spend the rest of the 4 hours here in TB...

malipayon ug excited kay klasehan na pud ugma... 

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Which one do you need? I'll be around...

At last, DepEd has realized this almost neglected area of research on language acquisition and concept formation. A Mathematics teacher back home, I noticed several times how the students find it difficult to understand mathematical concept in English (with an exception to some whose grasp of English language goes with the concepts to be learned).

Kung concept formation lang ang hisgutan, nganong pugson man nato ang atong mga bata to study the concepts in English nga English is language lang man na and that would not even help sa analytical skill sa bata? For me, as I have observed, mas confident ang mga students nga mo learn sa mga concepts (am talkin' bout Math) if they understand the language being used as medium of instruction. SAKTO! Have the students study those subject using the second language kung ready na sila.

Here in Thailand, I am amazed at how the students could easily read English words when in fact lahi ra ang characters nga ilang gigamit and then usa lang ang subject nila nga English. Those researches in the field of language acquisition have explained this phenomenon already.

I am positive for that TRANSFORMATION!

As I have said earlier, there are so many things in the system of our education which need more focus than this simple addition of one year in all degree courses in college. If this additional one year for all degree courses aims to produce graduates of higher quality, then there's no way for this initiative to succeed. There are so many lapses even in the basic education sector. If we have quality basic education system, there would be no question that we would have quality graduates in college. Education starts from the very beginning and not only in college.

Do these people realize that students just keep on studying a simple lesson over and over again? MASTERY LEARNING in basic education institutions is the sole answer!

Hello good people of tubagbohol!

It's 2:30 in the morning here and I am still wide awake with my thesis and TB of course. I hope everybody is doing well! I wish you luck!

@Lorenzo
Thank you for visiting my blog.

They're all doing well Enzo. I am still doing my thesis and also preparing a lot for the next school year for I might be handling pre-calculus, physics and other sciences in the specialized field in upper secondary level. I am very optimistic and hoping that everything will go well. It's a big transition after after more than two years of focus in English as Second Language (ESL) and content ESL (Mathematics) in the elementary level. I am learning and I will be learning with my students for sure.

For now, I have to enjoy my holiday which would start next week and be ready for the summer course which would commence on the 30th of this month.

How about you? Kumusta na???

I am very happy that someone like Mr. Jun Ayag is very willing to support Boholanos working abroad. Congratulations and contibue to move forward for you are making a difference in each move you do. Thank you and mabuhay!

P.S.
I will e-mail you soon about the details of BOWWAC. I am interested to join.

Let's all stop this blame game because this is the very reason why we couldn't move towards progress. Instead of thinking of solutions to solve this "corruption problem" in our country, we stick unto finding the faults and not the way to correct the mistakes which have been committed. If we would know that the church has a mistake, could we correct them? NO!

In my previous post in this thread (enhancing Values Education) I have stated how the government could invest on training the students to become morally upright citizens which I think the wisest way to solve the problems we are facing right now. Let's not sit in a corner and say that the Philippines has no hope because the government is like this and like that and the church is like this and like that. As long as we are alive, we can contribute something for the betterment of our country. However, we could not contribute something which we don't have. We could not satisfy others without satisfying ourselves first -- this is a universal imperative.

Yes, I know in my mind and in my heart what's the best thing to do. I know that the Philippines will have a brighter future if each citizen possesses right values and attitude to govern their lives and not to govern other people's lives. I know that this is the best thing to do but I am not doing it right now because I left my country in exchange of what I called greener pasture. Instead of training my own countrymen, I am training other citizens to realize their fullest potential. However, I do not feel guilty about it because I know that I am doing it, first, for myself. I do understand that I could not gratify others' needs and wants without gratifying my needs first.

I know I can do it but I have to do it in myself first before I would do it for others.

Is it a Filipino mentality? When somebody did something good prior to his/her candidacy, they will all be associated as part of his/her plan for politics. Not all dead were sick before they died.

Did she sponsor bills aimed at improving the quality of education in the country? I will search more of her when she will finally confirm her candidacy for the coming presedential election.

congrats ms. elsie and ate donabelle... naa diay pud ka dre?

