Schools are said to be factories - factories that produces the next generation. If we continue to teach and educate our studebts with irrelevant ingormation through rote memorization, what kind of community and society to we intend to have in the guture? Many many many times we have been accussed of not making our students memorize. But is memorization really that important? The world is changing. More and more industries need human respurce that thinks and makes decisions over manual job ( routinary and non-thinking skills). If we put our priority on memprization, how in the world do you think will we be able to supply the industries and jobs of the future?
It just troubles me alot how after listening to amazing talks and seminars about education for the future and 21st century learning , I go back to Dagupan City where people expect their kids to just Memorize. And isnt it ironic that same people who complain about the "stupidity" of her employees demand memorization from schools??!!! Just last month, a mom had a problem with Bureau of Intenal Revenue (IRS), and she was saying that her income tax report was all wrong because her inventory head didnt do inventory properly, her human resource dud not do his job properly. She was complaining about their "stupidity" and how they cannot make euse decision. And that same mom now demands memorization. And so i want to go back to my premise. Its not memorization and rote learning that we need to prioritize in education, but on How our kuds utilize these information.

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Our country have been way behind compared to other neighbouring countries in terms of development and economic growth. It seems like it is only in our country that all forms of economic theories and urban planning are not applicable. Emotions and pakisama have always gotten in the way of every rules in terms of city development and even common sense. Just for example, we all know that we need bus stops and that buses are not suppose to stop everywhere the driver wants every time he want. But for some strange reason its not applicable in our country. 40% of Filipinos have seen the world outside the Philippines and yet none have ever tried to implement rules. Why? 

While the rest of the world are trying to integrate mass transit and development of modern skyscrapers, we, on the there hand are stuck repairing our not so bad roads, cementing, putting asphalt and the non-stop fixing of drainage. Why the fuss on drainage? Have we ever thought of designing drainage that works, coming up procedures in cleaning and utilising it to avoid flood? It seems like no one has even tried to do it…the right way.

And so you ask me why do i write about these things? I believe as an educator, the very root of the problem is selfishness. While every Filipino thinks about himself over the Common Good, we will never progress as a country. Have you ever heard how Lee Kwan Yew spent his earnings? He donated them back to charities in Singapore. He gave everything for Singapore. Why? Because he love Singapore. Because of that, every Singaporean had that in them…the love for their country. And it all boils down to following our leader. 

And now I ask… who should we vote in the next election? how are we to choose our next leader? are we really into progress or we just want a president who will do exactly what we want? If we want progress, we need to choose well.