Pagbasa: Susi sa Magandang Kinabukasan

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." We all know that at a very early age, we have been taught that reading plays an important role in making our dreams and goals in life to become possible. That is why our teachers and parents are really pursuing their teaching skills especially when we were still kids just for us to learn how to read during our younger generation.

Understanding the written words is important simply because it develops the mind, and do grows each person's ability in all aspects just like vocabulary expansion, memory improvement, stronger analytical and thinking skills, best writing skills and most of all is the language skills, which is really essential in communicating with other people. Through communication, it bridges the gap between individuals and groups through flow of information and understanding to all of us. Thus, communication is very essential in acquiring new knowledge which will lead us to our development as an individual that later on can lead us to a better future.

Well unfortunately, not everyone is given the gift of the ability to read. But reading is not simply reading. Rather, it is how to put to life on what you have just read not only for yourself but of course for the benefit of everybody. That is why as long as we have the chances to read and learn, we must grab it and never miss  opportunities to take our road to success.

References:
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https://www.cate.org/education/mcbean-library/summer-reading/
https://medium.com/@educasic/reading-is-the-key-to-success-4a94e56ff0e3
https://ebookfriendly.com/best-quotes-books-reading/

Mapanuring Paggamit ng Gadget: Tungo sa Mapagkalingang Ugnayan ng Pamilya at Kapwa

Sa kasalukuyang panahon kung saan tayo ay nabubuhay sa ika- 21 na siglo, hindi na natin maipagkakaila na malaki na ang iniunlad ng ating teknolohiya. Ito'y ay isang patunay na talaga namang malaki na ang agwat ng nakaraan sa kasalukuyan. Isa na rito ang mabilis na pag-usbong ng mga iba't ibang klase ng gadgets. Mga gadgets na dala- dala natin saan man tayo magpunta.

Sa henerasyong aking kinabibilangan kung saan ako'y isa sa mga tinatawag nilang kabataan, aminado ako na naging malaki na ang ginampanang parte ng teknolohiya sa aking pang-araw araw na pamumuhay. Sapagkat sa makabangong panahon na sumisibol ay may napakalaking pagbabago buhat sa dating pamumuhay dahil ang dating mahirap at mabibigat na gawain, pinapagaan ito ng makabagong gadgets na unti-unting umuusbong. Idagdag pa na dulot ng mga gadgets ang mga libangan gaya na lamang ng social media na nagsisilbing tambayan ng mga kabataan. Na kung minsa'y dulot nito ay kapahamakan na kinasasadlakan ng mga kabataang tinagurian pa namang pag-asa ng bayan. Kagaya na lamang ng mga kabataang mga hubad na larawan ang siyang ipingangalandakan, pati ang pakikipag away sa social media'y nagsisilbing tanghalan. Pati mga fake news ay kaagad na pinaniniwalaan nang wala man lang matibay na basehan. Sa oras na maling gawi ang pinanggamitan, maaring may masama itong idudulot na makaaapekto ito sa ating lahat at di lamang sa iilan. Isa pa rito ay ang pagkawala ng oras para sa Diyos, sa pamilya, at sa kapwa. Minsan nga tuwing weekends, nasa loob na lamang ng apatna sulot ng kwarto. Nagmumokmok sa kapapanuod ng Youtube at kakatingin sa facebook. Imbes sana na gawin ito, bakit 'di na lang makisalamuha sa iba'y ating bigyang subok? Buong maghapon sa kapapanood ng inaabangang k-drama, imbes sana na requirement ay tapusin nang sa gayo'y di mahuli sa pagpasa. At higit sa lahat, sa loob ng simbahan puro cellphone ang gamit imbes sana na mga salita ng Diyos ay isapuso't isaisip. 

Lahat ng bagay dito sa mundo'y may magaganda't masasamang epekto. Ang mga gadgets na ating kinahuhumalinga'y hindi natin makakasama panghabang- buhay. Kung kaya naman tayo na't kumilos ng wasto sa mga masasamang dulot ng gadgets 'wag papaapekto. 

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Reflection: Second Grading Period

                               

School helps children to develop important skills, knowledge and values that set them up for further learning and participation in their community. School helps them to make the most of life opportunities.

Our ICT or the Information and Communications Technology has started during second week of August. And during this short period of time, we were able to discuss different kinds of topics like: Different kinds of Internet Access like the WiMAX, Wireless ISP, WiFi and etc. We also discussed HTML, HTML tags, and creating an HTML file.  But as usual, the life of a student is really hard especially in terms of time management in making our requirements and activities. But with the help of our teacher who continues to guide and motivate us, I was able to survive the second grading period.  

As what Napoleon Hill quoted, "Education comes from within: you get it by struggle, and effort and thought." This clearly means that in order to learn and gain new knowledge, we need to experience different struggles and we need to sacrifice our time and efforts. 

References: 

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https://www.brainyquote.com/lists/topics/top_10_education_quotes

United Nations Celebration Theme 2018

Every 24th day of October, the United Nations is celebrating their United Nations Week, which runs from 20 to 26 October. As part of this celebration, In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 24 as the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nation which aims to be devoted in making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for its work. 

