Alex @ April 28, 2008 | | Education | Comments (1)
UP Diliman and its various colleges held recognition rites and the commencement exercise over the weekend. I really wanted to go to iBlog4 but, alas, I was issued a memo by the college that I’d be one of the emcees for CAL’s recognition rites.
As a spin made by the organizers, they got every department’s most junior and senior faculty members to introduce the graduates. Unfortunately for me, I am the most junior. Representing the senior faculty for our department was Dr. Adel Lucero (who happens to be Ia’s mom.)
I got dressed up (in barong and sablay) to speak only a few lines. I got baked in the afternoon sun, and had to sit through a valedictory address that wasn’t really as moving as a valediction should. (Come on. If “I dared to dream” isn’t cliche then tell me what is.)
The things I do for the college.
At least Tony Gloria (the guest of honor) had some very sensible words to share with everyone.
Photo credit to Delurianne (who happens to be one of the college summa cum laude grads this year) and interestingly, my seatmate in the ceremony
Tags: College, UP
Alex @ March 30, 2008 | | Education | Comments (0)
The semester’s nearly done and many seniors are just looking forward to graduation. And as it’s always been, graduations are a source of academic and political conflict.
I probably wouldn’t ride on the sudden surge of my good friend Ma’am Tina’s post on the value of the Pisay diploma since I am a graduate of some other high school. But what is important in that post is the trend of lowering standards of what makes a graduate worthy of claiming an alma mater as one’s own.
So how important are grades anyway? I myself am a self-confessed grade-conscious student. I have kept a grade log of all of my requirements for courses and still keep track of my general weighted average even for my graduate studies. Yes, there will be a lot of inspiring educators who would say that grades don’t really matter but given that argument, why even have them around?
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Tags: Academics, Education, Rant, UP
Alex @ March 26, 2008 | | Education | Comments (0)
…comes great chances of messing things up.
Never mind if I’m actually a rookie but I sat as a panel member for the defense of three undergraduate theses done by seniors. And I’d have to say it really feels different being on the other side of the room, making comments and providing criticism to what these “kids” are about to claim their academic magna opera.
But yes, it has been three years since I successfully defended my undergraduate thesis and it’ll be a year or so until I switch to being the one under the lights when I eventually defend my masters thesis. But for now, it’s all about being part of the process whether I would let these seniors get their diplomas or swat them back to the drawing board.
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Tags: Education, Teaching, Thesis, UP
Alex @ March 15, 2008 | | Education, Health, Personal | Comments (1)
I hate it when I don’t get the time to write on my precious blog for more than a week! Anyway, as it has always been when I don’t get to write something on my blog, things have been f*cked up. I’m perpetually busy with work and since it’s the end of the semester again, time to turn in final requirements for my graduate classes. And since I was in the mood last week, I finished it last weekend two weeks before the deadline. That’s what obsessive-compulsion does to you.
Too bad, I’m assigned to be part of the defense panel for a few undergraduate students so I have to pore over a couple of hundred pages of preposterous twaddle-cock (hehehe) and see what can be “improved” on them before we start recommending those people for graduation.
Well, aside from those…
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Tags: Cyst, Education, Health, Hypochondria, Personal, UP
Alex @ February 22, 2008 | | Computers, Education | Comments (3)
I met my old boss yesterday just to talk a few things about the state of e-learning here in the Philippines since I’m exploring it as a possible study to do over the next year. While in my old office, I was made aware of this new learning system provider. I was quite puzzled when they told me the website address - www.happyd.edu.ph.
Now that puzzled me because, as far as I know, that edu.ph is only made available to educational institutions and training centers authorized by the state.
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Tags: E-learning, Education, Technology, Web, Web-Design