Health risk is not the only problem which can be associated to the booming call center industry in the Philippines. A professor of mine once told that call centers are also capsizing the human resources of the country because qualified graduates (e.g., engineers, teachers, programmers) would prefer to settle for these high-paying call center jobs because of the attrractive compensation the companies are offering than really working at their respective fields where they could be highly utilized. The job of a CSR/CSA can be done by high school graduates whose English are of high quality.

true! true! true! NEVER let other people's judgment hinder us from establishing a healthy relationship with another person.

Never let pygmalion inhibit the inner core of our soul.

hello redDelicious! welcome to tubagbohol! enjoy!

The corruption in the Philippines (which is a "Catholic" country per se) is not a failure of the church itself because if we will try to look unto it, the church and the state is separated (although the extent of sepparation is not as high as in the U.S.A.).

If we would only look at the other side of the issue, everything rooted from  education itself. Even if religion is responsible in developing the moral attributes of every member, the government still has the highest responsibility of developing morally upright citizens.

However, the system of education provided by the country gives less importance to values education because the development of the students' cognitive skills are of the highest importance. Looking back in my basic education years, Values Education is not a big deal for us and it has been shown over and over again. We were given books for other subjects but not for values education although there were times wherein we enjoyed some values books but they were obviously of less "value" than the other books. Students would rather choose to fail in Values Education (because the credit is lesser/ sometimes it's 0 credit) than in Science, English or Mathematics.

In addition to, most Values Education teachers are teaching values as their extra subject and most of the times, there are no Values Education specialists unlike Math, Science, English and others. The government should have realized that Values Education is not something that would be taken for granted or would be given less importance.

And now, where's the root?

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 14, 2009, 11:44:43 AM
it cost a whole lot Nong.

and i think we really dont need it now pwede raman ta maka share for the mean time.

mao pud. mag share man gani ta ug toothbrush, satellite na ba hinoon...

Quote from: -<GEC348>- on February 14, 2009, 08:01:32 AM


Have I read it correctly here that what other TuBo members do if they can't sleep at night is to "sharpen their saw"? 

kung wa ko masaup pagsabot, unsaon na lang... maau man hinoon pud na nga buhat. ug dili makatulog, magbaid sa gabas (literally). hahaha

go GEC!

If English is crazy, then all others will be. That "craziness" is a unique characteristic of every language.  In linguistics, that property is called arbitrary. Language's symbols are arbitrary. We have to understand that language (of any kind and origin) follows distinct symbols like phonemes (sound), morphemes (words) and syntax (sentences). However, the symbols (like gramatical rules and words) are based on an "agreed-upon" words to represent things, qualities, etc. and do not have direct relationship to the thing it is representing.

Example: Why do we call dog "DOG" when in fact the name seems to be irrelevant to the animal? Why can't we name it "BOW-WOW" which is, I think, more relevant because we hear them bark with that sound?

We call our capital city Tagbilaran not because of those so many myths and legends behind its name (which could be true) but because the word is the agreed name for the place. That shows the arbitrariness of language. In the end, we will understand that the main reason why we have language is for us to communicate and not just to name all those things and qualities around us.

Notice the deafs and mutes when they communicate using sign language, we could observe that most of the signs are not relevant to what they stand for. 

BTW, the post was so funny but it would help language teachers help the learners learn language better.

I have read a thread here about the proper usage of who and whom. People are usually confused when to use who and when to use whom. The only thing that we have to remember is that: who=subject (doer of the action) while whom=object (receiver of the action).

WHO: The man who is wearing brown shirt is my father. (the man is the one doing the action (wearing) therefor who should be used)

WHOM: The man whom I was talking with is my father. (take note that the subject is I (doing the action which is talking) and the receiver of the action is the man therefor whom should be used because the man is the object)

I hope this helps. It's the easiest way to remember the use of who and whom as I have learned, so far.

Quote from: ms da binsi on February 14, 2009, 04:15:12 AM
wa bitaw ko kadungog naa tay atoa...

para asa man sad? para masakspan ka Glace sa imong juwa ug dis-a nag wara2x?

