The Filipino Today By Alex Lacson‚ 2010 After the August 23 hostage drama‚ there is just too much negativity about and against the Filipino. "It is difficult to be a Filipino these days"‚ says a friend who works in Hongkong. "Nakakahiya tayo"‚ "Only in the Philippines" were some of the comments lawyer Trixie Cruz-Angeles received in her Facebook. There is this email supposedly written by a Dutch married to a Filipina‚ with 2 kids‚ making a litany of the supposed stupidity or idiocy of Filipinos in
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responsibility is to provide for the education of every member of the society‚ it follows that an educated Filipino must possess three characteristics as enumerated by Francisco Benitez in his essay “What is an Educated Filipino?” 2. According to the author‚ what is the first quality should distinguish the educated Filipino? First is the power to do which embraces not only the ability of the Filipinos to produce material goods but also the valuable services rendered to society through institutions
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Introduction: The Filipino Cuisine has a humble beginnings. The early Filipinos used simple ways of cooking like broiling on an open fire‚ boiling and roasting. But with the frequent visit of Asian neighbors like the Indonesians‚ Arabs‚ Indians‚ The Malays and the Chinese who used to come to the Philippine shores to barter their goods and produce‚ the Filipinos were introduce to their use of spices and herbs to enhance the flavor of the food they eat. Filipino Cuisine can be best described as a
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“The Indolence of the Filipino” When we talk about indolence it’s being about the laziness of Filipinos. We all know that many Filipinos are now indolence here in our society. But most of them are hardworking persons. And in my opinion I do not think that Filipinos are lazy because we are hardworking and independent group of people. And some of us are working in abroad just to raise our family in poverty especially to provide the basic needs of family the clothing‚ shelter and food. And because
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ISSUES Filipino workers are moving out of their homeland to work overseas so they could get higher income and sustain the needs of the family. Despite the branding and labelling battle cry of our agencies in country to OFWs as the “bagong bayani”‚ these people are encountering much bigger problems such as family issues‚ relationship gap between their children and prolonged separation that leads to infidelity and other problems regarding their family. Overseas Filipino Workers
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Breaking Down Filipino English Filipino English most common variations in Standard English are on sound system‚ rhythm and on stress.I will explain why these are so in contrasting the interviewer‚which is using the standard British English and the interviewee‚ a Filipino English speaker‚or the CNN interview to President Benigno Noynoy Aquino. First in sound system ‚I observed that the Filipino English was always compared to their vernacular counterparts.For example‚when Pres.Aquino said
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Michelle M. Villamor BSAE-5E “TO THE FILIPINO YOUTH” (A La Juventud Filipina) BY: DR. JOSE p. RIZAL In 1879‚ Rizal wrote that poem at the age of 18 in a literary contest‚ whom he won first prize. He also talks about a Filipino identity (before Rizal or even back in his days‚ only refers to the Philippine-born Spaniards) separate from the mother country while acknowledging Spain’s contribution to that identity. Unfold‚ oh timid flower! Lift up your radiant brow‚ This day‚ Youth of my
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Filipino Philosophers in Education Jose Rizal “The school is the book in which is written the future of the nations. Shows us the schools of a people and we will tell you what those people are.” Rizal’s concept of the importance of education is enunciated in his work entitled Instruction wherein he sought improvements in the schools and in the methods of teaching. For Rizal‚ the mission of education is to elevate the country to the highest seat of glory and to develop the people’s mentality
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Filipino Traits Hiya (shame) Negative‚ because it arrests or inhibits one’s action. This trait reduces one to smallness or to what Nietzsche calls the "morality of slaves"‚ thus congealing the soul of the Filipino and emasculating him‚ making him timid‚ meek and weak. Positive‚ because‚ it contributes to peace of mind and lack of stress by not even trying to achieve. Ningas-cogon (procrastination) Negative‚ by all standards‚ because it begins ardently and dies down as soon as it begins. This
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American Norms vs. Japan Norms In sociology‚ when we discuss culture (which is the totality of learned socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior (Schaefer 2010:50))‚ we discuss how culture includes such things as; language‚ beliefs‚ values and norms. When sociologists studied culture they mainly looked upon the norms of society. Norms are "the agreed-upon expectations and rules by which a culture guides the members in any given situation"(Cultural Norms). There are
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