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One person. Many roles. Countless stories.
From the classroom to the stage and behind the microphone, Alem Garcia has made her mark as an educator, public speaker, host, and performing artist.
But what does it take to thrive in different fields without losing sight of one's passion and purpose?
We sit down with Alem to talk about her journey, the experiences that shaped her, and the person behind her public persona.
Catch her on Beyond the Headlines.
Look Deeper. Think Better.
From the classroom to the stage and behind the microphone, Alem Garcia has made her mark as an educator, public speaker, host, and performing artist.
But what does it take to thrive in different fields without losing sight of one's passion and purpose?
We sit down with Alem to talk about her journey, the experiences that shaped her, and the person behind her public persona.
Catch her on Beyond the Headlines.
Look Deeper. Think Better.
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01:21Then comes the milk, steamed, smooth, creamy, and balanced.
01:26The perfect latte is not brushed.
01:29It is crafted one cup at a time.
01:33Your perfect latte is ready.
01:35Coffee first, then everything else.
01:39Are we educating students not only to become successful, but also to become good and responsible human beings?
01:47Good afternoon. Welcome to Beyond the Headlines.
01:49I'm DJ Moises, and today's conversation is brought to us by Coffee First.
01:54Education is often described as the foundation of nation-building.
02:00Today, our education system faces many challenges, from declining learning outcomes and literacy concerns,
02:08to question about the quality of teaching, the influence of technology, and the values we are instilling in our young
02:16people.
02:17Let's look deeper and think better.
02:20Joining us today is Alam Garcia.
02:22Professor Alam Garcia.
02:26Hello.
02:27A content creator who has taken her influence beyond social media and into the classroom.
02:36So, welcome, Alam, to Beyond the Headlines.
02:38Thank you so much for having me.
02:40Hello to all the Sunstar Nation viewers, and to all the Darwinates.
02:47I'm a blast in Elahara.
02:48I'm a fandom.
02:50Oh, wow.
02:50Thank you for having me.
02:52It's so fun to be here.
02:53No, we're also grateful to have you here.
02:56I think the last time we saw each other was still during the Sinulog coverage.
02:59Sinulog, yes.
03:00And so, speaking of Sinulog coverage, come 2027, let's get it.
03:08Because that's also the space that I also associate you most of the time.
03:14But I know that you have already moved forward also into other interests.
03:20So, from what I gathered, you already have a successful following as a content creator.
03:26So, what made you decide to pivot into teaching?
03:32Wow.
03:34World peace.
03:37Actually, if we try to go back 10 years ago, I did not really intend myself to be an educator.
03:45I've always wanted to become an artista.
03:48I've always wanted to become an artista because I've always admired and idolized Sarah Geronimo.
03:53So, when I was in fourth year college already, I really tried my best to follow her footsteps.
04:00You can read Sarah.
04:01I should watch it.
04:02Hello, Sarah Geronimo.
04:04I told the popsters.
04:05Hello, hello.
04:06And then, things happened.
04:09Pandemic.
04:11And then, until such time, I realized that sometimes you are redirected to certain paths.
04:17Only to realize it wasn't a failure after all, but a redirection to a better path.
04:22That there's a better plan for you.
04:26I realized this calling and this purpose when I was, when I took the courage to take up masters in
04:35UP in 2023.
04:38That was actually just something, I felt like, Marag, I felt like, Marag, walay naadtoon ako ang mga, ako ang
04:47efforts sa content creations, ako ang performing arts nga careers, ako ang showbiz career.
04:52Pagsako ang pag-try sa pag-penetrate sa showbiz career.
04:56Wala kayo siya, Marag, nahatag sa ako, ang ako ang gusto na idealize, na visualized ako sa akong self.
05:03So, I tried, Marag, ni-suggest akong parents nga, why don't you try taking up further studies?
05:09And then, I realized, sige, sige, go.
05:11Social studies, Master of Education and Social Studies in UP Cebu.
05:14And then, then I realized na, oh my gosh, this is something that I'd really want to do for a
05:23long period of time.
05:25And now that you are teaching and we can see your, your students, no?
05:32Uh-uh.
05:33Kan i-teacher kan eh?
05:34No, no, I'm just kidding.
05:37Now that you are teaching, man, what about the profession that you were surprised about?
05:44Or you're having a major adjustment from acting to teaching?
05:50I feel like the discipline I gained when I was doing theater, when I was doing performing arts,
05:59are still the kind of discipline that I can apply to when I'm teaching.
06:04Okay? So, let's say, for example, um, let's say, for example, in theaters, in theater, no, nga, Marag,
06:11we're, we're trained to do three shows and we have to repeat the same thing over and over again for
06:17both.
06:17And then, when it comes to education, man, good, um, when it comes to teaching, like, I, I teach several
06:24blocks
06:24and I have to repeat the lesson every single time when I'm, um, when I'm explaining something
06:29or, like, when I'm introducing a topic, no?
06:31So, kapoy siya, in a sense, nga, kanang, you really have to raise your voice, you have to amplify your
06:37voice,
06:38um, sometimes, exhausting siya, but, I don't know, ha, pero, like, at this point sa ako ang life,
06:45Marag, makaingon pagigus akong self na, enjoy ko.
06:47Kanang, kapoy, physically exhausting, yes, indeed, but, kanang,
06:53I'm at home, kanang siya.
06:56No, actually, when you mentioned about having several classes in a day, it also dawned on me na,
07:04bito, kanang, you have to repeat almost the same thing in every class, but just like theater or acting,
07:10it needs to be fresh each time, no?
07:12Each time.
07:12Bito, no, that's, that's, that's a good point.
07:14Kanang siya, nga, marag, sometimes, like, sometimes, technically, um, people would say that theater
07:19or, like, performing arts have nothing to do with, um, with education or, like, with teaching,
07:24but, more or less, um, I'd like to disagree because, by essence, it's still very much the same.
07:30The forms are different because in, in arts, in performing arts, there's an education involved.
07:37Like, whenever you're portraying a character or whenever you're trying to, um, whenever you're trying to convey a message,
07:42there's a certain lesson in there.
07:44It's just a platform.
07:46Yeah, yeah, it's a different platform.
07:47And then, the stage is just different with school because the stage is the classroom.
07:52The audience are your students, right?
07:55So, when it, because you said that you are feeling more at home this time,
08:01what kind of fulfillment, man, do you get from teaching which social media popularity, uh, did not give you?
08:10Let's be real.
08:11When I was in my 20s because, um, that was the time na super peak ako ang career so social
08:16media, no?
08:16I was kind of, kanang, very, ano lang, kanang, very into myself, nga, nai mo dool sa imuha nga.
08:23Kanang, hai alam, mali nga ko sa mong mga videos ko, ah, that's so sweet, ana.
08:27But, this time, ang gudlahi, ang level sa, kanang, sa dasig and sa motivation when someone comes to you and
08:33say nga,
08:34mm-hmm, hey alam, na-inspire ko muskwila because ni mo.
08:39Mm-hmm.
08:40And that is a different kind of fulfillment, nga, kanang, bitong naakay, call to action, gud, nga,
08:45di nilang ang surface level lang na, wala, kanang, nalingaw lang sila and that's it.
08:49Kanang, mag nakahatag ka nila, kalingaw, yes.
08:51Kanang, that's part of the whole show, right?
08:53That's a whole part, that's part of the whole point of doing content creation.
