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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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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.†– Aristotle This humble paper is a counter-thesis to the prevalent negative and pessimistic view that there is no ethics in politics and that the idea of the ancient Greeks concerning politics is not applicable in our society or in…
“Come to me my babies! Let me quell your pain!” Jim Jones Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones After the sudden resignation of Pope Benedict it was not long before there was speculation about who will be the next pope. That night I was in a room that had the BBC on….
They are always being accused by the establishment as the under-miners of the system! They are mockingly referred to as either the fool on the hill or the solitary hermit in the forest, the madmen, the cave-men, the lone voices in the wilderness, the reclusive fellow in the urban jungle, the poet without a pen,…