Archive for the 'Education' Category
Celebrating one's Filipino-ness
Posted on June 12, 2009 - Filed Under Education, Lifestyle | 5 Comments
In French class, this blogger was asked to give some notable character traits of Filipinos — in French. This short list was written on the white board soon afterwards: Les Philippins sont (The Filipinos are)… * extraordinaires (extraordinary)* sympathiques (nice) * intelligents (intelligent)* chalereux et sociables (warm and sociable)* tolerants et patients (tolerant and patient)* [...]
The good, the bad, and the forgettable
Posted on November 7, 2008 - Filed Under Education | 4 Comments
There are only two kinds of teachers whom we will always remember: the really good teacher and the really bad one. The rest, who don’t fall in any of these categories, are easily forgotten. Surely, most of us, who’ve had some formal schooling, have encountered at least one good teacher and one bad one in [...]