I think we have but not really our own because we share it with other countries in Asia. However, I heard that Philippines is underway in launching its orbitting satellite soon. But how soon is soon? That I don't know.

It's very useful especially that Philippines is usually hit by calamities. At least, orbitting satellites could help predict probable disasters.

liwat kaau sa iyang mama si richel... dili ikalimod dyud...

I move to close the agreement.... LOL

space race??? fatay na...

They are doing their part for sure. However, only one can be judged as the best among the bests.

naulahi ang KALAHI-CIDDS sa KALAHI program. ilaha tngale ang naay pinakanindot nga outcome ug nindot ang ila style sa monitoring maong sila ang ningdaug. We are hoping nga ang uban nindot pud pero dili lang pareha ka nindota sa ilaha. gamay lang ligas ba...

another case....

I wish them luck. Hinaut nga mo lungtad...

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 12, 2009, 02:10:27 PM
lol, i wish i had the option of you fortuitious individuals who had the option of sleep. And debate on how to sleep. Luuy man mi ang mga estudyante medicinae kai we sleep (only/if only) we read enough. A sleep for me usually is a 3-4 hour nap in the long chairs at the lounge. Or if I'm lucky a nice 4-6 hour sleep on Tuesdays and Thursdays when we don't have rotation requirements.

Where art thou, good and faithful sleep?

Come hither,

Ampingi pud ang lawas kay mag-unsa na lang ang imong mga pasyente nga magpaabot pohon. You have to "sharpen the saw" ug ni Stephen Covey pa.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on February 13, 2009, 12:28:34 AM
maayo jud ni nga tawo kay murag dugay nasad ning nahimong councilor ug vice mayor sa san miguel. ngano kahang karon pa man ni nahimo? karon pa sila nakigpartner sa kalahi?

KALAHI is a new project of the Arroyo administration which kicked off last 2002. The project has plenty of programs under it like Education Assistance Program (in which I am one of the beneficiaries) and Livelihood Program. After the project was successfully implemented in pilot towns (Dagohoy and Danao), KALAHI-CIDDS followed wherein San Miguel and other towns became part.

It took time siguro tungod kay dili man pud dali-dali ang pag implement sa program and then the evaluation usually happens in the end or while the program is ongoing. At least, they were able to use the fund in a very proper way and they were able to implement the program successfully. It's a lot of hardwork and I know it because I have seen how our coordinators in the Educational Assistance Program have worked hard to monitor the program beneficiaries. I am very thankful to them for they have been part of what I am right now. 

yes kiams! that's one thing nice here... we are not just posting something irrelevant. we are learning as we read and as we post.

BE HAPPY! :D

This thread is quite funny.

Although there are some universities which have started to develop Science and Mathematics textbooks (I heard Ateneo has developed one), it has to be understood that English has deeply rooted in Philippine education system that changing the medium of instruction from English to Filipino is a great education reform which would need an "excessive amount of money". There's so many issues facing the quality of our educatiion today which needs to be addressed.

Why did I say that it needs excessive amount of money? Here are the reasons:
1. We have to invest for the development of new textbooks (in Filipino language) which is more expensive than just revising the widely used textbooks in English.
2. We need to train Science and Mathematics teachers per se for them to adopt the changes that this new medium of instruction might bring. (Remember that teachers are trained in colleges and universities in English)
3. If the government is aware, researches have to conducted first in order for this policy to be implemented successfully. There should be pilot schools to measure the feasibility of the project/reform.

If something needs to be changed, it should be something which is not working or something which is causing a problem. English isn't causing problems in our government and it even helps us in sustaining our economy. WHY NOT CHANGE THOSE IRRESPONSIBLE EMPLOYEES IN THE DEPED, INSTEAD? hahahaha.....

If the reason of those "idiots" is that Filipinos start to lose their identity and values because of English then they are wrong. We are Filipinos even if we speak all the languages in the world. Give more attention on values integration in different academic disciplines because that is what we need and not eradicate something which has been so useful.

This topic is very helpful not only to emcees but to teachers as well who, most of the time, are engaged in public speaking (especially when working with the students). I  found the jokes very funny and very useful.

