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START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS |
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By Nelly Ramos Rana - AFF
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Wednesday, 03 September 2008 |
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Mention “pygmalion effect” to your child’s school principal or teacher and you’ll get a nod of recognition, and a smile. It is well known in psychological/educational research and has become a buzzword in business/management as “galatea effect”. But let’s not get lost in semantic quagmire. The Webster’s Dictionary defines ‘expect’ as a verb from Latin “expectare”: ex-“out” and spectare-“to look”; to believe that something will occur. Expectation: a looking forward or waiting for something. Limited expectations bring limited results; conversely, high expectations bring exceptional results. Though this seems to be common sense, this concept is so intriguing in academia that it has become a popular topic of research. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 September 2008 )
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The Importance of "The Kids" |
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By Justine Saquilayan - AFF
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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How in the world did we get here?
Not the scientific explanation, because that’s something NONE of us want to even think about. Or even the governmental procedures, airplane bookings, wait-listing, or packing it took to make the big trip over the Pacific.
Those are all equally important when attempting to link a chain from the Philippines to the physical place we stand today, but Filipino youths like to joke of a special boat our parents all happened to travel on which eventually led to the creation of a collective group of friends referred to as “insert-respective-group-name-here.” The rest is history. It’s a story that, almost sub-consciously, has been passed on from city to city and now generation to generation. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 July 2008 )
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Pagtawa Ay Gamot! (Joke Only) |
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By Jay De Leon - AFF
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Never love if you are not prepared to be hurt; Never start if you don’t have plan to finish; Never speak if you don’t mean it; Most importantly, never inhale pag may UMUTOT. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 July 2008 )
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By Jay De Leon - AFF
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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May mga bidabidahan na dito ay kumakalat Isipan at puso mo’y lubhang magugulat Kapwa Pinoy natin ang mga nagsisiwalat Sa kagimbal-gimbal na trabaho at banat.
Kapag ang tao ay sadyang kapos at gipit Sa patalim man daw ay sila ay kakapit Sadyang may mga tao namang nangigipit Sa halip na tumulong ikaw ay lalung iniipit.
Doon sa Pilipinas ay Indian ang may gawa Ang sumisipsip ng dugo ng taong kawawa Araw-araw ay dadalawin ka ng taong timawa Nakapayong pang dadating interes ang sadya. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 15 July 2008 )
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PROSPECTIVE FROM INSIDE OUT |
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By Joe Lagman - AFF
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Tuesday, 01 July 2008 |
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I was driving towards the end of Shea Blvd. on my way to a meeting at Fountain Hills last month, when I focused my eyes towards the Superstition Mountain. At this point of time, I could not help but admire the awesome wonder of the scenic view of that place. What’s remarkable about was the Dutch man’s mine still shrouded in mystery up to this date.
When I got home, I opened my old Arizona Highway magazine with some old news-paper clipping. From the front page of Arizona Republic dated May 18, 2005 Treasure Trove Permit granted to team from Historical Exploration and Treasures. For the team leader, the dig accordingly was a realization of the life long passion, of a 40-year chasing of legends and lore’s. The famous Dutch man’s mine and Peralta’s gold and silver bars from Mexico hidden somewhere in the Superstition Mountain after fleeing in 1848. There are many tales and lore’s written books and as well as mentioned stories in Western States.
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Preview of NBA season 2008-2009Friday, 03 October 2008As numerous sportswriters try to project what the next season will be and explain why that is the case, I will not write out of a forecast mold but I will ask questions that hopefully will...