Oct
30
2012
Is your kid reluctant to go to school every day? Does he/she feign illness at times? Do you find missing school stuff, broken pencils or damaged school items? Does your child come home always hungry or always asking you for more pocket money? Watch out because your child might be the victim of bullying in …
Jul
21
2012
I never imagined it would come to this but it brings me such delight to find out that the university where I earned my MBA degree, University of Pennsylvania, is one of several leading Ivy League schools in the U.S. that signed up with Coursera, a new venture that offers online classes for free. Yes…FREE! …
Mar
19
2012
Let me just start out by saying that TED talks have really caught on with me. I enjoy watching talks on various topics, especially talks that have to do with life, technology and health. I even have the TED app on my iPad! Recently, a blogger friend, Jay Jaboneta, was invited to speak at TEDxMontpellier …
Dec
09
2010
I joined a group of bloggers on a campus tour of this fairly new college called Meridian International College (or MINT). This college is located in McKinley Hill, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. But unlike the other schools in that area like the International School Manila, British School and the Chinese and Korean International Schools, MINT …
Nov
26
2010
For many years now, whenever I would pass Shaw Blvd (Kapitolyo area), I’d see this building that said Reedley International. It had always piqued my curiosity, with me wondering what kind of school it was. A couple of weeks ago, I got an invite from Carlo to visit Reedley, which by this time had transferred …
Jun
03
2010
Yesterday, I attended the annual parent orientation at Xavier School. Unlike past years, there was something different about this year, I realized. I would be attending activities in this school for only one boy (my other boy already graduated high school and is facing a new life as a college freshie). Ever since Fr. Johnny …
Jan
05
2010
It has began. The results of college entrance tests for schoolyear 2010-11 are being published beginning this month. De La Salle University’s (DLSU) college entrance test results started everything off by being the first to release their results last January 2. Over the next few months, high school seniors in different schools around the country will …
Jun
27
2009
Just five days after I blogged about how technology could be used by schools in the wake of the A(H1N1) virus, Xavier School suspended classes for 10 days after one student tested positive for the virus. Was this a setback for the school? If you’re thinking in traditional mode, yes. Teachers & students could not …
Jun
18
2009
Many mothers like me here in the Philippines are growing more and more worried by the day as the number of people becoming sick with the A(H1N1) virus increases. Classes have just began in our part of the world and in the first week, some students were found positive resulting in classes being suspended and …
Mar
17
2007
I accompanied Cara today to the GREEN school to attend a pre-orientation that the Computer Science Dept. conducted for its accepted applicants into their freshman undergraduate program. To begin with, I had very strong preferences for the BLUE school. But deep down, I knew she ultimately would have to make her own choice. It’s her …
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