08:56No, makapa-entertate ka, maka-inspire ka, but it's different when akong gicombine ng education with content creation,
09:02nga, at the same time, kanang, bitong, makapadasig ko nga muskwila.
09:05Because now, at the age of instant gratification, kanang, sometimes, or like, if not always,
09:12kanang, sometimes people think na, kanang, ah, diskarte na lang ito, ano'y gamit ang diploma.
09:16Nag-proliferate na siyang idea.
09:18So, I'd like to combat that, nga.
09:21At the end of the day, your educational attainment is something na dili makawat sa imuha.
09:27It's classic, but it remains true even until today.
09:31So, how would you describe, because I know that we have viewers who are also, kanang, who wants to be
09:36like you.
09:37Oh, sure.
09:37So, how did you grow up?
09:40Were you always the achiever or the outgoing kid?
09:45Koan siya.
09:46Um, at the very beginning sa kong life, there was one thing I knew lang na,
09:54Mora kong buha to, Mukanta ko.
09:56Performing arts lang yun ko.
09:58So, Marag...
09:59I actually did not know that you're saying, but continue.
10:01Kanang siya.
10:01Kanang, ay, kanang ni...
10:03Mukanta lang yun ko.
10:05As a matter of fact, kanang, Marag, maka-achieve kong level of kanang scholarship
10:09kahit tungod mo kanta ko.
10:11So, growing up, supportive akong parents.
10:13Although, like, we did have so much sa among resources, no?
10:15But my parents really strived hard to really, kanang send me sa mga voice lessons,
10:20mga ina-na-na, kanaga-compete naman ko.
10:22And at this time, nagadaog ko.
10:24Until such time...
10:25What was your first winning song that you sang in a competition?
10:29Oh my god, pa kantaan ko, Nimo, dito mo ka-copyright nile.
10:31Ay, kanang, kanina siya.
10:33Himig Pinoy, I won first runner-up.
10:35I was grade 4, 2005.
10:38That was my first competition ever.
10:40I was first runner-up.
10:41Himig Pinoy, ay, sang Karol Banawas, iingatan ka.
10:44And then, after that, my parents were motivated to send me to a voice lesson na school
10:50so that I can really enhance more.
10:52So, after that, I joined Carolinian Idol.
10:56I joined ka ng national competitions.
10:58Kamu-represent sa University of San Carlos North Campus.
11:02And then, until first year high school ko,
11:05and then, nadaot akong tingog because of puberty.
11:09Because when you're male assigned at birth,
11:11mo-change man ang imuhang voice.
11:13So, um, marapitog ka nang.
11:15Marapitog na piangan ato nga tayo.
11:17Because all my life, I knew nga ka nang marag.
11:19Nga akong saving grace akong life.
11:21Ang magpaangat yun ako sa kinabuhin ako, was really singing.
11:25But, kanang, immediately nawala siya niya.
11:27Wala na nako na ang sustain.
11:28So, ay, then, I discovered different facets of myself nga.
11:32Ay, magku-unday ko mag...
11:34Ah, pwede dahi ko student council.
11:36Pwede dahi ko mo-write.
11:37Pwede dahi ko public speaking.
11:38Ah, and eventually, ah, pwede dahi ko mag-acting.
11:41Pwede dahi ko mag-kanang inana ba.
11:42So, that led me to content creation until such time nga ka itong
11:45during our time, way back sa internet era na ito.
11:49There was just friends through Facebook.
11:50During your time.
11:51Yeah.
11:52During our time.
11:53Okay, I'm fine.
11:56So, we didn't really go on.
11:57Like, marag...
11:58It was just really an avenue for me.
12:00And it was not institutionalized, unlike now,
12:03wherein, like, it's really a career, right?
12:05I really started with social media nga.
12:07Marag, siya, diary lang ni mo.
12:10Kahitong frustrated artista ka, kanayin anana ba.
12:13So, then, in 2015, I launched my very first blog.
12:17Blog pa to sa auna.
12:19And then, dili pa concept ka ayaw ang content creation.
12:21Basta blog-blogging.
12:22And then, from then on, up until now, I still do content.
12:25So, safe to say, I feel like I've been doing this for 11 years already.
12:31So, yun na siya.
12:33And that brings you, in my view, in a very good and unique position.
12:37Because you have a following.
12:40And now, you are also into education.
12:44Education.
12:45Which is about influence, no?
12:48So, how do you normally reconcile the two worlds?
12:52Nga di ba, usually when you are content,
12:55largely, it's associated with calling attention to a particular topic.
13:01And education is also associated with being on the backside, being supportive, nurturing.
13:08Bili gusyaw primary.
13:09Yes.
13:09How do you reconcile the two worlds?
13:12How do I reconcile?
13:14I always make sure nga, na I value ang ako, ang content na ginapon.
13:22Kanang, dili lang siya any any ba nga.
13:23Kanang, um, not directly siguro nga kanang hard-selling gud siya nga.
13:28Muskwila mo, muskwila gud mo.
13:30Kanang, I just really, um, gives akong content nga.
13:33Kanang, there's a certain level of kanang, um, there's a certain level of wonder and fulfillment
13:39when you're doing education.
13:40Um, aside, na, like, that's my, for my daily vlogs,
13:44sorry, kanang, a day in my life na ako sa, as an educator.
13:47Which, by the way, is effective.
13:49Kanang, yun, Ana, siya.
13:50But kanalas, for example, whenever I do, um, speeches or like talking,
13:53like, I cut excerpts of my talks and then I upload it sa akong social media.
13:58And in a way, nga kanang, I'd like to, um, it's like, nga, kung value ginapot is like,
14:03I'm, like, um, letting my followers join me in the classroom virtually.
14:08Or, like, in the, um, speech hall virtually, nga.
14:12Yes, they may not be able to have the resources to go to, um, to the, to the venue
14:17wherein I'm giving a speech or, like, when I'm giving a talk or, like, um, they can't,
14:22like, wala pa sila, di pa sila ka-enroll sa CNU, no?
14:24Kanang, yun, Ana, ba, for that matter.
14:26But I'd like to give them the value, nga, kanang,
14:28kuyugta, nga, mag-skwela, mag, kanang, yun, Ana, ba?
14:31Kanang, yun, Ako silang kuyugon.
14:33And it makes learning more relatable, no?
14:36Kanang, yun, Ana, siya, nga.
14:37Kanang, that it's not boring, that it can be fun.
14:40It's not boring, and it's not dead.
14:41And, kanang, di ligid makawat ang education sa imuha.
14:45Because, like, it's, it's appalling, and, kanang, it's, ano ba it tao, kanang,
14:49it's, it's upsetting to know, nga.
14:51Kanang, daganag yung mga tao, nga,
14:53sila nga, kanang, ah, waram na, diploma, maram na, manang, Ana, ba?
14:57And speaking of kawat,
14:58I don't speak.
15:00New grad-weighted.
15:02New grad-weighted.
15:04New grad-weighted with a master's degree, no?
15:07Majoring in social studies.
15:09With distinction in UP.
15:11Yeah.
15:11So, why social studies?
15:14Fun, because,
15:15ganahanggid kong social studies, growing up.
15:18Ganahanggid ko,
15:19it's not a chore for me.
15:21And even though, like,
15:21I'm already doing, um,
15:23content creation and performing arts,
15:25in my 20s, already,
15:26after I graduated in college,
15:29magtanaw, gihapon kong ka nang mga history videos,
15:31about different civilizations,
15:33mga different, um,
15:35kanang mga,
15:36ang ako,
15:37ang pinaka-favorite ka topic
15:38is really pre-colonial Philippines.
