July 24,2018

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE
President - Republic of the Philippines
Malacañang Palace, MANILA

Dear Mr. President,

         

Good day Mr. President, I am writing this letter to protest about the K-12 curriculum that had been approved last 2013 in the Philippines and started the first batch of Senior High School last 2016.

I truly think that this is a bad idea. For as I see that the very first batch who graduated from senior high school and the present senior high students are facing into a very complicated situation. I think that the first batch who graduated were called as "experimental batch" because in the beginning during the orientation of K-12 curriculum they said that "GAS" (General Academic Strand) is for those who are still undecided on what course they will be taking in colleges from the word general they said that if you chose it as your strand you'll be able to take any course that you want. But then now many senior high graduates are complaining especially those who chose GAS as their strand, many of them has been crying because some universities are not allowing them to enroll to their dream course or job specially the medical field because they are saying that medical field is only preferably to STEM students. I am against this because many dreams can be shattered. And maybe the problem of this students or their parents is that because of lack of money.

Please do something about this. Let's make the student dreams come true.

Sincerely yours,

MARINEL R. ABUY

          Student

Reminiscing Our Beloved Heroes Who Fight For Freedom

      

         Independence Day also known as Araw ng Kalayaan or " Day of Freedom " is an annual national holiday in the Philippines observed on June 12 commemorating the Independence of the Philippines from Spain. So why do we celebrate Independence Day?

                                                                                        June 12, 1898 this is the day that we celebrate Independence Day. We, Filipinos celebrate it annually on June 12. This is one of the most significant dates in the Philippine history. Independence Day is a great day for us. We celebrate Independence Day to show our enduring love for the day when we gained freedom. It is also the way of showing or expressing devotion to and vigorous support to our country. This day reminds us of the sacrifices of our heroes or fighters. We got freedom because of our unified strength. This is the day when many people including government officials, employees, and students participate in parades. This was declared as a national holiday and all schools and offices were closed. We celebrated it with excitement. Students also make flags and hung them everywhere. Students and teachers in schools also sung the National Anthem with respect to the song and to the National Flag. What if they (the heroes) didn't gained freedom? What will happen to our country? Without our beloved heroes there was no peace today. Without them maybe we are already suffering.

          As a student, we should respect and let us not forget all of the sacrifices of our heroes or fighters because they are the one who fight for freedom. We should join our hands for our economic development and strive hard to make this great country more productive. And if everytime we sung the National Anthem we should not disrespect it, instead we should participate.

References:
https://www.deviantart.com/nadzescapade/art/Araw-ng-kalayaan-ng-Pilipinas-377453289
https://www.timeanddate.com
https://www. quora.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org