21st Century Learners

Policies and Achievements of the Government and Regeneration of the Filipino by President Manuel L. Quezon [Delivered before the faculties and student bodies of public and private schools, colleges, and universities, at the José Rizal Memorial Field, August 19, 1938]   Note: An excerpt of it will be used for this lesson.              National strength can only be built on character. A nation is nothing more nor less than its citizenry. It is the people that make up the nation and, therefore, it cannot be stronger than its component parts. Their weakness is its failings, their strength its power. Show me a people composed of vigorous, sturdy individuals, of men and women healthy in mind and body; courteous, brave, industrious, self-reliant; purposeful in thought as well as in action; imbued with sound patriotism and a profound sense of righteousness; with high social ideals and a strong moral fiber; and I...

                                                                    HINILAWOD When the goddess of the eastern sky Alunsina (also known as Laun Sina, “The Unmarried One”) reached maidenhood, the king of the gods, Kaptan, decreed that she should marry. All the unmarried gods of the different domains of the universe tried to win her hand to no avail. She chose to marry a mortal, Datu Paubari, the mighty ruler of Halawod. Her decision angered her other suitors. They plotted to bring harm to the newlyweds. A meeting of the council of gods was called by Maklium-sa-t’wan, god of the plains, where a decision by those present was made to destroy Halawod by flood. Alunsina and Paubari escaped harm through the assistance of Suklang Malayon, the goddess and guardian of happy homes and sister of Alunsina, who learned of the ...

Rizal's Letter: To the Young Women of Malolos (Full Copy) To the Young Women of Malolos by José Rizal When I wrote Noli Me Tangere, I asked myself whether bravery was a common thing in the young women of our people.  I brought back to my recollection and reviewed those I had known since my infancy, but there were only few who seem to come up to my ideal.  There was, it is true, an abundance of girls with agreeable manners, beautiful ways, and modest demeanor, but there was in all an admixture of servitude and deference to the words or whims of their so-called "spiritual fathers" (as if the spirit or soul had any father other than God), due to excessive kindness, modesty, or perhaps ignorance.  They seemed faced plants sown and reared in darkness, having flowers without perfume and fruits without sap. However, when the news of what happened at Malolos reached us, I saw my error, and great was my rejoicing.  After all, who is to blame me? ...

Hello 21st Century Learners! Kindly read my last post. Analyze the poem titled "A Man Falls to his death". This poem may present some difficulty because of its complex language. Remember poetry is intentionally vague to allow a number of interpretations to surface. Try to read the poem in these manners: a. Continuous reading in a normal pace b. Continuous reading in a slow pace c. Reading in parts (every five lines) in a slow pace. Analyze the poem first then answer the questions below(Write in one whole sheet of paper) a. What was your experience in reading the poem? Was it easy or difficult to read?Why? b. What words make it a difficult poem? c. What is the tone of he poem? How does it sound like? Note: This will be submitted on Monday (July 31 - Yellow Paper). Our topic on Monday revolves on current news. Read the newspaper or check the internet about the latest happenings in our country. We all need to be aware about the happenings in our environment.

A Man  Falls  To His Death 1      Blood is nothing. Space is all. Is. 2      A simple diagram illustrates this:          3      where A is the tenth floor of steel and glass (He was on 4      the noon shift forging the dream to a reality fine mean 5      could slumber in, or whores, in antechamber, touch their bone) 6      and B the level earth (Above the clogged engine 7      a shadow traced the lines on his foot, while shoot 8      his brain with firelights the money did). Put 9      down an imaginary circle around the vertical. 10    Compute the square of guilt against an integral 11    his age built when he was young: wrong, 12    axiomatic: the sum stands thus: Alo...

Five Brothers, One Mother  Taurus St., Cinco Hermanos, Marikina  The Marikina house wasn’t finished yet, but with an ultimatum hanging over our heads, we had no choice but to move in. Just how unfinished the house was became bruisingly clear on our first night. There was no electricity yet, and the windows didn’t have screens. There were mosquitoes. I couldn’t sleep the whole night. My sister slept on a cot out in the upstairs hall instead of her room downstairs, maybe because it was cooler here. Every so often she would toss and turn, waving bugs away with half-asleep hands. I sat beside her and fanned her. She had work the next day. In the morning someone went out and bought boxes and boxes of Katol. Work on the house would continue, but it remains unfinished eight years later. All the interiors, after a few years of intermittent work, are done. But the exterior remains unpainted, still the same cement gray as the day we moved in, though grimier now. Marikina’s factories ar...