Blogs
Taking Up the Cudgels from One Century to the Next
By Mari-An Santos My maternal grandmother is 96 years old. She has led a very full life and is actually still very strong. More importantly, she is also very lucid. She was a teacher all her life. At 19, she started teaching at a schoolhouse in a small town in...
Tutoring Our Children
By Karen Galarpe Back when my son was in preschool and the early grades, I would try to rush home early, and beg off from after-work activities to make way for "Homework Time." That was the time I reserved on weekdays to help my son with his homework, and if there...
My Precarious Year
By Romelda C. Ascutia A little over a year ago, I took the biggest risk of my career: I decided to quit the corporate world and work on my own terms—as a freelance editor. I wish I could say that it was a calculated risk, born of long planning and preparation....
Victorious!
By Rossana Llenado One of the best ways that children learn is through play—this is one of the things that I discovered when we ran a preschool a couple of years ago. You know how young kids usually cry when they have to go to school? Well, our pupils cried...
Open for Improvement
By Regina Abuyuan Around mid-2004, I did the unthinkable: I joined a self-enhancement seminar. Before I actually signed up, though, I went through the usual motions: denial that I needed it; balking at the price; and scoffing at the too-happy, seemingly...
Mapping Me
By Jing Lejano The other week, I attended a mind mapping workshop with my friends from AHEAD Tutorial & Review Center. I've always been fascinated with this thinking tool, which challenges the user to think in a more free form manner. I'm a writer and when...
Learning Starts With Wanting to Learn
By Karen Galarpe At a lunch meeting with a school official, talk veered to teaching. I asked the woman I met with if she also teaches there. "No! I can't teach these young kids. I tried before, but I just can't do it again. I can teach adults, but not college...
Language of the Heart
By Ruth Manimtim-Floresca Recently, a newspaper article posted online caught the attention of many Filipinos and caused a lot of debates in cyberspace. The writer talked about preferring the English language because, according to him, “while Filipino may be the...
All My Bags Are Packed
By Mari-An Santos I am in the midst of packing my life. A few weeks ago, I shared the news with all of you that I was awarded a scholarship grant to take up my Masters abroad, specifically in Europe under the Erasmus Mundus program. After receiving the happy news, I...