LOVE OF COUNTRY

How are you going to educate your students to love your country?

   

     As becoming a teacher in the future. I will teach them or tell them how to be patriotic in my own way. I will tell them the history of our country. How many countries colonized it and how our countrymen defended their rights. Educating my students on how our heroes fight for their love for our country. I would tell them the stories of our national heroes. How each one of them fight until the end.

     The Philippine history begins in Spanish rule of the Philippines began soon after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered the islands in 1521. Magellan had been searching for a shorter route to Moluccas, the Spice Islands. Admiral Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Filipinas after King Philip II of Spain, and in 1565 helped to build the first Spanish settlement on the main island of Luzon.

     

     The Spanish conquistadores reigned for nearly 400 years until 1898 when the United States defeated Spain in the Spanish-American War. As a result of the Treaty of Paris, Spain surrendered the Philippines, marking the end of Spanish colonial rule and the beginning of American control. In 1901, future U.S. president William Howard Taft became the first civilian governor of the islands. 
     

     American rule was interrupted briefly during World War II when the Japanese occupied the islands from 1941 to 1945. After the war ended, the United States granted the Philippines independence on July 4, 1946, ending nearly 50 years of American government. 

http://tagaloglang.com/The-Philippines/History/summary-from-1521-1946.html

     Like our national hero José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda. He was a doctor, activist, poet and journalist.  Andres Bonifacio - The Great Plebian and Father of the Katipunan.  General Gregorio del Pilar - Hero of the Battle of Tirad Pass. General Emilio Aguinaldo - President of the First Philippine Republic.  Apolinario Mabini - Sublime Paralytic and Brains of the Revolution. GOMBURZA - Martyred Priests of 1872. Trece Martirez - 13 Martyrs from Cavite. Emilio Jacinto - Brains of the Katipunan. General Antonio Luna - Cofounder of La Independencia. Melchora Aquino (Tandang Sora) - Mother of Balintawak. Graciano Lopez-Jaena - Greatest Filipino Orator of the Propaganda Movement.  Panday Pira - First Filipino Cannon-maker.  Mariano Ponce - Propagandist, Historian, Diplomat And Managing Editor of La Solidaridad. Gregoria de Jesus - Lakambini of Katipunan and Wife of Andres Bonifacio.  Fernando Ma. Guerrero - Poet of the Revolution.  Felipe Agoncillo - Outstanding Diplomat of the First Philippine Republic.  Rafael Palma - Cofounder of La Independencia and First UP president . Juan Luna - Greatest Filipino Painter.  Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Greatest Journalist and Moving Spirit of the Propaganda Movement. Leona Florentino - First Filipino Poetess(from Ilocos Sur).  Pedro Paterno - Peacemaker of the Revolution. Isabelo delos Reyes - Founder of Philippine Socialism.  Artemio Ricarte - Revolutionary General, known as Viborra. Jose Palma - Wrote the Spanish Lyrics of the Philippine National Anthem. Lakandola - Chief of Tondo, Friendly to the Spaniards. Rajah Soliman - The Last Rajah of Manila. Leonor Rivera - Cousin and Fiancee of Jose Rizal. Marcela Mariño Agoncillo - Maker of the First Filipino Flag. Galicano Apacible - One of the Founders of Katipunan. Jose Ma. Panganiban - Bicolandia's Greatest Contribution to the Historic Campaign for Reforms. Diego Silang - Leader of the Ilocano Revolt. Maria Josefa Gabriela Silang - Continued the Fight After her Husband's Death. Lapu-Lapu - Chieftain of Mactan Who Killed Magellan. First Filipino Hero. Francisco Dagohoy - Leader of the Longest Revolt in Bohol. Epifanio delos Santos - A Man of Many Talents; the Former Highway 54 is Now Named After him (EDSA).  Francisco Baltazar - Prince of Tagalog Poets. Teresa Magbanua - First Woman Fighter in Panay. Visayan Joan of Arc.  Trinidad Tecson - Mother of Biak-na-Bato.  Agueda Esteban - Wife of Artemio Ricarte Who Carried Secret Messages About Spanish Troops.  Marina Dizon - Daughter of One of the Trece Martirez.  General Francisco Makabulos - Leader of the Revolt in Tarlac.  Julian Felipe - Composer of the Philippine National Anthem.

http://park.org/Philippines/centennial/herolist.htm

January 26, 2015

Problems of education in the Philippines

LACK OF FACILITIES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

     In public schools there are so many pupils/students not enough for the school facility.  We are lack of rooms and even teachers.  The government just give the lowest fund for the public schools so the output is not enough for so many students. "The Department of Education’s (DepEd) data shows that shortages in classrooms are pegged at 19,579, 60 million shortages in textbooks, 2.5 million shortages in chairs and 80, 937 shortages in water and sanitation facilities while 770 schools in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao are overcrowded." http://bulatlat.com/main/2013/07/19/shortages-lack-of-budget-still-afflict-public-school-system/  

LACK OF TEXTBOOKS

     Usually in public schools these are the scenario that we can see because of insufficient of textbooks.   The Philippine Constitution has mandated the government to allocate the highest proportion of its budget to education. However, the Philippines still has one of the lowest budget allocations to education among the ASEAN countries. 

MALNUTRITION

     
     According to Castro there is a serious need to address the number of out of school children. According to UNESCO’s data, the Philippines has 1.4 million out of school children. The Philippines is the only ASEAN country that is included in the top five countries with the highest number of out of school youth. The DepEd’s 2012 data showed a 6.38 percent dropout rate in primary school and 7.82 percent in secondary.

     “The increasing number of out of school children is being caused by poverty. The price increases in prices of oil, electricity, rice, water and other basic commodities are further pushing the poor into dire poverty,” ACT said in a statement. As more families have become poorer, more students are enrolling in public schools, particularly high school. This, according to ACT, has exerted tremendous pressure on the smaller number of high schools. At present, there are 38,503 elementary schools while there are only 7,470 high schools. The group also blames militarization in the country side for forcing students to stop schooling.

- See more at: http://bulatlat.com/main/2013/07/19/shortages-lack-of-budget-still-afflict-public-school-system/#sthash.2Pvt9Vgw.dpuf    

Papa Kiko

What are the three things that Pope can help our country?  If there's none who can help our country and how?


          I personally, I do not believed in Pope or in any Catholic bishops.  Because our relationship with God is between you and Him alone.  Pope cannot help our country but one thing that he can do for us is pray for us who believed in the living God.  Our faith in God is our strong hold that God and only God is the only answers to our prayer.  The leaders of our society who believed in God can help our country and build a strong nation-state.  The young people can also help our country who has a strong faith in God, who truly fears God and have a good relationship with God.  If one person has a right heart and God fearing, he can help our country in a better or even in the best way.

         If the family stays and pray together  God will blessed and will always protect them.  A strong nation always start at home.  If every family has a leader who truly fears God the government  I think will have almost no problem at his governance.

My Bibliography

     My name is Liza Garcia Solas.  I am 29 years old. They called me "Liza".  I lived in Sitio Maligaya, San Antonio, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines.  My fathers name is Wilfredo Dela Cruz Solas.  My mothers name is Marieta Garcia Solas.  I have a younger brother and his name is Michael Garcia Solas.  He is turning 28 this coming 9th of May.  I loved the color of pink.  I loved to go to the beach but I cannot swim. I just go there just to watch the wanders of the world.   Me and my family always having fun when summer comes.  We travel out of town.  We go through island hoping like we're going to  Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro and Cagayan Volley.
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