This year marks the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the themeThe theme focuses on the importance of recalling the fundamental connection between outmost poverty and human rights, and that people living in poverty are disproportionately affected by many human rights violations. In February 1987, Joseph Wresinski, one of the first persons to highlight this direct link between human rights and extreme poverty appealed to the Human Rights Commission to examine the question of extreme poverty and human rights and eloquently captured the nexus between human rights and extreme poverty with his profound observation: “Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty.” 

The continuation of the unending poverty, is one of the  major concerns for the United Nations and, at its 72nd session. It is important that the Third Decade’s inter-agency, system-wide plan of action to coordinate the poverty eradication efforts of the United Nations system includes an effective partnership with people living with poverty.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty can strongly complement such initiatives because it aims to ensure that the active participation of people living in extreme poverty and those furthest behind is a driving force in all efforts made to overcome poverty, including in the design and implementation of programmers and policies which affect them. Only by creating and nurturing a genuine partnership with people living with poverty will it be possible to build an inclusive world where all people can enjoy their full human rights and lead lives with dignity.

References:

https://www.un.org/development/desa/socialperspectiveondevelopment/international-day-for-the-eradication-of-poverty-homepage/2018-2.html
http://www.un.org/en/events/povertyday/
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/un/international-day-for-

World Teachers' Month Celebration

                               

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Our country celebrates National Teachers' Month Celebration by virtue of Proclamation No. 242 released on August 24, 2011. The celebration begins on September 5 and ends on October 5. The theme "Gurong Pilipino: Turo Mo, Kinabukasan Ko.” is the theme for the "National Teachers' Month" this year 2018. Its celebration is the one that gives  the teachers to express gratitude for their valuable contributions in providing the ultimate quality of education at all levels and in developing and cultivating the improvement of the personality of every student worldwide. In over 100 countries, various activities are being done to identify teachers' efforts to meet the needs of society that are becoming more complex, multicultural and more open to technology.

If youth are considered to be the hope of our community, the future that awaits us depends on the hands of teachers. Teachers who endure all the trials, hardships and sacrifices they are pouring out every day just to give each student a bright future. Some of these problems include: a large number of students  in every classroom, their own money is spent on some school activities, classroom supplies and furniture, as well as photocopying of test papers, handouts and other learning materials and many others that really are really affecting them, and most of all sacrificing their time with their family  just to be present in every school activities.

Therefore, it is our responsibility to give our teachers out outmost respect and gratitude because they are the ones that tend to be our bridges in fulfilling our goals and and life.

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https://www.phlpost.gov.ph/stamp-releases.php?id=3844

Wavefront: Accentuating Potentials, Activating Technological Advancements

   
                                

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Yearly, the National Science Club Month is being celebrated every September which is mandated by the Presidential Proclamation No. 264. Correspondingly, the Philippine Society of Youth Science Clubs (PYSC) leads the conducting of activities that aspires to promote further Public Understanding of Science, Technology and Environment (PUSTE). They also aims to boost scientific consciousness among the youth, and encourage them to have their full and active participation in the Science Clubbing Movement.

This year, the theme for the National Science Month Celebration is "Wavefront: Accentuating Potentials, Activating Technological Advancements". Moreover, the theme focuses on presenting the importance of Michael Faraday’s famous discovery of electricity and magnetism as part of the same phenomenon (electromagnetism), which is now considered to be the foundation of humans' technological advancements that contributed significant changes in the world until today, and even for the upcoming changes in the future.

Also, the theme charges the responsibility to the youth and Science clubbers as a role of emphasizing such potentials and activating activities that contributes to the advancement of technology. These activities are not created not only to enhance the skills of the students and their thinking abilities but also yielding the National Wellness of the school and create an impact of good communication and to create new knowledge that can contribute for the betterment of our future.

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Resilience of Filipinos Towards Disasters

                                

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Our country Philippines is known to be one of the most susceptible countries in the world to natural disasters and climate change. With over 7,000 islands, and over 36,000 kilometers of coastline, nearly everyone – 74 percent of the population – and everywhere – 80 percent of the land area – are vulnerable to disaster, with the capital of Manila considered at “extreme risk." These scenarios caused us in getting used to more than twenty of the world's worst storms coming through every year.  Floods scourging numerous cities and communities everywhere leaving us too much trouble and sufferings.

 And everytime these disasters leave us,it's time for us again to do our outmost capability to fix, to fully understand why we have to experience such things, to find some ways to make peace with loss, to find reasons to burgeon and survive, and to always look up for the things that we all need to do in terms of what we can do for assistance to other people and community reconstruction efforts that does not only takes months but rather it takes years.  

As with any other of my compatriots,  I also once grieved, also made peace with the thoughts and questions why we have to suffer and  as with what other people did, I  also had to rebuild.  It is really an art that we have to learn.

We Filipinos were born, raised and taught how to continue living during the times and cycles misfortune, loss, and rebuilding. We at our best, and ablest have to find ways and means inrebuilding again our community. Everyone of us will once again note our typical "Philippine resilience and faith" in how we deal with this every year. 

We can have resilience if we continue to have the faith in our minds and souls. Therefore, hand in hand everyone of us must act and be accountable.

References:

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http://www.give2asia.org/disaster-preparedness-and-resilience-philippines/

http://archinews.weebly.com/resiliency-of-filipinos-against-natural-calamities.html