Blog Posts on civics
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Paths by Going against the current on Jul 19, 2011Last Monday, I saw her again after eight long years, right in the middle of a morning train rush to work. My last glimpse of her, she was my seatmate in our fourth year, was during our high school graduation in 2003, crying, like all high school stud...
Siddhartha 101 with Little Buddha by Creative Hemispheres on Dec 16, 2010In 1994, director Bernardo Bertolucci released the movie Little Buddha as an attempt to portray the life of the founder of Buddhism as an epic piece of cinema. It also shows one of actor Keannu Reeves’ attempts to break away from his “Bil...
Revamping Philippine Education by SUSTAINABLE PHILIPPINES on Jun 21, 2010Schools in the Philippines just opened to start the new school year. As usual, more classrooms and more teachers are needed. I do not believe the shortages are due to lack of government funds and unavailability of Education graduates. The probl...
1986, by Aurelio Alvero by Creative Hemispheres on Jun 11, 2010Today marks the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. In commemoration of this, I leave you with this poem by Aurelio Alvero 1896 – The Cry of Balintawak Freedom! The cry awoke Balintawak, And the echoes answered back:”Freedom...
1896, by Aurelio Alvero by Creative Hemispheres on Jun 11, 2010Today marks the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. In commemoration of this, I leave you with this poem by Aurelio Alvero 1896 – The Cry of Balintawak Freedom! The cry awoke Balintawak, And the echoes answered back:”Freedom!...
1896, by Aurelio Alvero by Creative Hemispheres on Jun 11, 2010Today marks the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence. In commemoration of this, I leave you with this poem by Aurelio Alvero 1896 – The Cry of Balintawak Freedom! The cry awoke Balintawak, And the echoes answered back:”Freedom...
Ancient Greece and the Olympics… and Percy Jackson by Creative Hemispheres on May 24, 2010The Spawn and I started tackling some lessons from the Grade 2 reading list of Global Village School. I suggested we read Hour of the Olympics, Magic Tree House #16 by Mary Pope Osborne because the movie, Percy Jackson was a huge hit earlier this ye...
Why Global Village School by Creative Hemispheres on May 17, 2010When I finally decided that we would homeschool, there was no question in my mind which program we would use… It would have to be the curriculum of Global Village School. When I was researching different homeschooling programs, GVS struck a c...
Legend of the Ylang-Ylang by Creative Hemispheres on May 10, 2010It’s election day! I hope you’ve all cast you’re votes already. Whoever you voted for, I hope you exercised your right and voted for whoever you believe is right for the job. The Spawn kept asking people who they voted for and ga...