For everybody's info, I will copy it in my thumb drive with credit to the one who posted and to TB of course.

Quote from: bol-anon nga cebuano on October 31, 2008, 10:03:57 PM
pero para nako ang suitable reply, me.

I know it's "I" because me is an objective pronoun, not a subjective pronoun. The question is asking for the doer of the action and not the receiver of the action.

CORRECT: It's I who build community.
ERRONEOUS: It's me who build community.

agree!

welcome back willmerit... I am so young to remember you. We have been together sa uban pang mga forum nga nangapapas na... WB!

I am proud of these people. I hope they could be epitomes for other politicians. GO! GO! GO! Mayor Bonior and the rest of the team! You are doing a great job for your people.

sakto ka apothecary...! Peligro ko kung ako ang dili makatug kay akong pangpukawon ang mga nagmata thru my phone. Matingala ang uban kay I call them bisan sau sa kabuntagon.

BTW, nakamatngon pud ko nga dili maau ang akong gibuhat mao nga karon,  basa-basa na lang ko ginagmay kung dili makatug. Inig mata nako basa na akong libro nga gibasa...

Aguy... mga balaknong pulong na usab ang mitabon sa atong kukabildo. Mag hinay-hinay na ako sa pag kabysa sa akong habol kay basin maunhan ako sa akong pagbati nga mao unyay makaingon sa dili ko paghikatulog.

Quote from: hofelina on February 08, 2009, 12:20:49 AM
Klaro jud nga Bol-anon looran

Manay Tess,

Thnx sa imong comment sa blog. At first, naglibog ko kinsa si Manay Tess though ikaw ang naa sa akong huna-huna daun.

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 08, 2009, 12:04:31 AM
Danao? hahahahaha

People know Danao more than my place. At least, Boholanos know where is Danao because of Francisco Dagohoy and Danao is going national in terms of echo tourism. Danao is not new. People doesn't even know that my town is a town. Anyhow, I can;t blame them for my town was once a colonia of a popular scond-class municipality.

ok na lage ka karon Ms. Ethyl?

but most teachers are from the countryside and not from the big cities because people in the big cities usually opt for business, medical or IT- related courses.

I am from countryside... From the town that amazes Boholanos as they ask, ASA MAN NA?

It's quite unusual. I just noticed that there's a direct relationship between thesis writing and TB posting. The more posts I have in TB (I am now a senior member), the more thoughts I acquired for my thesis. I am done with the most crucial part of my study which is the conceptualization of conceptual framework.

I just want to share the laughter guys. It's a very rare event. hahaha However, I know it won't work forever so I should give focus few minutes from now...

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 07, 2009, 11:06:27 PM
but education problems are systemic deficiencies. people in the system have figured out what's wrong with our education. yet they have no political will to resolve the issues. unfortunately, their apathy affects most of those who are down-under, people of lesser voice, people who can change yet too powerless to do it. 

In some international conferences here, it's pretty funny how big countries like USA, UK and Singapore admit the current problems in their education system and that they are doing their best to patch things up. However, the Philippines always boasts for having the best system of education and there's no problem within it. Even the education of our country is politically driven. There are people who become voiceless in the name of politics which they claim as national mandate.

Teaching is not a lucrative job and not an attractive course for the Filipino youths and for this, the government has to do something. It's a very big problem. We are losing good teachers and our teacher-training institutions are becoming inefficient.

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 07, 2009, 11:15:55 PM
LOL... where's my emerald-laden crown? thank you. hahahaha. wish i'm the queen, sir Jose, but i'm afraid many are worthier of such accolade. i haven't even touched the 2000-posts mark. as i previously said, it's just one of the benefits of my sedentary lifestyle, for now. i wish you luck on your masteral thesis. Go Pinoy.

Thnx...

Pictures of Troy University and Coventry University can be seen around the main campus and city campus of St. Theresa Inti College. They're very nice.

Their Thailand counterpart's website: www.stic.ac.th

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 07, 2009, 10:59:25 PM
Troy U is a large university in the south, Jose.

They have a good Engineering and Economics program from what I hear.

I did not know that they had an overseas campus prior to TB.

