Congratulations JM dela Paz & G. Porter on Mar 20, 2010 in People EDFD I am so thrilled to hear from my two former students in EDFD 120 that they've been invited to join the UPIS faculty starting June next academic year. I am confident that both of them will become real assets to the University as they're not only beaut...
St. Joseph Review School (Generoso "Jery" Filio Jr.) on Mar 19, 2010This is to inform all those who are planning to take the LET that I am no longer connected in anyway with the St. Joseph Review School, which is owned by one Generoso "Jerry" C. Filio Jr. This is also to inform all those who are planning to...
Cooking is the best! on Mar 2, 2010 in Beauty and madness Art and Education Trivia Cooking is the only art where you get to eat your finished product. In cooking, learning from a great cook does not necessarily mean that you are going to do a cheap imitation. In cooking, reasonable people don't say, "If the cook is Mike, then...
Wittgenstein on his Tractatus on Feb 28, 2010 in Philosophy <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } A:link { so-language: zxx } --> This is a startling find. Wittgenstein, referring to his book Tractatus, said in a letter to an editor:"The book's point is an ethical one..
Forgive me, I must say it on Feb 11, 2010WTF is this? "Arroyo ally in; Panlilio out" (Inquirer banner headline today).Madness!
Cool stories today from science on Feb 1, 2010If you're a denizen of the world of science, you might not want to miss these:1. "Surfer inspires comparisons to Albert Einstein"2. Undying human cells of Henrietta Lack (HeLa)...
Hugs and kisses on Jan 31, 2010 in Self It's going to be Valentine's day again in a couple of weeks. There will be lots of cute hugs and kisses. I remember again some friends who attempted or had hugged me for various and socially valid reasons. But I never liked to be hugged, especially i...
Regarding Leaders and Evildoers on Jan 27, 2010 in Evildoers In every organization and institution, the biggest trouble is always the leader who is not in control.
Social Reconstructionism: Where should we begin? on Jan 26, 2010 in LET EDFD Education It seems easy to say why we sorely need an education that will enable us, in the long run, here in the Philippines, to reform our society into something that it ought to be. But it's unwise to begin by looking for someone or some thinkers whose philo...
Problem of Social Reconstructionsm on Jan 24, 2010 in LET EDFD Education Social Reconstructionism suggests that education should be an institution of change. Fine. There's not much quarrel about this as this is too general a claim.But this type of reconstructionistic change is said to go beyond the limits of space occupie...