15:40Like,
15:40kung anjid ko,
15:41kanang ma-stimulate din akong mind,
15:43kanang mag-sigid ko kuna-kuna.
15:44So, it's not a chore.
15:44I did not leave it for quite some time.
15:46Narasya sa akong subconscious,
15:48nga thoughts, no?
15:49Even though, like,
15:50focus kaya ko sa ako,
15:51ang showbiz,
15:52career ka nang inana.
15:53But,
15:53wala gyan siya nawalas ako.
15:55So,
15:55when I decided to take up master's,
15:57I had different choices,
15:58kung kung sa akong pang take.
15:59But,
15:59ganahan ko nga this time,
16:00kanap itong,
16:01ganahan dyan ko,
16:02nga kanang dili kumabali-bali.
16:04And, I chose social studies.
16:06Because,
16:06aside from the fact nga,
16:08I feel like nga,
16:09marag naapod ko yung competitive edge,
16:11nga na.
16:15Lingyo siya for me.
16:17And, I learned sa atomic habits,
16:19sa bok,
16:20char reader!
16:22Kanang,
16:23you just really have to make something attractive
16:25para edilisya char for you.
16:26So,
16:26that's what I did.
16:27Kanang,
16:28in everything that I do,
16:29if like,
16:29dili siya mo spark o joy sa ako,
16:31or if like,
16:31dili siya mo spark o full,
16:32fulfillment sa ako,
16:33I won't do it.
16:34Even though,
16:34like,
16:34if it,
16:35bayaran ko mag 10 million,
16:37pero,
16:37kadodohaan,
16:3810 million,
16:3910.1?
16:40Kanang,
16:41ano ba?
16:4210.1?
16:42Tip na lang yun.
16:43I think that yun ko.
16:44Pero, kanang,
16:45regardless of the amount
16:46niya mo ihatag sa ako,
16:47basta di ko fulfill,
16:48di ko happy,
16:49I won't do it.
16:50Actually,
16:50you also brought up
16:52an excellent point
16:53because,
16:54as I also grew older,
16:56I realized,
16:57kanang,
16:57we get to hear
16:58kanang people saying,
17:00alignment,
17:00alignment,
17:01alignment.
17:01And then eventually,
17:02I figured,
17:03of course,
17:04through my readings also,
17:05na,
17:05it actually means that
17:07the heart,
17:09the mind,
17:09and the spirit
17:10are actually aligned,
17:12no?
17:12And that's what gives us
17:14the greatest joy
17:16after all.
17:17Hindi siya ma-explain.
17:19Kanang,
17:19for the longest time,
17:20ang ako mag-realization nga,
17:23when I was doing content creation,
17:25no,
17:25itong full-time content creation,
17:26I was just really doing it
17:28for the recognition of others,
17:32for the applause of others.
17:33Or validation.
17:34Validation.
17:35Kanang super validation of others.
17:38Kanang,
17:39more to it,
17:40I realized ako,
17:41kanang,
17:42dinim ko genuinely happy,
17:43oi.
17:44Kanang,
17:44so,
17:45you really have to find
17:46what really sparks joy
17:47and fulfillment sa inyo,
17:49sa imuhang kaugaling,
17:50no?
17:50And,
17:51nakita na na ko siya sa education,
17:52pero wala na ko gibiyaan yun
17:53totally,
17:54ang content creation.
17:55It's just that,
17:56redirected lang
17:56to a better purpose,
17:58ang ako ang content,
17:59with education.
18:00So now,
18:00when you teach students
18:02like sila Efa
18:03and her classmates,
18:05and my observation,
18:08not Kang Efa,
18:09but iang classmates,
18:10iang batchmates,
18:11there's the tendency
18:12for our students in general
18:14to memorize dates,
18:16memorize characters,
18:17put in the blanks.
18:18How do you normally
18:20explain social studies
18:22to this type of learners?
18:24It's nice,
18:24because I was given
18:25a course wherein
18:27I can teach social studies
18:29in a different lens.
18:30So,
18:31I teach art appreciation.
18:32So,
18:33when I ask my students,
18:34what's your first impression
18:36when we deal with,
18:37or when you're talking
18:38about art appreciation,
18:39so feeling nila ka naman
18:40magpainting-painting lang sila.
18:42So,
18:43I,
18:44sorry to bring it to you,
18:46but dili siya yung nana.
18:47Although,
18:47yes,
18:47we're dealing with paintings,
18:48we're dealing with art,
18:49but beyond that,
18:50there's a certain level
18:51of consciousness
18:52that we have to develop
18:53that this course
18:54can make you develop.
18:56And that is,
18:57ang kanang advancing
18:58their political consciousness
19:00and their critical thinking
19:01with the surroundings
19:02that,
19:03with the surroundings
19:05kailang hangi palibutan
19:06sa katilingban
19:06in such a way nga,
19:08makita nila through art.
19:09And which is,
19:10makita nila everywhere
19:11because everything
19:11is visual communication.
19:13So,
19:14I told them,
19:16it's really the value
19:18of kanabitong
19:19dili dates,
19:19dates.
19:20It's more of,
19:21you have to be
19:22a storyteller
19:23to impart
19:24the value
19:25of history
19:27or social studies
19:28to students
19:29because a lot of students
19:31think that,
19:32you know,
19:33learning about society
19:33is boring.
19:34Kapoy na kayo,
19:35ano'y pag-asa ang Pilipinas?
19:36Kanang inaana nga,
19:37thinking.
19:38Well,
19:38that may be true,
19:40no?
19:40With the current situation
19:41that we have.
19:42But more to it,
19:43you're going to spark
19:44your heart in the earth,
19:46impart your heart
19:47and critical thinking
19:49that you can do that.
19:50And you do that
19:51through storytelling,
19:52which I got
19:53in my discipline
19:54because I'm a theater artist.
19:56Yeah,
19:56which while you were saying
19:58that,
19:58I was also able
19:59to realize
20:00that's also
20:02the advantage
20:02of your background.
20:05Another advantage
20:06of your background.
20:08So,
20:09Kanisha is,
20:10there are also
20:11students,
20:12I will not say
20:13this is good or bad,
20:14who are grade conscious.
20:17And some of them,
20:18like you mentioned,
20:19some of them
20:20are thinking
20:21that education
20:21is boring,
20:22but there are also
20:23those who are
20:23interested in education
20:25but are too biased
20:27towards earning
20:28a good grade.
20:29So,
20:29how do you normally
20:30assess a student
20:32kung gusto nabag
20:34hindi siya sagrado
20:34or this student
20:35is really understanding
20:38what I am teaching?
20:40Makita na sa effort
20:41because
20:41ang ako,
20:43ang output
20:43sa ilaha,
20:44ipabuhat sa ilaha
20:46is really something
20:47na kanang,
20:47dili siya like
20:48the normal objective
20:49type of test.
20:50Dili ko yung na nga
20:50type of teacher.
20:51So,
20:51I always divide them
20:53in groups
20:54and then I would
20:54want them to,
20:55like say for example,
20:56paint or like
20:57reflect on something
20:58through poetry
20:58or through a video.
21:00Kananginana niya.
21:01Makita na ko nga,
21:02naagay application,
21:03naagay pagka,
21:03ang pagka-concreteness
21:05nga kanang malink
21:06and raise good nila
21:07ang certain nga topic
21:08to a certain condition
21:10concretely.