Yes I am not surprised Mike is in a dual program. The man is very bright.

Most of the colleges/universities offering international programs in Thailand are operating in partnership with American/British/Canadian/Australian Universities. Others are with Chinese universities.

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 07, 2009, 10:53:18 PM
Hahaha, so you attend Troy U?

ADMIN is under the American University Program (2 universities) while I am in the International Program. IP is cheaper than AUP. IP lang ang ako ma afford, another thing all programs under AUP are business oriented.

Quote from: glacier_71 on February 07, 2009, 10:11:53 PM
flipping pages of my old files
looking for something
here, i  found it
all smiles!

Karon lang ko nkabantay sa avatar ni glacier. It looks abstract at first glance but as you carefully look at it, you will discover the real meaning. TB DOKDOK QUEEN

Yes sir. As individuals wala tay mahimo but to start the change in ourselves.

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 07, 2009, 10:09:29 PM
Very good program, Jose.

Academic Administration is a blooming field, let alone imperative and necessary. We wish you success and tactical excellence during your research and data retrieval.

Correct me if I am wrong, you are based in Thailand right?

Yes and I always meet the beloved ADMIN for he is teaching and studying in the college where I am presently enrolled.

A very interesting article I've read from my friend's blog, www.heddatan.com, who is an English teacher by profession talks about what she has learned from a seminar by Stephen Krashen (www.sdkrashen.com) who is globally renowned in the field of linguistics and language education.

The article has mentioned that giving rewards for reading is potentially harmful in developing a child in becoming a life-long reader. WHY? First, it has to be understood that reading is not something that should be done in order to get reward because reading is a reward itself. Their is pleasure every time we read.

HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED IN SCHOOLS?
Questions may arise as to how to convince children to read considering that most of them have negative attitude towards reading. SIMPLE! We have to understand that as human beings, we have unique interests and so why not capitalize on our interests? If a child is interested at toys, do not force him/her to read Science books because you would certainly lead the child to hate reading in his/her entire life. If a child likes robots, give him books that's all about robots. In that article, Krashen dubbed it as the HOMERUN in reading.

Anybody here who loves to read? I am very sure that all of you have this one book which reinforced your love for reading. Try to recall, I know you have it. That book is your homerun according to Krashen.

In schools, we could observe that children are, often times, rewarded for reading. However, what kind of books can we find in the library? Math, Science and other non-interesting books for the children. Next time, instead of awarding those readers, capitalize on purchasing books which are of children's interests.

Back in college, there were more students who would pay for membership and in-house reading at Matthew Book Club (along Lessage Street) than spend time reading at the college library. What's in Matthew Book Club that's not in the college library that students love to go there and pay instead of spending time at the college library for free? We all know the answer.

To develop children/adults to become life-long readers they don't need to be forced or rewarded. This coincides with "Choice Theory" of Dr. William Glasser (www.wglaser.com) which states that (1) all we do is behave, (2) almost all behavior is chosen and (3) we are driven by our genes to satisfy five basic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun.

Applying in the context of reading (or learning in general), we do choices everyday (eat or not eat, study or not study, learn or not learn, etc.) and so the same thing must drive the students to read (or learn):
1. Give them freedom (do not force them to read/learn)
2. The students will soon find reading (or learning) as way to feel love and belongingness
3. They will realize very soon that they need to read (or learn) in order to survive
4. Until they will strive to read (or learn) in order to acquire power

I write a variety of articles which ranges from literary to academic articles. They might not be good but I write for the following reasons:

1. to express my thoughts (my opinions)... aron maka tulog ko ug dali
2. to share what I got from reading some articles and my opinion in it
3. to express my emotion (literary writing)
4. to help other people, especially teachers (I hope)
5. to be happy (writing is pleasure just like reading)

Quote from: Lorenzo on February 07, 2009, 09:53:52 PM
Jose,
What are are you doing your Masters on?

Educational Administration Enzo and I am conducting a research study on Total Quality Management in Education (total quality education supervision, total quality teaching, total quality learning).

Manong Balong. My lifetime classmate. Bisan asa nga forum, magkita intawon mi ani...

