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Archive for January 3rd, 2008

Good Korean Students

Posted in ESL, Teaching Koreans on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »

To my delight, my two new university-level Korean students whom I “christened” Joseph and Victor (actually, they chose their respective names from a list I wrote on the board) didn’t lose their interest in their ESL studies with the end of the old year. We started our classes today with the same level of interest [...]

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On Philippine Education

Posted in Education/Teaching, QUOTES on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »

“The education of the Filipino must be a Filipino education. It must be based on the needs of the nation and the goals of the nation. The object is not merely to produce men and women who can read and write or who can add and subtract. The primary object is to [...]

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Leo X

Posted in RELIGION: Markers on Our Religious Landscape on January 3, 2008 | No Comments »

January 3, 1521. Leo X (Giovanni de Medici) excommunicates Martin Luther in his bull Decet Romanum Pontificem [Source: McBrien, LOP: 274. More on this Pope in this site.

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