21:11Aaraan ako ma-base nga.
21:13Naagay sila yung nakatuunan.
21:16And then,
21:17what's with,
21:18wow nagkaseryoso na.
21:19Di ba?
21:19At least it's your other type.
21:20Okay, ra.
21:22But,
21:22and then what's
21:23one thing
21:24about
21:25Philippine society
21:26that you now
21:28see differently
21:29now that
21:31you are
21:32looking at it
21:33from a lens
21:34of an educator?
21:36Luoy gud
21:37ang education
21:39sector
21:40sa Philippines.
21:42In first world countries,
21:44grabe ang investment
21:45nila sa education,
21:46not just with teachers,
21:47with resources,
21:48but kanalisi,
21:49for example,
21:49overall holistic
21:50approach
21:51when it comes to education
21:53and wala na nabuhat
21:54diri sa Philippines.
21:57It's different nga kanang,
21:58I'm just really learning
21:59these things
22:00when I was still
22:01in my master's,
22:02when I was still
22:03pursuing my master's degree,
22:04and learning it
22:05kay ako mga classmates,
22:06I'm the only one
22:07nga dilip teacher
22:08during that time.
22:09So,
22:09learning them nga muna
22:10ang situation
22:11sa ilang classroom,
22:11muna ang situation
22:12sa ilang pagtudlo,
22:13na ang mga challenges,
22:14di kinan ako siya
22:15ma-absorb by heart
22:16because like,
22:17wala mga ko nagtudlo.
22:18I'm still not practicing it.
22:20I only know it by theory
22:21until such time
22:21na akanang ako na mismo.
22:23I'm,
22:24ano,
22:24I'm in a privileged
22:26niya
22:28position
22:29because
22:29ang akong mga natudloan
22:31manggud,
22:31kika nang
22:31na intrinsic motivation daan,
22:33mga scholar ng bayan,
22:34manggud ang mga sudyante
22:35sa CNU.
22:36Pero,
22:36how about others
22:37na kanalasi,
22:38for example,
22:39ka na ang mga sudyante,
22:40dili ka-ayaw ka,
22:41ka,
22:43hina sa klase
22:44because
22:44na ay mga kakulian
22:45sa balay
22:46or wala kakaunog tarong.
22:47Kanamay na anak ba?
22:48dagan ka-ayaw ka
22:49ng mga issues po,
22:50like kanamay na anak ba?
22:52lahi na ako
22:52ang pagsabot ka ro'n
22:53because
22:54naan ako diri.
22:55And,
22:56all the more
22:56nga mas kanang
22:57immersed ko
22:58because aside
22:58from being a teacher,
22:59nag-ahat nagpukugtok
23:01sa mga SKs,
23:02niya kananasil,
23:03mga constituents
23:04sa mga SKs pa,
23:05nakita gyan ako
23:06nga ka ng
23:07lisod yun ang mga bata.
23:08But,
23:09if there's one thing,
23:10on the brighter side
23:12of things,
23:12nung makita na ko nga,
23:14lisod ang,
23:14like si for example,
23:15comprehension sa bata,
23:16the way people,
23:18the way students
23:18write right now
23:20is totally different
23:21from the way
23:22we wrote before.
23:23Kanala si for example,
23:24grade 6,
23:24mula ba nag essay
23:25writing contest?
23:26Like,
23:27the college students
23:28now medyo,
23:31ana ba?
23:32Kanang medyo,
23:33kanang,
23:34di mo kasabot?
23:35Kanang ina na ba?
23:35morag,
23:36na yung mga levels
23:37ngayon na ana.
23:38But,
23:38if there's one thing,
23:40na,
23:40morag,
23:41wala na ako nga,
23:42morag,
23:42wala na erase ako
23:43is that,
23:44nanakita gya po na ako
23:45na agya po ng eagerness
23:46sa ubang mga bata
23:47nga makatoon.
23:48And that for me
23:49is where I can come in
23:50as an educator.
23:52And it's
23:53providential,
23:54fun,
23:54because,
23:59on my way here,
24:01when,
24:02while I was having breakfast,
24:03I was watching
24:04an interview
24:06in another channel.
24:08And they were talking
24:09about education.
24:11Tapos,
24:11gie-compare nila
24:12ang Philippines
24:13and Vietnam.
24:14Because currently,
24:16Vietnam is already
24:17number two.
24:17Correct.
24:18In Southeast Asia,
24:19no?
24:19Second to Singapore.
24:20And that's because of
24:21Filipino teachers?
24:23No, no, no.
24:23Ano na pa?
24:24Not yet.
24:25Okay,
24:25badon natin.
24:27And then,
24:28one of the interesting
24:29points that was raised
24:31is
24:32ang spending
24:33on education.
24:35And contrary
24:36to popular belief,
24:37di rin nakaayulayo
24:38ang amount
24:39per student
24:40that each government
24:41is spending,
24:42but the difference
24:43is on prioritization.
24:45Because if
24:45in the Philippines
24:46much of our focus
24:48is on tertiary education.
24:50But in Vietnam,
24:52they invest heavily
24:53on basic
24:54primary education.
24:57So now,
24:57you've mentioned
24:57a little bit of this
24:58and EFA
24:59and the rest of
25:00the staff
25:00in Sunstar
25:01are kind of,
25:02they know that
25:03I'm passionate
25:03about the declining
25:04functional literacy
25:05in the Philippines.
25:07How are you seeing
25:08this?
25:09Not only in your classrooms,
25:10but in your interaction
25:12with the younger population.
25:16How do I feel about it?
25:17Are you seeing
25:18the manifestation
25:19of this?
25:20Super!
25:20For example,
25:21you can only see it,
25:22for example,
25:23I'm a concrete example.
25:24I'm a concrete example.
25:26I'm a concrete example.
25:27The parents'
25:28If they're on the iPad,
25:29if they're on the iPad,
25:30they'll ask you
25:31to ask you.
25:32Can I mention the show?
25:32Like Miss Rachel,
25:33you can only see it.
25:34But the real measure
25:38of the level
25:39of the intelligence
25:40of the child
25:40is to do
25:41in writing.
25:42It's to be a comprehension
25:43of the child.
25:44Is it possible
25:44to read it?
25:45Yes, it's possible
25:46to read it,
25:46but it's possible
25:46to read it.
25:48Feeling good
25:49to the Pinoy
25:50manifestations
25:51in the colonial education.
25:53Char!
25:53Colonial education.
25:56Colonial.
25:57Just like this,
25:58just like English,
25:59bright now.
26:00Correct.
26:01But if you don't
26:01forget the content,
26:03it's not a good.
26:04Hence,
26:04makita sa nanato
26:05sa mga beauty pageants,
26:07sa kanang makagahot
26:07like English.
26:08Balag walay sense,
26:09good, okay na.
26:10Kanang yananap.
26:11Kanang siya,
26:11manifestation siya
26:12sa mga bata nga.
26:13Sige, may mo English.
26:14Kanang asang grabe
26:15paggamit sa iPad?
26:16Kanang tagaan
26:17ng mga bata
26:17o ipad?
26:18It's already the pacifier.
26:19Kanang correct.
26:21Kanang para mahilom
26:22ang bata.
26:22But the co-key siya
26:23o factor
26:24sa intelligence level
26:26sa bata nga.
26:27Imbisong ta nga
26:27muduwa siya gawas
26:29sa balay.
26:30Kanang siya
26:30mahatag nga
26:31level of intelligence.