Can you give simple examples of those 4 possible bases of DNA? Like Sodium Chloride (salt) and Hydrochloride (acid), do they have common names?

I'm a noob and sorry for I have plenty of questions.

doing master's thesis
simple pleasure, indeed... TBTBhan lang...

Sir Lorenzo, I like this thread for I am interested to learn more about Molecular Biology. However, I could not relate to other concepts you have mentioned because, I guess, there are previous concepts that I have to learn first before this one. I can recall only a little about my Chemistry class before.

As David Ausubel proposed, "Learners will learn more if they could find connection between existing knowledge and the lesson to be learned." For learning to be remarkable, it has to be meaningful and meaningfulness can only be provided through connection.

I am not wondering why, of all the sciences, Physics is the one that I like the most. It's because learning Physics is just like learning mathematics. Acceleration and velocity can be calculated through differentiation (differential calculus) and the change of the temperature of a certain body can be computed through differential equations. Newton likes Physics and Mathematics. He has great contribution in the field of Physics and Calculus.

Nevertheless, BRING IT ON Sir! I will follow this thread and will ask you if I have any confusion. For now, I have to read the entire lesson again.

Quote from: ihatekillers on February 07, 2009, 08:26:16 PM
Maupay nga gab-i ninyo tanan  Nasabut ka hin Winaray diri?

please magtinabangay ta ninyo mga waray na concern pud sa sugbu-anon na victima sa mga taw nga suspects na taga samar n leyte... madaut lang nila ang mga waray kung dili ta magtinabangay ug kahadlokan na kung nagpuyo mo didto dapita... wala nako gi mean na tanan waray bati naa sad maayo na madamay lang.... busa kung naa mo mahibal-an tabangan nato ang biktima... 

Nagabasa lang ak sang mga panghitabo dre bisan ug wa ko maruyagi pero nalipay gad ak sa pagkahibaro nga may kasangkayan ako ditoy. Pasgdan na lang nato ang balaog nga mag husga sa mga nakasara sangkay nga ihatekillers.  Waray ang akon iroy pero mapinanggaon man.

BALAOD na ang bahala mga kasangkayan... Maupay nga gab-i sa inyo..

Happy burthday Ms. Ethyl! Wishing you more birthdays to come....

nindot kaau pamalandungan ang mensahe sa Awit sa Bohol. Every time we have gathering of Boholanos here in Thailand we do not forget to sing the Bohol Hymn aside from singing the Philippine National Anthem. It makes us feel that we are just meters away from our homeland, Bohol.

Manong Jose--->>> proud to be Bol-anon

Among the countries in the world, only Philippines has 10-year basic education curriculum, other countries have 12-year basic education curriculum.

There are so many problems in the education system of the Philippines right now which need to be be addressed by those people in authority aside from that increasing one year for all degree programs. As what I have observed, the problem is not lying in the higher education only but the biggest problem in education which affects the downward spiral of the Philippine economy lies heavily in our basic education system.

Most of the students entering college could hardly do basic algebraic operations which is supposed to be developed during high school years. I don't know if it has been changed but when I was teaching Mathematics in the Philippines, the following curriculum has been followed for high school Mathematics:

First Year: Elementary Algebra
Second Year: Intermediate Algebra
Third year: Geometry
Fourth Year: Advance Algebra and Basic Probability and Statistics

Well, as we can see, most of the mathematics courses in high school are dealing with ALGEBRA but aren't we surprised why students entering college could hardly do basic algebraic operations? There are students who could hardly determine the sum of x + x which is merely an addition of 1 banana + 1 banana = 2 bananas (x + x=2x). Here are some problems in the basic education system which I think must be resolved by the department of education:

1. There is much focus on the content of curriculum and less or zero focus on mastery learning.
    The Philippines is following fixed curriculum provided by those people in authority. It is mandated that the all topics within the curriculum should be tackled within the specified curriculum days. I could still remember my high school math teacher who told us, "This topic is supposed to be completed within 3 days but we have been discussing days for 4 days so let's end it up." when we asked for more practice exercises and more explanation about a certain topic in Mathematics which we could hardly understand. MASTERY LEARNING is not emphasized and it's a very sad fact for the students who are ought to learn life skills and not just go through the topics within the curriculum.

