Agenda UPDATED

NSTP - socio-political/socio-economic skits (APECO, VFA, PDAF, Bastardized PL System, etc.), submission of outputs (see previous post)

Econ 115 - labor and employment inforgraphics, CV submission, sociological cartoon about youth unemployment

DS 1991.1 (6 students) - consultation @ DSS, 10 am

DS 121 - feminization of poverty political cosplay and related deliverables (see previous post), output submission about poverty situationer and poverty exit from a micro standpoint, editorial cartoon about status consistency/status crystallization (choose a specific underresearched sector in the Philippine society), editorial cartoon about status dichotomy (rich vs poor)

DS 126 - test about difficult people in an organization, anatomy of public sector corruption speeches,  submission of the group matrix about the alternative cabinet secretaries for a progressive, just and humane society

Introductory Economics for MM - consumer behavior speeches (continuation), test about pricing strategies

NSTP deliverables

- Food security original photo and discussion (by pair, to be emailed on or before Tuesday)
- Socio-economic skit (by group, Tuesday)
- Notetaking about agriculture, land reform and IP-related topics (individual, Tuesday)
- Bookmark featuring a quote from Vandana Shiva about agriculture (individual, Tuesday)
- Editorial cartoon about rural development (individual, Tuesday)
- Multilevel sentence outline based on an issue-oriented book chapter (individual, Friday)

DS 126 (Politico-administrative institutions and behavior)

Submit a reflection paper about your personal experience with a functional or dysfunctional government agency (50%). Integrate concepts in public administration and governance (50%). This writing and research output is equivalent to a long exam. E-mail to jnponsaran@yahoo.com on or before Monday afternoon.

Development Studies 121 (poverty studies cosplay for Tuesday) - 4 members per group

Filipina nurses assigned in blood banks
Sex for flight victims
"Babaeng basa" in poor coastal villages
Women in food-for-work program
Female headed poor households
Female prostitution in calamity aftermath
Women welders
TESDA's Supermaid Course
Kababaihang manininda (women in the informal sector)

- Ms. Aljibe will coordinate the tasking of topics.
- Deliverables - cosplayer with oneliner conviction statement, discussant (everyone should prepare to discuss, 5 minutes only), hand-outs (10 pcs only, B/W), visual aid, reflection paper (English, 2000 words)

#toxic

Introductory Economics for MM

Write a brief reflection about the following lines using principles in Economics as frames of analysis. Submission - Monday afternoon
- The world is flat.
- Poverty is expensive.
- Expenditure minus income is equal to indebtedness.
- Philosophers have only interpreted the world; our role however is to change it.
- Small is beautiful.
- I am what I am because of who we all are.
- Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic justice which make philanthropy necessary.
- Inflation is taxation without legislation.

Agenda (just in case)

NSTP - individual speech about political economy of agriculture (continuation)
Econ 115 - labor and employment: an overview
DS 121 - long test about poverty targeting
DS 126 - profile of department secretaries (continuation)
DS 199.1 - Buenaventura, Arboneda, Lucas, Raymundo, Del Rosario, Villarin (10 am, DSS)

Optional output for all my students this semester (Grade booster)

Submit an original photo with an original sentence or paragraph caption about any socio-economic, socio-political, socio-legal, socio-environmental, or socio-cultural issue in the Philippine context via e-mail (jnponsaran@yahoo.com) on or before Saturday.  Be able to integrate a concept or principle related to our subject matter which we have not covered/tackled yet in class. Please observe ethics in photo documentation.

Reading/listening tasks

NSTP - Gary Granada songs (Bahay, Dam, Address)
Econ 115 - Francisco Colayco website and financial literacy columns
DS 121 - Poverty glossary (Chronic Poverty Research Center)
DS 126 - psychology/sociology/anthropology of corruption
Introductory Economics for MM - Cielito Habito and Peter Wallace PDI column articles
DS 123 - Poor on Trial* by Maria Glenda Lopez (Kasarinlan Journal online)


*Dapat mabasa ng lahat ng gusto mag-abogasya

Anunsyo

Para po sa kaligtasan ng lahat, hindi muna ako magkaklase bukas sa NSTP, Econ 115, DS 121, DS 126 at Introductory Econ for MM. Umantabay dito sa jk22b.blogspot.com para sa mga dagdag na babasahin.  Pakisabi po sa iba.

