No homework on weekends - DepEd

[josh2004i]

He-he! Only in the Philippines...........

Only in the Philippines ba dude!

Try to go overseas, travel around the world....

Para may clue kayo...cluelessness yan dude

[chua_riwap]

Only in the Philippines ba dude!

Try to go overseas, travel around the world....

Para may clue kayo...cluelessness yan dude

What do you mean by that......... Josh?

[RustyXIII]

I have always viewed homework as useless. Private schools are notorious for piling on homework. This is a trick they use to fool parents into thinking that they are getting their money's worth. Many think that because schoolwork is so "hard" that their kids are getting quality education. "Wow! My kid sleeps late because homework is so hard, research is so hard, there's just so many things to do. This is a great school!"

Homework for college is different though. I see advanced reading as necessary for you to be able to participate during discussion. It's now your responsibility to know what people in class are talking about. The professor is not supposed to hold the handlebars as you struggle to ride the bike anymore. Everybody is assumed to know how to ride at this point.

[vito corleone]

tama 'yan, let's pull the children away from studying para manatiling mga mangmang. . .let's not teach the children how to manage their time para para hindi sila lumaking efficient members of the society. . .

i enrolled my kid to kumon so we do her extra lessons even during weekends, so lumalabag pala ako sa batas hehhe

whoever thought of that idea is utak ampaw

[chua_riwap]

tama 'yan, let's pull the children away from studying para manatiling mga mangmang. . .let's not teach the children how to manage their time para para hindi sila lumaking efficient members of the society. . .

i enrolled my kid to kumon so we do her extra lessons even during weekends, so lumalabag pala ako sa batas hehhe

whoever thought of that idea is utak ampaw

Bro. Armin L........

[tidus1203]

Taga DLSU pa naman sya pero yung time namin ang daming sleepless nights!

[andywesteast]

Of course,

Government says: KEEP THEM POOR, KEEP THEM STUPID

[LHV]

tama lang yan

i came from a family of teachers, parents ko are both teachers, lahat ng tita ko, pati pinsan at kapatid teacher din, ako engr he he

feeling kasi ng school lahat ng dapat matutunan nasa kanila kaya kinukuha nila lahat ng oras, marami pang dapat matutunan outside of school

rememeber yung mga classmates mong honor at valedictorian, yung magagaling sa school, successful din ba sila sa tunay na buhay, sa experience ko hindi eh, school will give you a good chance in life but it will not teach you everything in life

[uls]

check this out

Lapid files bill banning overloading of students’ school bags
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...ts-school-bags

MANILA, Philippines – First, there was the “no homework on weekend” policy in a memo by Education Secretary Armin Luistro.

Now, there is the “no overloading of school bags” bill filed by Sen. Lito Lapid to prevent young students from getting injured or getting “deformed.”

Lapid filed Senate Bill 2179 or “An act limiting the amount of weight of bags carried by children in school and implementing proactive measures to protect school children’s health from the adverse effect of heavy school bag.”

The measure was forwarded to the committees on health and demography; education, arts and culture; and finance last week.

Lapid explained that young students carrying heavy bags had become a “common phenomenon” in schools as they were required to bring their textbooks, notebooks and other items every day.

However, overloaded backpacks could cause “chronic, low-level trauma” if children were “exposed to this practice over a long period since spinal ligaments and muscles are not fully developed until after 16 years of life,” he said.

He cited a study by the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Free State in South Africa, which showed that back pains and spinal problems experienced by young students were due to heavy backpack loads.

“Health is the most priority for the children. Education is futile if the frail bodies of children are compromised. Pupils are supposed to listen to their teachers in school, and read their textbooks at home. In the end, having pupils carry heavy load to school will be counterproductive, with many of them physically deformed as adults,” Lapid said.

“Heavy load in school could be one reason why so many now suffer from spinal injuries, including slipped discs,” he added.

The senator said his bill was meant to make school administrators, teachers, parents and schoolchildren aware of this “unhealthful practice.”

Lapid proposed that schools disallow overweight bags or those that weigh more than 15 percent of a student’s body weight.

[uls]

ganito nalang, i-ban nalang ang schools

home study nalang lahat ng bata

masyado yata hazardous ang schools sa childhood eh

[oliver1013]

Iba na ata kasi ngayon kesa nung kapanahunan natin. Minsang kinuha ko yung card ng anak ko, tinanong ko yung teacher kung anong ranking niya sa klase, sabi sakin hindi na daw ginagawa yun kasi obsolete na daw, sabi ko naman bakit e pano naman yung competetiveness ng bata siempre sabi ko kung ano man ang rank niya at kinumpara sa kakalase niya baka lalong mag pursige magaral. Ang sagot sakin e, ang ranking sa school kasi pang academics lang, subject sa loob ng classroom kumbaga, pano sir kung yung anak mo ang talent e sa sports o arts hindi magrereflect yun sa academics, pero dapat mo parin supportahan, madedemoralize lang daw yung bata kung ipipilit mo na mag achieve siya sa academics tapos yung God given talents niya hindi mo susuportahan. Hehe hindi nako nakipag debate, naalala ko bigla si Pacquiao eh tsaka yung mga bilyunaryong under grads

Di ako sure pero tingin ko yan din ata yung concept ng no homework sa weekends, kung mahilig mag basketball yung bata, ibabad mo sa kalalaro ng basketball sa weekend baka maging Kobe balang araw tsaka bonding time with dad. Ganun din kung gusto mag swimming, piano, gitara etc.