2. Teaching for test is still blatantly practised.
    Teaching is geared towards achieving high marks in the achievement test and not towards achieving the expected knowledge and skills. A teacher once told, "I have to teach all the topics specified in the curriculum because they will all come out in the National Achievement Test." Are our learners learning for the test? NO! NO! NO!

3. Stiff bureaucracy in the education system
    The curriculum is still pre-determined by those "EXPERTS?" in the Department of Education. It's about time for our education administrators to wake up the diversity of our students (different needs, different environment, different social and economic status, different learning styles  etc.) and therefor ONE ABSOLUTE CURRICULUM could not work for all. The EXPERTS that they call who designed the curriculum doesn't have any idea of what's happening in BARANGAY CANLUBAS. Do they know the learners in such area? If no, what made them design and implement a curriculum for learners there. I agree that DepEd should set goals and standard for education that would reach to all types of learners but I am against of a centralized curriculum. TEACHERS should be given the task to assess the learners' needs and design a curriculum based on their needs and DepEd's goals and standards (although this is very expensive because it would require rigid training for teachers on assessment and curriculum design).


For more articles on education, visit my teaching blog www.edulotion.blogspot.com . I will update it very soon.

Maganda po itong naisipan mo Ginoong FDARAY. Isa po ito sa mga mabisang mga paraan upang mahasa natin ang ating husay sa paggamit ng wikang Filipino sa pakikipagtalastasan. Sana ay mahikayat din natin ang iba na i-paskil ang kanilang samu't-saring kaisipan hinggil sa mga kasalukuya'ng mga pangyayari sa ating bayan at iba pa. 

Happy birthday kiamoy! More blessings to come...

mao ba? nag cge lang pud ko ling-lingi dre kay ang inaugural speech lang ni Obama ako gipaabot. Gusto lang nako madunggan iyang panglantaw sa education. You know, education in Americal affects the education of the entire country.

I hope it would be better than the infamous NCLB...

wala pa diay magsugod diha Haze? ako dia nag multi-tasking..

It was so sudden...

I appreciate those kind-hearted people who always lend their helping hands to those in need.

I am watching Obama's Inauguration right now...

so informative... I gain better understanding on what's really happening between Gaza and Israel. so bad, the cable TV in our accomodation was reprogrammed but then it was useless for all the news channels were gone... Channel News Asia, BBC and Australia Network... 

I will just keep myself updated by reading your posts here... thnx folks!

I guess the same is true in writing blog entries. The main objective is to make your article search engine-friendly and so increase the traffic of the webpage.

basket?        funnel?

you've got nice blogs guys and I'll visit them from time to time.

For the mean time, I would like to inyou to visit my blogs:

www.josephilsaraspe.blogspot.com ----->> It's all about anything and everything under the sun although I am fond of blogging my experiences and the people I met. I am going to add more articles soon as I have just started to develop this blog. I am looking forward at writing VISAYAN and TAGALOG articles.

www.edulotion.blogspot.com ---->> It's all about education. As young educator, the blog reveals different issues and concerns pressing the present system of education in the Philippines, in Thailand and the whole world. The entries are based on the blogger's experiences and research as Filipino educator in Thailand.

COMMENTS are always welcome... God bless all!

wow... it sounds so interesting. kung madaun I should make a decision to move my holiday vacation in the Philippines on May instead of March

tan-awon lang.... I hope to meet other TB members. So far, I met Mike and then heard LC..

apil akong baba nag nose bleed EL MUNDO...

Quote from: LanggamTamsi2 on January 17, 2009, 03:55:30 PM

sad but usually tru langgamtamsi...
sa pamilya bitaw, naa man tay gagmay nga panagbingkil matag karon ug unya pero ang maau kay masulbad ra pud nato daun.

Mao na, kung lain nga tawo na gani, saktong pakisama lang kuno ug nila pa. More than that, lahi na. Once gani nga magkailhanay na mo pag-au wala na... hinay hinay nga mawala ang respeto. AMBOT ug NGANO?

