SADDENED...SHOCKED

Saddened......Shocked!!!

Just watched the news and was very saddened to hear that out of 36 countries we were rated 33 or 34 in Math and out of 46, number 43 in Science.....so I waited for the proposed solution of the agency tasked to fix this problem...and I was shocked by the proposed solution....they will teach Math and Science in Tagalog, because when asked by teachers why they failed Math and Science, the response of the students were that they could not understand the lesson because it was in English....so instead of trying to improve the teaching of the English language, their quick-fix solution may just result in students who will graduate elementary with extremely low proficiency in English.

Look, I am all for every Filipino becoming extremely proficient in our native tongue...dapat lang na pag Pilipino ka, bihasa at magaling kang magtagalog.....pero hindi nangangahulugan na hindi ka dapat magambisyon na maging magaling din sa wikang Ingles, dahil ito'y malaking tulong sa kinabukasan mo.

The example given by the spokesperson of the agency involved was this....now instead of teaching "greater than" or "less than" tinuturo namin ay "mas malaki" at "mas maliit"....so am I supposed to believe that elementary students will not be able to understand "greater than" or "less than" even if you teach it to them again and again?

During the time of our parents, during the Commonwealth Period", every single lesson was taught in English and they learned...during our time, we had a Filipino Subject, but every other subject was in English and we did well.....The kids today are being lectured in Taglish tapos hindi pa rin naiintindihan, at kailangan Tagalog na lahat?.....So are we just to accept that this younger generation of students are less intelligent than the generations before them?

Instead of fixing the solution by making them more proficient in English, not just speaking but understanding, we compound the problem, by making them feel that is is absolutely not necessary. This is the teachers fault, this is the parent's fault. If parents would spend more time with their kids reading and watching the right shows, and guiding them properly, instead of spending "time for myself" and "time to pursue my own goals and needs" more often....perhaps this would not happen. I always thought each parent's ultimate goal is to make their children better, if it stands in the way of their own dreams or needs then you sacrifice for your children....This is on us!!!

For a country, that for the longest time, has been dependent on the money sent by the Overseas Contract Workers, it is surprising that we don't really care that our kids today cannot understand "greater than" and "less than".

I've said this before....our politicians, esp. the corrupt ones and the "bida ng mga masa" are loving this....they are happy when the future of education is bleak...because their chances of getting elected again and again is stronger kapag hindi masyadong matalino ang botante....Di ba bida ng mga masa?


God bless this generation and the next generation of kids!