My tentative academic load next semester

Development Studies 100 (Development Theories and Models)
Development Studies 112 (Third World Studies) - 2 sections
Development Studies 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture)
Development Studies 199.2 (Development Research)
NSTP CWTS (Urban Development)

On nametags

Uso sa iba ang mga nametag.

Narito ang ilan sa mga nakita kong pangkaramiwang halimbawa:

Personal property of ___

From the personal library of ___

Please return to ___

Pero eto ang nakita kong pinakamalupeeeeet:

Ninakaw kay ____

‪#‎medyoharsh‬

‪#‎katakothawakanmanlang‬

Random points

- Busy writing an article about the political economy of ecotourism
- Busy checking a thesis introduction about the comparative study of the Philippine and Cuban pension systems
- Struggling to implement the "no assignment policy" but to no avail (as of yet)
- Belated happy birthday, Ate Julie and Prof. RSE Legaspi!

Introductory Economics for MM

Discuss the relationship between the pair of concepts below using critical political economy as frame of analysis:
- neoliberalism and debureaucratization
- antitrust legislation and state activism
- illegitimate debt and crony capitalism
- economic freedom and deregulation
- hot monies and bubble economy
- pork barrel and kleptocracy
- decoupling theory and financial crisis
- tax expenditure and tax haven
- inclusive growth and broad based growth
- maritime economics and Philippine economy

Submission - on or before Monday afternoon through e-mail (jnponsaran@yahoo.com)

DS 123

Write an essay that applies 10 concepts and theories relevant to the Sociology of Crime which we have not previously discussed in class in analyzing any of the following crimes in the Philippine context/experience:
Arbitrary detention
Arson
Swindling
Malversation of public fund
Rape
Violation of domicile
Smuggling
Cybercrime
Bank fraud
Trade malpractice
Medical malpractice
Murder

Submission - August 20 (Tuesday) via e-mail (jnponsaran@yahoo.com)

Agenda for Aug 16

NSTP - speech ACLE about the political economy of agriculture (brown rice, sakada, dying coffee industry, onion importation issues, garlic importation issues, WTO impact on Philippine agriculture, crop conversion, pesticide poisoning among farmers, cocolisap, Bt talong, guimaras mango issues, IKSP in agriculture, rice self sufficiency, seed activism, sahod ulan, impact of oil price hike on agriculture)

Econ 115 - flip chart submission (banks, loans, government bonds, financial literacy, real estate, stock markets, grameen bank, etc.)

DS 121- flip chart (sectoral issues) and AVP (poverty studies) submission, test about poverty targeting

DS 126 - profile of  department secretaries visual aid presentation (readable text size), submission of a reaction paper  about organizational leadership of department secretaries (consolidated version), submission of a brochure about difficult people in the context of the Philippine administrative culture (localize or indigenize the categories), long test about 48 laws of power

Development Studies 123

We will push through with our crime and society ACLE this Wednesday (August 14).
Research and prepare well.
Read also the articles posted in the following links -
http://opinion.inquirer.net/tag/crimes
http://opinion.inquirer.net/tag/crimes/page/2
http://opinion.inquirer.net/tag/crimes/page/3
Be ready for a long test.

!!!

Default mode: TOXIC

Development Studies 199.1

Study the assigned materials.
Prepare for a long test.
Bring 1 blue book.
CAS circulation section, 10-11:30 am
Madam Sigue, kindly inform the rest.

