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Ever wonder why Pinoys keep electing the same types of people every election year? The answer is simple, reallyâ„¢ and it is not a new idea. Most Pinoys are conditioned to follow so called “experts”, “authorities”, “opinion leaders”, and now, in the age of web 2.0 or whatever, “thought leaders.” As Ilda would say, “One…
This paper is a continuation of my article, “Self-Destruction: The Question of Suicide and the Tendency to Harm Oneself” (GetRealPhilippines.COM and Blog Watch Citizen Media, March 19 and the Human Rights Online Philippines, March 22). Last Wednesday, a freshman student from the University of the Philippines-Manila ended her life, two days after “she was forced…
There is a grain of truth to our present malady namely, that our educational system has failed us! The answer must be “yes” and this modern day education system has in fact, failed the whole world. The world has built many colleges and universities, yet we have no peace because what we consider education is…
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There is no shadow of doubt that the social science subjects undeniably played a vital and pivotal part in harnessing the full potentials of our young. It is precisely through these courses that they broaden their horizons and widen the sphere of their mental grasps. It is also incontestable that the most suitable place for…
How do people kill themselves? According to Wikipedia: “Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of intentionally causing one’s own deathâ€. The following are the usual reasons and often quoted factors given, why an individual commits suicide: “…is committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse. Pressures or misfortunes such…
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Tragic is the only thing that accurately describes the way student Kristel Tejada ended her life at 16 over an inability to pay tuition fees due to the University of the Philippines (UP) where she was enrolled in a Behavioural Science course. As to the conclusions that were drawn from all that, debatable is the…
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There is no doubt that the subjects of Liberal Arts education, such as Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Sociology, Anthropology, etc, – the Humanities as a whole – is the branch of knowledge that specifically deals with the study of what makes us human. Hence, the value and importance of a Liberal Arts education! In the words…
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To be credible, you need to be consistent. And if one is forced to use only one word to describe GetRealPhilippines.com I’d choose this one: consistency. Whether it be in politics or in day-to-day living, we are consistent in our drive to get Filipinos focused on the singular key to a successful life: thinking things…
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