Monday Madness

1. Do you have children in school?

No, I'm still single with no plans yet of getting married...(like in the next 2-3 years...)

2. Are YOU currently in school (any level)?

No, I am done with school for the next coming months...I just graduated from college but I am planning to take a masteral degree.

3. Did you (or your children) attend a public or private school?

I went to 3 private schools and *one government school:

• Canossa Academy - Primary
• De La Salle University Lipa - Secondary
• *University of the Philippines Los Baños - tertiary
• Lyceum - St Cabrini College of Allied Medicine - tertiary
  

4. As far as formal education, what level have you completed?

I am a BS Nursing college graduate. :)

5. Do you, or did you have loans out for your (or your children's) education?

I never had the chance to use our student's loan in UP... I know they give loans to students to buy for books or to pay for tuition fees. Loan if I am correct ranges from 3,500 - 5000 pesos. I know it's a small amount but for those who aren't familiar with UP's tuition fees it ranges from that amount actually. (that is during my time....) Though, I heard TF has increased already...from P220/unit to 1500/unit. (I have to check on this values again...I'm not quite sure..)

6. What are your thoughts on the cost of tuition for colleges and universities?

Education is expensive for us Filipinos in our country, but for those from abroad, it is really cheap. Pesos could definitely not measure with dollar rates... Even in UP where education is subsidized by the government, the recent more than hundred percent increase in the tuition fee has affected a great number of bright young individuals who have the potential to be the best our country can offer but could never afford to go to college.

I feel, that education now is a luxury, as not everyone could afford and enjoy it. The problem is not in the increase in tuition fees only, it roots out to poverty, standard of living here in our country, graft and corruption in the government, unemployment, decreasing level of the quality of education, broken families...to summarize these conflicts...the main problem is lack of/little sense of values of most people. Come to think of it, everything we see in our daily lives, each person we encounter everyday, they are all the epitomy of their home...the product of their families and the values that each of them try to uphold in their lives. I came to realize just now, as I am doing this blog that I actually connected problems in education, tuition fee increases with family life...wow! What a transition! (sorry just got a little carried away with the sudden feeling of nationalism...:)