This topic is so interesting especially that I am presently taking ETHICS subject wherein we explore variety of case studies nga aron aron pud ani nga mga panghitabo. admin-teachers-admin, students-teachers-students, parents-teachers-parents relationships ug uban pa. THERE should be a very thin line and we should know when and where to cross that line.

Mao kini ang pinakasakit nga panghitabo sa atong nasud kay imbis nga magtinabangay kita isip mga Pilipino, mag iyahay man hinoon ta ug duot sa uban nga atong nakita nga ming asenso na. Hinuon, dili tanan ang naghambin sa maong kinaiya apan subo gihapon pamalandungon ang maong sitwasyonn. Nganong di na man lang ta magmalipayon sa unsa ang nakab-ot sa uban?

Usa nako ka Pilipino nga kauban sa buhat dire may pagpanghambug nga mipalanog niining maong mga pulong: "Dili lang sila mag buhat ug unsa diha kay ako, duol ko sa administrasyon ug puydi sila nako isumbong bisan kanus-a!" Hahaha! Pasayloa ko apan di nako ma tulon ang maong mga pulong. Nindot kaayo ihatag ug komentaryo apan mas gipili na lang nako ang mag hilom-hilom kay lisud na. Subo pamalandungon ang maong kamatuoran hilabina kung wala ta'y mabuhat alang niini. Apan isip isigkaingon, ato na lang ipakita sa atong mga buhat ang atong tim-os nga panglantaw nga ang tanan may kasulbaran pa.

Mike, nanghinaot ko nga ang Obedencio nga imong nalakbit dili mao ang Obedencio nga akong kaila ug higala nga usab taga Mindanao. Hinaut unta!

My nose was bleeding while I was reading the bad days of ENZO... I have to study biology and so medicine more.

BTW, my biology class always caused me bad days way back in college.

Quote from: kiamoy` on January 15, 2009, 06:49:38 PM
I want all our children to go to schools worthy of their potentialâ€"schools that challenge them, inspire them, and instill in them a sense of wonder about the world around them. I want them to have the chance to go to collegeâ€"even if their parents aren’t rich. And I want them to get good jobs: jobs that pay well and give them benefits like health care, jobs that let them spend time with their own kids and retire with dignity.

Way to go Barack Obama! Our chidlren are our tomorrow!

The local NBI deserves a big bang of applause for a job well done!

Crazy Filipinos! They are victimizing their badly off next of kin! Why not help them, instead?

I don't know the reason of this criminal for doing such imprudent act but whatever it is, the end does not justify the means. If people are only satisfied!

I am single. I have been here in Thailand for 2 years lang. I went here months after my graduation in the Philippines. I don't know much about AIT. I just happened to pass by their campus when I was lost in Bangkok.

I might meet those people sir kung mo bisita ko sa AIT pohon. I might be there for my thesis. Saludo gyud ko kaau nimo sir! Until now, kabalo pa ka sa derivation sa quadratic formula. GOOD!

Pagkagwapa nga babaye!!!... Ning tingog man... AW TOA RA!!!

I know Asian Institute of Technology in Pattanakan Disctrict in Bangkok. I don't know if there's another AIT in Pattaya.

GOOD! I heard lots of Filipinos are teaching in that school. It's a nice school with a very big and nice campus in the outskirt area of Bangkok.

I am badly missing balbacua. I went to a Filipino restaurant last week and found not balbacua but bulalo. PARE-PAREHA ra man pud ang lami mao nga ok na lang...

This is one of the challenges facing an OFW working in a country with not-so-established economy. There's no assurance. We have to be ready. AM I?

That's the derivation of quadratic formula. Kalimot na man pud ko ana mga butanga kay wa na pud kaau nako magamit. I used to teach elementary and intermediate algebra sa pilipinas and linear and quadratic equations were some of the lessons I taught.

Asa ka dre sa Thailand nag masteral before sir? I am presently doing my master's in education here.

ax² + bx = c is a quadratic equation which can be transformed to the standard form: ax² + bx - c = o

x can be solved using the quadratic formula but I don't know how to encode an equation here...