26:34Resonance intelligence
26:35makakakotribute siya
26:36sa development,
26:37holistic development
26:38sa bata.
26:39Wala anak ina
26:39sa laptop.
26:40But it's easier
26:41sa than that.
26:42Dilim magu kumama
26:43and I will never
26:43become a mother
26:44and I will never
26:45become a sugar.
26:46We never know.
26:49So, kanang,
26:50di ko baka,
26:50it's easier sa than that.
26:52Kay, like si Bisa Paul,
26:52ako mga cousins
26:53na ako yung mga cousins
26:54na niya,
26:54maribuan,
26:55anasibag
26:55o silang mga anaka
26:56naman ako nga.
26:57Ako chong,
26:58ako lagi ng type of
26:59tita nga muingon
27:00na ayaw ginaanin nyo tagae
27:01o ka nang
27:01cellphone o laptop
27:02at tagay nag libro,
27:04tagay nag kanang
27:04mga educational games,
27:05paduwaan sa gawas.
27:07Kanang ina,
27:08na kay,
27:09ang level of declining,
27:10let's say,
27:11for example,
27:11kanang,
27:13listen good ka,
27:13let's say,
27:14for example,
27:14magpa-essay,
27:15magpa-essay koan ko
27:16or like say,
27:17for example,
27:17sa kanang mga workshops
27:18na ako with other,
27:19with other communities,
27:20kanang I'm asked
27:21to become a guest,
27:22a facilitator
27:23of a certain topic
27:25or lesson,
27:25makita agad na ako
27:26ang decline.
27:27Kung nga,
27:28di isa sa pag-compare,
27:29because it's wrong
27:30to compare different generations,
27:31pero kanang,
27:31grabe,
27:32grade 6,
27:33may mabiyahan naman ni,
27:34oy,
27:34diyan ka nang mulaban,
27:35manmig ka nang mga,
27:36in anabitong a level,
27:38musukul ka ka nang
27:38mga press cons,
27:39with other,
27:40kanang universities,
27:41makikompete ka with
27:42essay writing,
27:42news writing,
27:43kanang minanabang niya,
27:44kanang,
27:45this is sinukun ako
27:46mabili,
27:46because with AI,
27:47kanang in anabas,
27:48so more like,
27:48it's sad,
27:49pero,
27:50dasig ko nga,
27:52let's go back
27:53to basics.
27:55So,
27:55speaking of going
27:56back to basics,
27:57so,
27:57I'm leading towards that,
27:58so how can you think,
28:02in that space lang,
28:04how do you think,
28:05can we still reverse,
28:07no,
28:07the trend?
28:09People have to find,
28:11the time to read.
28:14They have to read.
28:16They really have to read.
28:18And thank you for highlighting that,
28:20I'm also a nerd.
28:21Diba?
28:22And I see the importance of reading.
28:24They really have to read.
28:25Kaya,
28:26kanasang,
28:27kanang diso.
28:28And it's not enough,
28:28that's why it's beyond the headlines,
28:30kaya murag,
28:31it's not enough,
28:31that they read the headlines,
28:33and then they know the bit points,
28:35and then all of a sudden,
28:36they have an opinion.
28:37Diba?
28:37Kanang,
28:38headlines lang,
28:38ang ilangang kuwan.
28:39So,
28:39that's why you have to watch,
28:41beyond the headlines.
28:43Maka Darwinatics.
28:44They really have to read.
28:46Sa awon na,
28:47dilised ko kagets,
28:48anang like,
28:48ako mamamuingon,
28:49yun ako mamanga,
28:50pagbasa,
28:50ayaw sige internet.
28:52Kaya na-addict ko for a time,
28:54with internet labinag ka nang,
28:55sa laptop pa to,
28:55dilip pa to smartphone,
28:56ka na laptop,
28:57kita tong generation,
28:58laptop, laptop.
29:00Laptop, laptop,
29:01at least be the desktop.
29:02Diba?
29:03Inalabit ko.
29:03Ay, desktop.
29:05Lansyung po.
29:06Chala.
29:07Okay.
29:07So,
29:08inalabit ko.
29:09So,
29:10kanang siya,
29:10so,
29:10kanang mo yun ako mga mga pagbasa,
29:12na-realize ako katang,
29:13when I joined student publication,
29:14nga kanang,
29:15you will never become a good writer,
29:16you will never become a good speaker,
29:18unless you read.
29:19And,
29:19araagid mag-ugatanan sa pagbasa.
29:22So,
29:23ang pinakanindot,
29:24nga i-inculicate,
29:26o g-instill sa mga bata,
29:28nga part sa ilahang activities growing up,
29:30and there,
29:31part sa ilahang fundamental years,
29:33is really,
29:34you have to impart the value of reading.
29:36True.
29:37Importante ang pagbasa.
29:39Kaya,
29:39let's say,
29:39for example,
29:40mabasa na sila,
29:40ganito sila,
29:41kasi ba silang deadline niya,
29:42wow,
29:42nabasa ka full article niya.
29:44Sometimes,
29:45kanang,
29:46puwera,
29:46di ko mo mention,
29:47kung unsa man galing na,
29:48pero kanang namang guiuban nga,
29:49kanang atikun ka sa headline,
29:50pero lahi di ay ang iyahang balik.
29:52Clickbaits ka,
29:53ayaw mo,
29:53tigitawag ka clickbaits.
29:54So,
29:54dili na mo ba sa uka ng kuwan ba,
29:56muraganahan lang sila,
29:57one-liner ilang ihatag.
29:59Pero,
30:00lisuda,
30:00o eh,
30:00kidagan mo kung siyang sanga-sanga problema
30:02with AI,
30:03with inside gratification.
30:05Ang mga bata,
30:06lahi na ang demographics karoon.
30:07And I don't want to sound like
30:08I'm a boomer or something,
30:09because I'm still too much of a millennial.
30:11Nalani yung tita,
30:12but,
30:12we have to read people.
30:15We have to read.
30:17Now,
30:18speaking of reading,
30:19this is also one aspect of education,
30:22na kanang it keeps me awake at night.
30:24Is?
30:25Kaning,
30:27reading.
30:28Ah,
30:28okay,
30:29amin ako.
30:31Tulsa.
30:34Reading,
30:35no?
30:35Kay,
30:36this one is from the PISA ranking.
30:40Wow.
30:40We talked about this,
30:41I think,
30:42several episodes ago,
30:43na for 15-year-olds,
30:46so kanina nga itong mga 13,
30:47oh no,
30:48third year,
30:49kanang high school,
30:5015, no?
30:51Only 24% of them
30:53reach the minimum
30:55reading proficiency,
30:57no?
30:57So that's 24%.
30:59And it's surprising
31:00and disappointing,
31:01but I had an idea
31:04before this number
31:05was presented
31:06because many years ago,
31:08when I was still connected
31:09with one of the tech companies
31:11in Cebu,
31:12we did an outreach
31:13in a blind item
31:14na lang ako,
31:15one of the schools
31:15in Cebu City.
31:16And then,
31:17nagdula og message relay
31:18ang mga bata.
31:20And what we did
31:21to make sure
31:22na mo form ang line,
31:23ang mga grade 5 students
31:24ang mong gibutang sa front
31:26and then ang mga kids
31:27mo'y nasa likod.
31:28For kagaya sa kwa,
31:29sa natunog.
31:30One line did not move.
