Re: Embarrassing Teacher License Tests

What do you expect from a country that values celebrities and pompous politicians more than scientists, doctors, engineers, etc. Heck, monkey see monkey do...FPJ, ex-prez Estrada aren't exactly Mensa members nor are they even in the ballpark...yet the country idolizes them, including the glut of actors/actresses-turned-mayors-congressmen. Its pathetic that our countrymen can easily be deluded by false words, false promises, false perceptions...i guess being in movies is like being in real life...these 'heroes' will save the day at the end...yeah right. Our schools who should be educating these people area failing them, and you have the end results of generations of people so far removed from what is real and expedient...imagined greatness and forever associating success with greed are sure fire ways down the wayward path...

The country is mired in mediocrity, forever wallowing in poverty, unable to compete with even its neighbors in areas of finance, economics, leadership, and yes even sports...Everytime we talk about Olympic sports, we always talk about the good old days, meaning half a century ago...can't Filipinos ever aspire to become athletically superior or we forever relegated to has-beens or Third World weaklings...even in the areas of education, our so-called bastions of educational excellence are not even ranked, much less recognized...we are way behind the curve of social, political, educational, and economic progress...our armies can't even suppress or destroy mere bandits or rebels who are probably better armed themselves...

But what do I care...i'm sure i'm not the first one who knows or has expressed these gripes and observations :)


boracaybill@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Perhaps related is this, seen in the Philstar today:

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EDITORIAL - Dropping out

The Philippine Star 11/20/2005

There is an endless stream of bad news from the education sector. The
latest emerged during Senate deliberations on the proposed 2006 budget
of the Department of Education. DepEd officials reported that the
number of school dropouts is increasing. Only 68 out of every 100 first
grade students reach the sixth grade, according to DepEd officials, and
only 66 graduate from elementary school. Of the 66, 58 go on to high
school, and only 43 finish secondary education. Of the 43, 23 go on to
college, with only 14 getting a university degree.

A survey conducted by the National Statistics Office painted an equally
depressing picture. The NSO survey showed that one in every three
Filipinos aged 6 to 24 never received formal education or has dropped
out of school.

The country, which used to boast of one of the highest literacy rates
in Asia, can use a wake-up call. The NSO survey also showed that one in
10 Filipinos aged 10 to 64 cannot read or write while two out of every
19 Filipinos are functionally illiterate.

The findings are consistent with the results of assessment exams for
elementary and high school students, which many flunk despite passing
scores so low they are almost a joke. The findings are also consistent
with the appalling consequence of the introduction of a new curriculum
and grading system in public high schools, which rightly puts more
weight on science and mathematics: about a third of students flunked
the previous school year.
<snip>
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see http://www.philstar.com/philstar/news200511202601.htm for the full
story

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