Here are the slideshows for Aralin 1, 3 and 4. Plus the Project Plan and the Template for the Project Proposal.
Aralin 4: astong Pagpapahalaga sa mga Pinagkukunang-yaman
Aralin 3: ng Katangian at kahalagahan ng yamang tao
Aralin 1: Ekonomiks sa paglipas ng panahon
Project Plan: First Grading
Project Proposal: Template
Monday, July 30, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
One month in the College of Law
Exactly a month has gone by since I started my law studies. Many things can be said of law school. Only two points will I make:
1. Raw intellect is not enough
It pays, of course, to have a high level of intelligence and common sense in law school. Professors assign so much reading assignment. Usually these materials include statutes, EOs, memoranda, and Presidential Decrees. And the standard fare in law school---kilometric Supreme Court decisions that are most often than not written in a circumlocutory manner.
Intelligence is therefore needed in reading and understanding those materials. But reading and understanding those materials is one thing. Securing copies and finding time to actually read them is another.
In this case, intelligence can be of little help. Diskarte can be of great help. For example, Supreme Court cases are found either in the internet, in the voluminous Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA). If you are a working student like me, how on earth will you find time in looking for the cases assigned and read them afterwards?
Which leads me to point number two.
2. Selfishness has no place
I find that making friends---especially full-time students---who can share materials with you is key. It must be noted, though, that a mutualistic relationship must be cultivated, not a parasitic one. One must also be ready to share what one has. Otherwise, your friends will soon realize that you're just using them.
And it might spell the end of one's career, even before one has not made such.
1. Raw intellect is not enough
It pays, of course, to have a high level of intelligence and common sense in law school. Professors assign so much reading assignment. Usually these materials include statutes, EOs, memoranda, and Presidential Decrees. And the standard fare in law school---kilometric Supreme Court decisions that are most often than not written in a circumlocutory manner.
Intelligence is therefore needed in reading and understanding those materials. But reading and understanding those materials is one thing. Securing copies and finding time to actually read them is another.
In this case, intelligence can be of little help. Diskarte can be of great help. For example, Supreme Court cases are found either in the internet, in the voluminous Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA). If you are a working student like me, how on earth will you find time in looking for the cases assigned and read them afterwards?
Which leads me to point number two.
2. Selfishness has no place
I find that making friends---especially full-time students---who can share materials with you is key. It must be noted, though, that a mutualistic relationship must be cultivated, not a parasitic one. One must also be ready to share what one has. Otherwise, your friends will soon realize that you're just using them.
And it might spell the end of one's career, even before one has not made such.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Let peace be our star
Below is a speech I gave at the launching of the Araling Panlipunan Area's Peacebook Campaign on July 9, 2012.
Respice stellam. Look at the stars. That’s the motto of our school. The star has always been within our sight, but never within our reach. Peace is like the star: always within our sight, but never within our reach.
For sure, all of us agree that there should be peace among peoples of Mindanao. We just can’t agree, however, how exactly we can achieve peace.
For the separatist factions, only when Mindanao is made into an independent state can there be real peace. By then, wars between the government and rebel groups will have ceased. Muslims will be free from the shackles of Imperial Manila. They will have governed and managed their own resources.
For the government, only when rebels and those who took up arms against the government are eliminated can there be real peace. Socio-politico-economic and educational reforms are hard to initiate in a war-torn environment. Remove the rebels, peace will follow.
For us Marisians, how can we help achieve peace?
Let’s be guided by our motto. Respice stellam. Look at the stars. Indeed, we are asked only to look at the stars, not to get hold of it. For no man has ever gotten hold of the star. But stars have guided countless men in their quests.
Let peace be our star. We may not get hold of it, but it would guide us in all our dealings with men of different class, color, and creed.
Professor Edith Brown Weiss said “In all that we do, we inherently represent not only ourselves but past and future generations. We represent past generations, even while trying to obliterate the past, because we embody what they passed on to us. We represent future generations because the decisions we make today affect the well-being of all persons who come after us and the integrity and robustness of the planet they will inherit.”
As representatives of the future generations, how can you ensure that they will enjoy the blessings you are enjoying now? What specific ways will you take so that those who will come after you shall look to the past, not with grudge, but with gratitude?
Respice stellam. Look at the stars. That’s the motto of our school. The star has always been within our sight, but never within our reach. Peace is like the star: always within our sight, but never within our reach.
For sure, all of us agree that there should be peace among peoples of Mindanao. We just can’t agree, however, how exactly we can achieve peace.
For the separatist factions, only when Mindanao is made into an independent state can there be real peace. By then, wars between the government and rebel groups will have ceased. Muslims will be free from the shackles of Imperial Manila. They will have governed and managed their own resources.
For the government, only when rebels and those who took up arms against the government are eliminated can there be real peace. Socio-politico-economic and educational reforms are hard to initiate in a war-torn environment. Remove the rebels, peace will follow.
For us Marisians, how can we help achieve peace?
Let’s be guided by our motto. Respice stellam. Look at the stars. Indeed, we are asked only to look at the stars, not to get hold of it. For no man has ever gotten hold of the star. But stars have guided countless men in their quests.
Let peace be our star. We may not get hold of it, but it would guide us in all our dealings with men of different class, color, and creed.
Professor Edith Brown Weiss said “In all that we do, we inherently represent not only ourselves but past and future generations. We represent past generations, even while trying to obliterate the past, because we embody what they passed on to us. We represent future generations because the decisions we make today affect the well-being of all persons who come after us and the integrity and robustness of the planet they will inherit.”
As representatives of the future generations, how can you ensure that they will enjoy the blessings you are enjoying now? What specific ways will you take so that those who will come after you shall look to the past, not with grudge, but with gratitude?
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