31:33And muramig ka nang,
31:34we did not understand pa
31:35because it's grade 5,
31:36so we thought
31:37there was a problem,
31:38but one line did not move
31:39until we realized
31:40na ang katodeng ate
31:41who was holding the paper
31:42could not read the line.
31:44So that's why
31:45when I saw
31:46these statistics,
31:47I wasn't
31:48shocked na.
31:49Oh, kemurag.
31:50Yeah,
31:51we're heading
31:52at that time
31:53to this situation.
31:55As an educator,
31:56how alarming
31:57are these
31:58in terms of
31:59the state
32:00of education
32:01in the country today?
32:02Super alarming
32:03because
32:04if you do not have
32:06the basics
32:06of comprehension
32:07and the basics
32:08of writing,
32:11it means
32:12nga,
32:13Murag,
32:13you're saying yes
32:14to the idea
32:15that AI
32:16can really replace humans.
32:17Very good point.
32:19So,
32:19kanang,
32:20flat one ko,
32:20Serge.
32:22Point nine.
32:22I'm not hot
32:23rako.
32:23Point nine.
32:24Kanangin ana ba?
32:26kanang itong
32:27when we neglect
32:27the basics
32:29of comprehension,
32:29I'm not saying
32:30nga kinahanglan,
32:31Murag,
32:31levels of Miriam
32:32Defensor Santiago,
32:33or like Albert Einstein,
32:35kanang level
32:35of kanang inanaan.
32:36Pero like,
32:37the basics
32:38of comprehension
32:38about understanding
32:39a simple paragraph
32:41or creating
32:41a simple paragraph
32:43with complete sentences.
32:44Bisag simple sentences
32:46lang na siya nga.
32:47Delika ka ng dangling phrases.
32:49Kanang mga
32:50subject for agreement.
32:52Kanang mga
32:52STVGO.
32:53Kanang inana ba?
32:54Kanang mga basics
32:55lang nga.
32:55Baka himo
32:56lang kag simple paragraph.
32:58Murag,
32:59lisod bang gurga
33:00kung ibang inag
33:01lek pakaama,
33:02AI na lang.
33:02That's why
33:03I don't really
33:04encourage my students
33:05to bring home
33:07assignments
33:08because of the
33:09threats of AI.
33:10I want,
33:10I always,
33:11how do I combat that?
33:12With regards
33:12to your question,
33:13kanang like,
33:14how do I address that?
33:15Kanang,
33:15I always want them
33:16to do the activities
33:18in my time.
33:21Ana ba?
33:22They can plan ahead,
33:23but you have to show me
33:24that you're doing
33:25the activity
33:27in front of me.
33:28Not that I'm like,
33:31micromanager
33:32or something
33:32ba ron?
33:33Pero kanang,
33:33ganahan ko nga,
33:35kanang,
33:35mag-mangamot
33:36yod ang mga bata.
33:37Dili lang magsigig
33:38internet.
33:39Because with the data,
33:40with the alarming
33:42cases ka ron,
33:43I have to see to it
33:44nga,
33:45nagtrabaho
33:46huwag din mo liha.
33:47And actually,
33:48you are,
33:50kanang,
33:50heading towards a space
33:51also that more schools
33:53already realized.
33:54From what I gathered,
33:56ang UP College of Law,
33:58ang ilang first-year students,
33:59they no longer allow them
34:01to use AI
34:02or gadgets
34:03when they are inside
34:05the campus.
34:06Outside,
34:06they can,
34:07but once they are inside,
34:08no AI,
34:09no gadget.
34:10Kaya nakita sa nila
34:11ang logic,
34:12ang Murag,
34:12ang ilahang,
34:13I don't know,
34:14Murag,
34:14with a bar,
34:15with a bar results,
34:16but Murag ka ng,
34:17Murag ni,
34:18ang level daw
34:19sa logic
34:20sa mga,
34:22sa mga tao,
34:23kaya medyo,
34:24ano na ba?
34:26So,
34:26sige,
34:27hindi po nga siya
34:27lighter side,
34:28but let's talk about
34:29kanyang resilience na po.
34:30Okay,
34:31sige.
34:31Favorite topic sa Philippines.
34:33Philippines,
34:33sure.
34:34E-romanticize
34:35ang resiliency.
34:36Yes.
34:36So,
34:37for the younger population,
34:38said ba,
34:38for me,
34:39this is also
34:39a difficult balance
34:40because during
34:41our time,
34:45during our time,
34:47disad maayo
34:48ang katong,
34:49we were forced
34:50and not necessarily
34:52respected
34:53according to
34:54our pace of learning.
34:55Correct.
34:56So, disad ko ganahan
34:57na to.
34:58But the other piece,
34:59it looks like
35:00we are going
35:00to the extreme
35:02nasad,
35:02na there is also
35:04little pressure
35:05that is being used
35:08kay Mahadluk tang,
35:09nga mabali.
35:10So,
35:11for me,
35:12how do we
35:12strike the balance?
35:14Because,
35:14sige,
35:15sige,
35:15nga nung importante
35:15na siya na ako.
35:16Mugukan sa ko,
35:17digress ako alito.
35:18Go lang,
35:18go lang,
35:18go lang.
35:19Kuan man good siya
35:20kanang,
35:20I used to
35:21go to the gym,
35:22tapos na ako yun
35:23kanang personal trainer
35:24and then mag lift-lift
35:25or magkog weights
35:26na gaan.
35:27And then the trainer
35:28said something
35:29na profound
35:30yun when he said
35:31nga,
35:31actually sir,
35:32if you just prefer
35:33to lift weights
35:33that you can already lift,
35:35you are wasting your time.
35:36you will never grow
35:37your muscle.
35:38That to me is also,
35:40that's physical strength.
35:41For me,
35:42that's also the same
35:43as emotional strength.
35:45For us to grow
35:46some muscle,
35:48there has to be
35:49some lifting.
35:50So how do we
35:52balance that?
35:54Karun,
35:54we don't go back
35:55sa itong ipang lax
35:56aparador
35:57o ibitay sa sako.
36:00We don't want
36:01to go back there
36:01but not also
36:02this na
36:04you don't want
36:05to study?
36:05Sige lang.
36:06Be yourself.
36:11I'd like to believe
36:12nga,
36:13once akong edge
36:14as an educator
36:15is because
36:15I'm a millennial.
36:16I've experienced
36:17the old school
36:17and at the same time
36:18I've witnessed
36:20how the new school
36:21unfolded.
36:23Kanang inana.
36:24So,
36:24I'd like to be
36:25the combination
36:25of both.
36:26Kanang,
36:27dako kumuhatagogrado
36:28and I'm not strict
36:29to my students.
36:30Even if you ask
36:30my students,
36:31dilijin ko strikta.
36:32Nag-UCCF ka,
36:33so I think,
36:34yeah.
36:35Manong manag,
36:36gilibak na ko sa kuan,
36:37gilibak ko sa kuan,
36:39sa comment section.
36:43Kanang inana o ba?
36:44Kanang itong,
36:45dilijin ko hard,
36:47dilijin ko hard nga teacher.
36:48But,
36:50instill you kog disiplina.
36:51Let's say,
36:51for example,
36:52if dilijin ka kabuhatani,
36:53if malate ka,
36:54malated ka,
36:55dilijin ko mo hatagogka
36:56ng special chanter tayo mo.
36:59Ah, special.
37:00Kanang,
37:01hindi ko pa special.
