by Alex | Mar 28, 2011 | Education
The Department of Education decided that the way to move forward with our country’s educational system is to add an additional two years in order to make sure that we produce world class graduates. No one’s really talking about it despite its looming...
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...
