Your grandfather said that it is better for the Philippines to be led by a fellow Filipino than a foreigner.

Well, look at us now. The Filipinos CANNOT govern themselves and that is a fact!

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=184093

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=180323

“The right to learn in one’s own language”

By Magtanggol Gunigundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Posted date: September 06, 2008

“Education is power. And language is the key to accessing that power.”

“When a child receives an education in a language that he or she does not understand, this violates the child’s right to be literate and be educated. Articles 28 and 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provide that all children have the right to an education and to learn and use the language of his family.”

“A few months ago, I authored a bill (HB 3719) in the House of Representatives calling for the use of the first language as the primary medium of instruction from preschool to Grade 6. I also advocated for the strong teaching of English and Filipino in the elementary grades, but only as separate subjects and not as media of instruction.”

“I refer to the first language, or L1, as that language first learned by a child, which (s)he identifies with or is identified by others as a native speaker of, or which (s)he knows best or uses most. To me, any language after the first is a second language, or an L2.”
“By using the child’s L1 for basic education, we start from what they already know and build on this. Since the child is already familiar with L1, learning to read and write in that language will be easy. The child can immediately use this language to add new concepts to what (s)he has already learned. Rote memorization where children know how to “read” but do not understand can be avoided.”

“The strategy is to develop the children’s cognitive, academic and linguistic skills in their L1 and gradually transfer this knowledge in the nationally prescribed languages, English and Filipino. These two L2s can and should be systematically taught as separate subjects throughout the elementary level. By the time the Filipino child reaches high school, (s)he would have learned enough English and Filipino to use them as media of instruction.”

http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20080906-159007/The-right-to-learn-in-ones-own-language

international law, marketing, finance, accounting, quality of service and products, social responsibilities and most of all networking ( in countries— it is called allies or member country)

kapoy sii ka.

i think your basic problem is reading all the mainstream media with their unabashed bias against mccain and palin and when you see something that are pro-mccain and palin you easily blow your top and call them nuts and illiterate and went to a disruptive fit that you started blabbering martian language. i don’t call you illiterate though you have different perception that I do. that is the spirit of democracy… free exchange of ideas…. not ramming your belief and expert opinion on the throats of other. … but please speak english.