37:02I'm chill,
37:03kanang I'm chill,
37:04kanang I let,
37:05I help you get bonuses
37:07para
37:08i-outcome sa Excel,
37:09sa grado,
37:10dako mo,
37:11dilijin ko mo binat
37:12o grado.
37:13Kung let's say,
37:13for example,
37:14hagbong gud ka,
37:15gitabangan nati ka,
37:16I know in my heart,
37:17I know in my brain,
37:18I know in my spirit nga,
37:20gitabangan na gudika,
37:21dilijin ko mo inat
37:22sa imuhang final,
37:23sa imuhang midterm grade
37:25or sa imuhang final grade.
37:26Maunang ako ang chika sa ilaha.
37:28Pero tabangan tamo.
37:29Pero like,
37:30mo infliction ko,
37:30nga kinahanglan,
37:31mo imposit ko,
37:32nga kinahanglan na atay disiplina,
37:34diri.
37:34And I let them speak.
37:35Kanala siya,
37:36for example,
37:37Parkshot,
37:37I have five rules
37:38sa kong classroom,
37:39di-air.
37:39Oh, ya, sige do.
37:39Tell us about the five rules.
37:41One is that
37:42be excellent.
37:43Very good.
37:44Because
37:45we are in a university,
37:48it is very important
37:50to show excellence
37:51in everything that we do.
37:55Secondly,
37:57there are days
37:58that you can't just
37:59really give
38:01your 100%
38:02or your TRA game.
38:03But the most important thing
38:04is that
38:05you try.
38:06That's my second rule.
38:07Third is that
38:09I forgot.
38:10Wait.
38:12I forgot.
38:13Basta,
38:14koan ko,
38:15niyana ko nga,
38:16be present.
38:18Because
38:18gawas nga,
38:19literal nga,
38:20na ay points
38:21ang ilang attendahan
38:22sa ako.
38:24Dili ko ganahan mo to.
38:25Kanabitaw na mo
38:25kay mga students
38:26early college,
38:27yung musubmit lang ka,
38:28di lang ka mo to nga,
38:28klase,
38:29kananginana,
38:29agradohan lang tika.
38:31But the essence
38:31of the university,
38:33the formation of the university
38:34came from the fact
38:35na kinahanglan manunga
38:36ang mga tao
38:36because there is an
38:37exchange of discourse.
38:39Diba?
38:39And re-learning
38:41happens there
38:42in the discourse,
38:43in the exchange of ideas.
38:45Fourth is that
38:46I forgot,
38:47un sa to,
38:48basta ang five na ko,
38:49kay,
38:49be respectful
38:51because,
38:51like, yes,
38:54the level of
38:55entitlement,
38:56sorry for the term,
38:57the level of
38:58entitlement
38:58sa mga Gen Z's
38:59kay Lahe,
39:01ang ilahang pagkawoke Lahe
39:02compared sa millennials.
39:04Compared na to,
39:05Lahe ang ilahang kawoke,
39:06they really speak their minds.
39:07And I don't stop them
39:08from doing that
39:09because one way or another,
39:10that is an asset.
39:12Kinahanglanan,
39:12hulmahon ang asset
39:13such a way
39:14nga respectful
39:15gihapon sila.
39:16So I tell them,
39:17for example,
39:18na ako yung mga
39:18sa Yupo concepts
39:19because I'm a human,
39:20masayup yung ko.
39:20I don't have the monopoly
39:21of what is right and wrong
39:23even though,
39:23like, na ako yung
39:24master's degree sa Yupi.
39:25With distinction.
39:28I don't have the monopoly
39:29of what is right and wrong.
39:30Masayup yung hapon ko.
39:31But if ever,
39:32ganahan mo mo
39:33correct na ako,
39:33just say it respectfully.
39:35Because at the end of the day,
39:37na maistra ko nila,
39:38we can be friends,
39:39yes,
39:39but maistra ko nila,
39:41and isudyantin ako sila.
39:44Nakaliman ko sa fourth.
39:45Unse kalit po akong fourth.
39:46Basin matubag,
39:47aninga question.
39:48Basin matubag.
39:48Sige daw,
39:48sa pa na mong next question,
39:50Sir Darwin.
39:51No, actually,
39:52because in the course
39:53of your five rules,
39:55but there's just one part
39:56na I did not initially
39:57plan to ask,
39:58but naka-
39:59Love life na.
39:59Charla, wala.
40:01Because kanang conversations,
40:04kanang discourses,
40:06disagreements,
40:06how do you also kanang
40:08teach the value ba
40:09of kanang knowing the facts
40:12before forming an opinion?
40:18Lisod mo gina, no?
40:19Because-
40:19Okay, murag manotis na ako,
40:20sometimes mag-una ang opinion
40:21na later na.
40:22Correct, later na ako.
40:23Mo'nang prone to fake news.
40:24Prone to fake news.
40:25Masaaw ka na ko siya.
40:26Lisod mo, no?
40:27Ako,
40:27muingonsyad ko nga,
40:28wala agyo'y dili-bias
40:30aning kalibutan na.
40:32Even though, like,
40:33news would say that
40:34it's,
40:36news should be objective.
40:38But when you're right,
40:40you're already choosing.
40:41Sure.
40:41Or like,
40:42when you're already choosing
40:43the kind of references
40:44that you read,
40:45you're already choosing.
40:47Diba?
40:48Ah, sige pala.
40:49Diba?
40:49So,
40:50nag-iit tayo yung mga biases.
40:52Diba?
40:52But at the end of the day,
40:53we have to know, like,
40:54say for example,
40:55muna sa research gamit,
40:56yung kaayaw nang
40:57i-combine yun mo
40:58ang qualitative
40:59o ang quantitative.
41:01Kinahang supported
41:02gina siya
41:02with numbers,
41:03with data.
41:04Although like,
41:05yeah, sometimes
41:05data can be manipulated
41:07in such a way.
41:08But kanang,
41:08we really have to
41:10find the middle ground
41:12kung asa ito ang
41:12political spectrum,
41:13asa ito ang,
41:14atoon sa itong mga
41:15philosophies
41:15yung ginakilingan sa life,
41:17no?
41:17Before we say something.
41:18Ako,
41:19diligid ko muingon nga,
41:21kanang objective,
41:21jud,
41:21ang akong paghatag
41:22sa kong mga lessons.
41:23Because when I'm teaching,
41:25I'm already choosing.
41:26I'm already choosing a side.
41:27Lisod ang biases,
41:28no?
41:29Pero kanang,
41:30ang panguta na,
41:31ana,
41:31asa man ka nga biased?
41:33Is it,
41:33are you biased
41:34for the majority
41:34or are you just biased
41:36with the select few?
41:38Ano?
41:40Ano?
41:41Buak to,
41:42eh?
41:42You're darn with, eh?
41:44No,
41:44and the reason why,
41:45kaginina,
41:45I wanted to add,
41:46but I just wanted to,
41:48for you to finish,
41:49kaya,
41:50di ba mo yung mata nga,
41:50it should be fact-based,
41:51it should be
41:52data-based,
41:53but not many people
41:54realize na
41:55everything is a subset
41:56of data.
41:58So that means,
41:59we still can choose
42:00the data.
42:01O kanang,
42:02the beer fuck,
42:02amokinig lang yun sa.
42:04That supports the bias.
42:05Oh, di ba?
42:06Di ba?
42:06Kay subset na man siya.
42:07That's why we never
42:07are in an agreement
42:08kung kinsa ang
42:09greatest basketball player
42:11of all time.
