Forum Support scott h Posted October 10 Forum Support Posted October 10 Remember that song! There have been some threads lately about the amount of time school is not in session. Here is one for ya. Schools (and government offices) will not be open for two days in Manila and Pasay due to an international conference being held near the Mall of Asia. Why? So traffic will be smooth for the dignitaries. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted October 11 Forum Support Posted October 11 School closed here today because report cards are being distributed... 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted October 12 Posted October 12 As long as the (daily) dancing and drumming practice sessions aren't compromised...all's well with the education system, and no worries about staffing McDs and Jollibees in the future. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted October 12 Author Forum Support Posted October 12 16 minutes ago, graham59 said: staffing McDs and Jollibees in the future Hoping that the same thing does not happen here as in the states then. Where people are so uneducated that the only job they can have is at Mac's or Jolly and the traditional afterschool jobs are taken by adults. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted October 12 Posted October 12 To be honest, it's tragic that millions of kids are being so short-changed with their 'education' here. More to do with inflexibility and stupidity than poverty. I've heard all the excuses. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Posted October 12 Posted October 12 26 minutes ago, graham59 said: More to do with inflexibility and stupidity than poverty. I've heard all the excuses. It's planned. The last thing the people that run this country want is an educated electorate. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJReyes Posted October 12 Posted October 12 During my school years, we looked forward to typhoon season. The rule was a Signal Two meant schools had to shut down. This could happen in the middle of the day, and they would ring the dismissal bell. No one went home. Everyone went to downtown Manila. The movie theaters were packed. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnMyWay Posted October 12 Posted October 12 6 hours ago, JJReyes said: During my school years, we looked forward to typhoon season. The rule was a Signal Two meant schools had to shut down. This could happen in the middle of the day, and they would ring the dismissal bell. No one went home. Everyone went to downtown Manila. The movie theaters were packed. Usually our private school follows the the declaration of the Olongapo mayor. A while back they cancelled based on signal 1, which they said was Deped guidance. The mayor never cancelled and it was a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted October 13 Posted October 13 11 hours ago, JJReyes said: During my school years, we looked forward to typhoon season. The rule was a Signal Two meant schools had to shut down. This could happen in the middle of the day, and they would ring the dismissal bell. No one went home. Everyone went to downtown Manila. The movie theaters were packed. Same thing happens now in Hong Kong. Entertainment venues do a roaring trade. Farcical situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support scott h Posted October 13 Author Forum Support Posted October 13 As I was taking my walk yesterday, as I passed poor homes with passels of kids from toddlers to adolescents I had an epiphany. Perhaps the poor think like farmers in the old days, have lots of kids and hopefully enough survive to help work the farm. But here, perhaps the thinking is, have lots of kids, pick out the smartest one, pour all your resources into educating that one kid, he/she will get a decent job as an OFW of some type and support the entire family. hmmmmmmm 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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