by Alex | Aug 19, 2010 | Education, Internet
Google first. Ask later. Someone else’s got the answers to your stupid questions. We can’t be bothered. *** Yup. Maybe we should start offering this as a basic course in college. Better yet, teach Googling as early as basic education. I remember that our...
by Alex | Jul 10, 2010 | Education
One of the huge reasons why I’ve become so jaded teaching in UP is the shifting demographics of the student population. Usually, a discussion of starting salary’s one of the most interesting portions of my English 30 class. Everyone was keen on sharing...
by Alex | Apr 19, 2010 | Education
It’s graduation time once again and I wonder how many kids will be walking tall just because they’d be graduating cum laude or its higher variants. This might be a bit of sourgraping but it seems that it’s just so easy to get honors these days. The...
by Alex | Apr 9, 2010 | Education, Technology
To think that I’ve spent the past twenty-two years of my life studying in a formal setting. Fancy that. Hours spent inside the classroom. I wonder if that should count as living at all. And guess what I’ll be doing for the next few years again. Study....
by Alex | Mar 25, 2010 | Education
It’s quite interesting how people view the Quezon Hall paint throwing incident yesterday. Facebook was practically a warzone between those who lauded the students’ move of throwing paint at a school official and those who believed that UP has really dumbed...
by Alex | Feb 10, 2010 | Education
I’m getting sick and tired of the “excuse,” “Kaya nga ako nag-English” as an excuse not to know basic math concepts and technology concepts. I’ve been involved in IT education as writer, editor, trainer and consultant largely...