42:12For na kay,
42:12greatest singer of all time,
42:13did you sila mulalis na?
42:14Agway.
42:16And the person is,
42:18Nora on Orn.
42:19Uy, okay, Ra.
42:20I'm not actress na ko siya,
42:22but great singers na,
42:23Charlotte, go.
42:24You can finish.
42:25But great singers,
42:26oh my God,
42:27Sara Geronimo and
42:28Regine Velasquez.
42:29Ano nakarag yun?
42:30Ikaw, sir,
42:31kisi mong greatest singer.
42:32Patay.
42:34Tarun ko na.
42:35Tama na, sir.
42:36No, Nora mag-grand.
42:37Hilda Coronel.
42:39She's not a singer.
42:40Oh my God.
42:44Sir, wait a minute,
42:45kaila kasi mong age, ah?
42:47I still watch Hilda Coronel.
42:50Oh my God.
42:52Anyway,
42:54sige,
42:55before we close,
42:56how has teaching
42:57made you a better person?
42:59It made me realize
43:00where I'm really,
43:02kanang,
43:05where I should be.
43:08Naparealize niya sa ako,
43:09nga,
43:11naapakoy mas noble,
43:12o mas napakoy pwedeng mabuhat
43:14sa ako ang influence.
43:17Kanasya.
43:18Nga,
43:19lahi ang pagtuong,
43:21naagigahom ang education,
43:22sa ato ang kinabuhi.
43:24Nga,
43:24mouna na siya ako
43:25ang driving force ka ron
43:27sa pagmata na ko nga.
43:29Lisud,
43:30mumatag 4.30,
43:31taga-adlaw ha,
43:32kaya,
43:32baka yan ba,
43:32taon na mo noon nga,
43:33si enyo ko mo,
43:34mo uli,
43:35no?
43:35Correct!
43:36Traffic also.
43:37Yeah, traffic,
43:38so I really have to fight the traffic
43:39and 7.30 a.m.
43:40akong first class
43:42from Mondays to Thursdays.
43:43Lisud,
43:44because I'm not a morning person,
43:45but akong driving force
43:46is that
43:48lahi ang level,
43:49lahi ang fulfillment
43:49basta na ako'y maidukaran nga tao.
43:51And that is my,
43:53my calling or it,
43:54my purpose.
43:55Education made me realize
43:56kung unsa jud
43:57ang pwede pa na ako mabuhat.
43:59In the same manner
44:00na ay gahom
44:01sa Sunstar,
44:02na po'y gahom
44:03sa education.
44:04Correct!
44:06O nga po'y heal the coronet.
44:08Hashtag heal the coronet.
44:10And I heal the general.
44:12And then,
44:14what are the things
44:15that your students
44:16are now teaching you
44:18about life?
44:20That we have
44:21to be flexible
44:22on how
44:23we would like
44:25to impart
44:25a lesson.
44:27Okay?
44:28Lahay-lahay mag-learning curves,
44:29di ba, before?
44:30Kanang,
44:30pait-mangid kayo,
44:32isa na mag-inang standard
44:33sa koan.
44:34So, kanang,
44:34as educators, no?
44:35Kanang,
44:36what really sets me apart
44:37from the AI
44:39teachers?
44:40is really
44:41my human connection.
44:42Lahigid ang human connection
44:44nga mahatag.
44:45So, kanang,
44:45gihatagan ko nila
44:46connection
44:47sa ilahang pag-ablis,
44:49sa ilang kinabuhi,
44:49sa pagpasod nila sa ako
44:51as sa ilahang mga
44:52ulo,
44:53sa ilang mga
44:54alimpatakan.
44:55Kanang,
44:55sa ilahang mga
44:56everyday nga classroom,
44:57mag-welcome ko nila,
44:58nga,
44:58despite the fact nga,
45:00dagag ka nang pwede nga,
45:01pwede ma-teacher,
45:02but ako ang napili,
45:02yung mga ma-teacher di haba.
45:04So, grateful ko,
45:04na nag-ipapasulod ko nila,
45:05lag-ia-alaw ko nila
45:06nga muntudlo sa ilahay,
45:08even though this is my first time.
45:10Kanasya.
45:11And,
45:12in that experience,
45:14na-realize,
45:15gyan ako nga,
45:16lahi-lahi
45:16strength ang mga tao,
45:18and you have to cater
45:19every strength
45:20to bring out
45:21the best of their potentials.
45:23And I,
45:24thank you.
45:25Before you say that,
45:27Korn,
45:28what gives you,
45:29given everything
45:30that's happening
45:31in the Philippines,
45:33what gives you hope
45:35in this generation?
45:40You in the music.
45:41Ako ang,
45:41ang sani?
45:42Ako ang,
45:43ako ang parents.
45:45I need to fight
45:45for my parents.
45:46I'm the only child.
45:48I'm the breadwinner
45:49of the family already.
45:51The very reason nga
45:52nung kinahalan ko maning kamot,
45:53the very reason why
45:54kinahalan ko mo educate
45:55o mga tao,
45:56because I have to fight
45:57for a better Philippines.
45:59Because,
46:03deserve na tong tanan.
46:05And,
46:05ang ako ang dasig,
46:06Anna,
46:07it's because
46:07na ako'y mama
46:08o papa nga
46:08ni suporta sa ako.
46:10And I have to give back
46:10sa ila this time.
46:12And,
46:12you know,
46:14I think it's the best way
46:15to end the episode
46:16at the end of it all,
46:19we are,
46:19akong father,
46:20that's why
46:20naka-remember si ku
46:21when you said,
46:22parents,
46:23kinang life is always
46:24moving forward.
46:25So,
46:26that means na
46:27ang atong expression
46:28of gratitude,
46:29not necessarily
46:30pabalik.
46:31Kaya sa,
46:32murag sa Philippines,
46:33murag emphasize man
46:34ang pabalik.
46:34Pabalik, yes,
46:35but can also
46:36pay it forward as well.
46:37para every generation
46:39becomes better
46:40than the previous one.
46:41Sige.
46:42Correct.
46:43So,
46:43thank you very much
46:44for joining us today.
46:45Thank you also for having me.
46:47I'm enjoying this conversation
46:48which was
46:49very different
46:50from what we had
46:51during the Sinulog coverage.
46:55And we hope to have you
46:56back in the show.
46:58Hopefully.
46:58Thank you so much,
46:59everyone.
47:00Thank you so much.
47:01Darwin ethics
47:01and Sunstar Nation live.
47:03And Starogy.
47:04And Starogy
47:04and Hilda Corrine.
47:06Hilda H.
47:07Hilda H.
47:08Oh, no,
47:08Hilda K.
47:09Oh my God,
47:10sir.
47:11The literacy.
47:13Appeal na to sa koan.
47:15Sa koan.
47:1620%.
47:1720%.
47:18Sige.
47:18So,
47:19we must educate
47:20not only for competence
47:21but also for character.
47:23The future of our country
47:25is not shaped
47:26by what we teach
47:27our children alone
47:28but also by what we show them
47:30through the way
47:31we live.
47:32I'm DJ Moise.
47:33Shout out to Coffee First
47:34for supporting conversations
47:36that matter.
47:37This is Beyond the Headlines.
47:39Let's continue to look deeper
47:40and think better.
47:42Have a good afternoon.
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47:59Then comes the milk.
48:01Steamed smooth,
48:03creamy,
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48:14Coffee first,
48:16then
48:16everything else.
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