Comments on: Expect higher taxes

By: Luffy

Luffy — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:20:49 +0000

DECS officials blaming head lice for poor performance in NSAT examination make more sense than those who blame the medium of instruction for it.

Fact is, mahirap talaga turuan ang estudyanteng gutom at kumakalam ang tiyan, na pawis na pawis pa kung dumating sa eskwelahan dahil sa paglalakad sa init. Idagdag mo pa dito ang problema sa paaralang punong puno ng estudyante, walang blackboard, at wala ni isa mang libro, pilipino man o ingles.

My point is, malaki na ang problema, wag ng nating palakihin pa! Bagong konstitusyon, bagong medium of instruction, bagong batas, bagong pamunuan… yan ba talaga ang solusyon? O, di kaya yang pabago-bagong isip na yan ang siyang mismong problema?

By: inidoro ni emilie

inidoro ni emilie — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:57:47 +0000

anthony:

“and the use of the regional vernacular will only be for the first few years of grade school. as the level goes higher the medium will become all-English.”

and that is, i reckon, how the european bilingual education model works. first 3 years, generally, because basic concepts (the 3 r’s) are better taught in the first language. and by the time to get to middle school they learn and teach their english seriously. a model to emulate.

By: Current » Squeeze the virtual turnip

Current » Squeeze the virtual turnip — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:54:27 +0000

[...] collecting enough money, and so we’d all better expect an increase in taxes. He wrote this a few days before the national treasurer resigned, as he (Omar Cruz, the national treasurer who quit) acknowledged it, while the going was [...]

By: anthony scalia

anthony scalia — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:32:59 +0000

Maybe lets set one thing straight -

all efforts to make the vernacular the medium of instruction do not do away with English altogether. English will still be used, but only in English subjects. The rest of the subjects will be in the vernacular (the regional vernacular).

and the use of the regional vernacular will only be for the first few years of grade school. as the level goes higher the medium will become all-English

By: inidoro ni emilie

inidoro ni emilie — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:45:29 +0000

mlq3,

while your comparative data shows strong positive correlation in the results of the two surveys, the statistics behind them could be made more powerful using meta-analysis, a statistical approach which allows for the analysis of several surveys of varying parameters provided you are measuring the same phenomenon–which is not violated in this case for the phenomenon is electorate preference.

By: cvj

cvj — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:03:53 +0000

mlq3, thanks again for the links! Just a minor correction, the topic was about Jefferson vs. Hamilton (not Madison). Come to think of it, Jefferson vs. Madison would be a good topic to write about next:-)

By: rego

rego — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:47:45 +0000

Agree with Ca T, on the survey comparison. No need for such comparison.

The surveys is actually validating what we have been saying all along. That it will be 6-5-1 or 7-4-1 in favor of the administration.

And to those who wanted to make this election as a referendum for Gloria should now start accepting fact that it simply not true that majority of the people wanted her out! And please drop that legitimacy issue now!

By: The Unlawyer » Quitting While Ahead

The Unlawyer » Quitting While Ahead — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:49:11 +0000

[...] Manuel Quezon III, however, pointed to an entry by Ricky Carandang that says there is really more than meets the eye in Mr. Cruz’s departure, and it all centers on government’s possible failure to meet its 2007 budget deficit goal of PHP 63 billion, with dire consequences for everybody: “What could this mean? That government finances could actually be worse off than they were before the passage of the VAT increase? If no action is taken to assure the markets, much of the money flowing into the stock market and into Philippine bonds could start flowing back out. Ratings agencies could reconsider those rosy credit rating outlooks. The few people who benefit from the narrow economic growth we see today could be fewer.” [...]

By: inidoro ni emilie

inidoro ni emilie — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:48:32 +0000

reminds me that our counting system in pilipino is more powerful than english, because by the time you reach counting 12 to 19, the concept of place value in english is lost. unlike in filipino: labing isa, labim dalawa, etc.,

dalawapu’t(dalawa na tag-sampu), means 2 tens which the english twenty doesn’t capture with the same intensity. and we still claim english is more effective? only because we grew up believing it is.

By: missingpoints

missingpoints — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:27:30 +0000

^ You’ll be taught english, too, at a higher grade level.

Common sense lang yang vernacular as medium of instruction. Nag-aaral pa lang mag-inggles yung bata, iinglisin mo na kaagad ang pagpapaliwanag ng science at math. Ok lang yun sa mga tulad natin na lumaki sa looney tunes at iniingles ng magulang, pero paano na yung mga talagang hindi naeexpose sa ingles? Doble pahirap sila, mahirap na nga yung science, ituturo mo pa gamit ang lenggwaheng inaaral pa lang nila?