[foresterx]

tama lang yan

i came from a family of teachers, parents ko are both teachers, lahat ng tita ko, pati pinsan at kapatid teacher din, ako engr he he

feeling kasi ng school lahat ng dapat matutunan nasa kanila kaya kinukuha nila lahat ng oras, marami pang dapat matutunan outside of school

rememeber yung mga classmates mong honor at valedictorian, yung magagaling sa school, successful din ba sila sa tunay na buhay, sa experience ko hindi eh, school will give you a good chance in life but it will not teach you everything in life

i agree with this.

also yung mga mas bata kong kapatid nung nag aaral sila jan sa philippines awang awa ako kasi puro homework, imagine going to school 5 days a week for 8 hours na tapos may homework pa everyday so pag uwi nila aral parin hangang mag dinner tapos after dinner ligo na lang sila tapos tulog na. and then pag dating ng week end home work na naman.

one of my classmate in highschool in the philippines, he was top 2 in the whole school of our batch now works for me. nung nag apply siya sakin, nag iinuman lang kami non he asked me if he could work for me of course i said yes since he's a friend and i know na maasahan siya. he told me he never imagined me to be this successful, kasi when we we're in highschool talagang loko ako, parating cutting classes, pasang awa ang mga grades, womanizer, lasingero. so i asked him what happened to him, here's the exact words he told me "i have no life experience, kayo lang ang mga kaibigan ko, naging kaibigan ko lang din kayo dahil cinosider niyo lang para pakopyahin ko kayo, naging mabait lang naman kayo sakin nung nag mature na kayo after college pa, people who don't know me thinks i'm autistic." so i gave him a supervisor position and i found out why he got fired so many times, because he didn't know how to handle and approach people properly. also since his grades are so high people his employers put him in a high postion that he's actually not ready for yet.

[_Cathy_]

^Siguro kung yung classmate mo BA A ang course sa UP or Management Engineering sa ADMU successful pa rin siya kahit kulang sa people skills Nung una hindi ako naniniwala na malayo mararating ng mataas ang grades pero nung nag work na ko, sa office namin mga fresh grad pag Management Engineering manager agad samantalang yung ibang fresh grad from Ateneo na other courses entry level just like the rest of us

In SOME companies, hindi enough na matalino, course and school matters too. Ngayon pati high school tinitingnan na rin.

Karamihan naman siguro ang goal maging business owner, diyan talent talaga, kahit bagsak pa sa school basta may business sense pwede maging successful. Sa corporate world parang iba.

[CoDer]

Ok ako dyan sa banning ng overloaded bags. Naawa ako mga anak ko dahil sa bigat ng laman ng bags nila, sarap ihampas sa mukha ng principal. Lahat ba naman ng libro ng lahat ng subjects daily, wala man lang alternate scheme na ipina-implement.

[shadow]

itong si Leon Guerrero talaga oh.

ako nga dati grade school days eh dalawa ang bags ko English subjects sa umaga and then Chinese for afternoon. pero may taga buhat naman na yaya...hehehe

saka alam ko meron na ako locker ng grade school eh.

saka ngayon napansin ko bakit mga grade schools eh parang 3 hrs a day na lang ang pasok. eh before 7am-4pm kami.

[artpogi]

Ok ako dyan sa banning ng overloaded bags. Naawa ako mga anak ko dahil sa bigat ng laman ng bags nila, sarap ihampas sa mukha ng principal. Lahat ba naman ng libro ng lahat ng subjects daily, wala man lang alternate scheme na ipina-implement.

I notice this too especially for elementary students, whether it's public or private school.

Nakakaawa yung maliliit na bata na pagkabigat-bigat ng bag tapos aakyat ng hagdan.

But to file a bill for this problem is somewhat over reacting.

This problem could have been solve by the principal of the school or even the head teacher.

[jimnyeatworld]

ok yan iban ang overloaded bags tapos kumontrata ang depED ng mga Ebook writers para bilhin na lang ng mga bata along with their future Ipads or laptops or Ebook Readers

mag-bubusiness ako nyan EBook writing ala BPO. ok to ah, this will be one of my list sa idagdag ko services sa business ko sa Fort

[CoDer]

^ Yan lang naman kasi alam ni Leon Guerrero. Well this problem should have already been addressed by DECS a long time ago.

[flakez]

kakaiba talaga mag-isip to si OB ah. hahahaha.

pero kawawa nga mga bata. ambigat kaya ng bag ko dati. kaya ginagawa ko nakiki locker ako sa mga may pambayad sa locker. hehehe. o kaya iniiwan namin sa room yung mga books na hindi naman kelangan for assignment. naka plastic lang or sa ilalim ng upuan.

[james00112233]

one of my classmate in highschool in the philippines, he was top 2 in the whole school of our batch now works for me. nung nag apply siya sakin, nag iinuman lang kami non he asked me if he could work for me of course i said yes since he's a friend and i know na maasahan siya. he told me he never imagined me to be this successful, kasi when we we're in highschool talagang loko ako, parating cutting classes, pasang awa ang mga grades, womanizer, lasingero. so i asked him what happened to him, here's the exact words he told me "i have no life experience, kayo lang ang mga kaibigan ko, naging kaibigan ko lang din kayo dahil cinosider niyo lang para pakopyahin ko kayo, naging mabait lang naman kayo sakin nung nag mature na kayo after college pa, people who don't know me thinks i'm autistic." so i gave him a supervisor position and i found out why he got fired so many times, because he didn't know how to handle and approach people properly. also since his grades are so high people his employers put him in a high postion that he's actually not ready for yet.

ganun din yung napansin ko sa mga dating classmates ko nung HS.. kung sino pa yung mga hindi nag-aaral, panay naglalakwatsa, palaging nasa lower section, eh sila pa yung mga nagiging successful. meron akong kakilala na ka-batch ko sa HS na panay nasa top 5 ng batch naman, palaging kasali at nananalo sa math contest, ang work lang nya ngayon eh agent lang ng isang call center...