Subject Matter
Among all the country in the whole wide world, the Philippines has the shortest education cycle preparatory to university. Ours is 10 years; the rest of the world is 12. In short, we have a curriculum that, on paper, covers the same subject matter as the rest of the world but which we cram into 10, instead of 12 years.
This means that our teachers take all kinds of short cuts to try to cover the material or just simply do not attempt to cover the entire syllabus in a given year for lack of material time. This shortchanges our children’s education.” Maybe it is true that this is one of the reasons why many Filipino graduates become incompetent as compared to those who graduated from international universities. But the question is, “Are the additional two years in basic education the solution to the arising problems in our educational system?”
Known Friends
She have known friends, and enemies as well. One time, she had someone by the name she cannot remember anymore that they ended up pulling each and others’ hair for no reason! And as far as I know, that is the second time she bullied someone, for the first one happened in kinder, where she pushed a boy so hard, causing that boy to bump his wounded chin in the table (well thank God there’s no Guidance Office that time).
She has experienced being irritated by her seatmates who love asking favors, eating her snacks and using her new things without her approval.And what irritates her more is the fact that starting grade 3, she didn’t experience to be sung a HAPPY BIRTHDAY song from her dear classmates for her birthday falls under the semester break.But despite of those regretful facts, during her grade school days, she strive to graduate with flying colors, to make all the people around her, most especially her parents happy.