“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Statement of the Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, Inc. (JSAP) On the Proposal of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to Reframe General Education The Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines, Inc. (JSAP), representing scholars, educators, students and practitioners in journalism and communication, expresses its deep concern over the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED)… Continue reading JSAP’s Concern over CHED’s ‘reframing’ GE
A certain James Soriano, an Ateneo de Manila University student and columnist of Manila Bulletin, wrote an essay titled "Language, learning, identity, privilege" for his column. Apparently, it caused quite a storm among some Filipinos such that Manila Bulletin removed the piece in its website. His first sentence is: "English is the language of learning."… Continue reading James Soriano, his language and his little world
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 