DS 121 panel discussion AVP

No duplication of topics
Deadline: August 16

Options for Development Studies juniors (4 members per group)
Poverty in ARMM
Poverty in Cordillera
Poverty in Bicol
Sociology of poverty
Psychology of poverty
Anthropology of poverty
Politics of poverty
Economics of poverty


Options for Development Studies seniors (3 members per group)
Measuring poverty
Poverty auditing
Poverty economics

Agenda #toxicityreloaded - updated

NSTP - read online articles about politics/political economy of food consumption, lecture-discussion about food politics, submit a haiku for each of the following topics - nutritionism, food pornography, hidden hunger, In Defense of Food and Food Rules
Econ 115 - 
read http://www.dti.gov.ph/dti/index.php?p=250, lecture-discussion about consumer activism,
submit a brochure featuring 100 tips on how to be a critical consumer (4 members per group, research well, Filipino), series of tests about consumer welfare (arrive on time)
DS 121 - long test about "identifying who and where are the poor" and "profile of the poor", 
submit a brochure about poverty targeting (3 members per group, research well)
DS 126 - read online articles about dysfunctional organizational culture and be ready for a long test based on these materials, submit a brochure about the 48 laws of power (3 members per group)
Introductory Economics for MM - individual speech about consumer behavior: concepts, applications and issues

Introductory Economics for MM - updated

In lieu of our August 6 session, you are tasked to either attend any forum listed below OR view the set of exhibits mounted along the Little Theater (LT) Walk.  The line-up of activities below are part of the Development Studies Week celebration with the theme "Sustainable Development for the Filipino Masses".

Forum options (If you opt to attend a forum, choose one from the list.  Based on the forum proceedings, write a reaction paper using critical political economy as framework of analysis. Submission: August 13)

Padayon, Doc Ed: Parangal para sa Isang Makabayang Dalubguro at Organisador
5 August (Monday) 1-4 pm, Little Theater

A Forum on Sustainability and Environment from the Indigenous People's Perspective
6 August (Tuesday) 8:30-11:30 am, Little Theater

ARTernatibo para sa Kalikasan (cultural showcase about the political economy of the environment)
6 August (Tuesday) 1-4 pm, Little Theater

A Forum on US Interests in Philippine Charter Change
7 August (Wednesday) 9 am - 12 noon, GAB 301 A&B

A Forum on the Search for a Sustainable, Safe and Renewable Energy Sources in the Philippines
7 August (Wednesday) 1-4 pm, GAB 301 A&B

Praxis practicum conference 2013 (screening of 10 film documentary about the political economy of rural livelihood)
8 August (Thursday) 8:30 am - 4 pm


Weeklong exhibits (If you opt to view the exhibits, you must view all. Based on them, write a reaction paper using the sustainable development as framework of analysis. Submission: August 13)

-Praxis practicum exhibit 2013 featuring the photo-documentation of the political economy of rural livelihood

-Padayon, Dr. Edberto M. Villegas

-NNARA Youth exhibit

- Katribu exhibit

5-8 August, LT walk

DS Advisory

The excuse letters signed by the ARTernatibo and Praxis Practicum Conference organizers are already available in my pigeon hole inside the DSS. Please get your block's copies and present them ASAP to your respective subject professors. All Development Studies majors are required by the Program to attend these activities, including the DS Week's opening ceremony and the tribute for Doc Ed on Monday.

DS 199.1 - thesis advisees

Mye Buenaventura

Arkin Arboneda

Mara Villarin

Liz Lucas

Emman Del Rosario
Emjay Raymundo

DS 123 advisory

I am postponing the individual and paired infographic presentation.  Classes will still push through with my lecture on political economy of crime and society. I also encourage students to read related articles about the sociology of crimes to maximize class participation during the discussion. Kindly inform your coursemates.

Consumer movement

http://www.rappler.com/video/20008-vitug-vlogs-wanted-consumer-movement

Events checklist

Program
Posters
Emcees
Opening remarks and closing remarks/call to action
Speaker/Panel of speakers
Panel of reactors (faculty, student and other sector)
AVP and music files (with back up copies)
Letter of invitation
Registration form
Venue
Equipment (LCD, sound system)
Exhibit to complement the forum (optional)
Freedom wall (optional)
Audience
Intermission
Certificate of recognition/Token of appreciation
Documentation of proceedings
Photo documentation

Biruang hiritan sa papalapit na ARTernatibo

"Mag-ingat sa paghakbang. Baka bumuka ang lupa!"
"Tatangayin kayo ng baha!"
"Ililigaw namin kayo sa gubat." #pointofnoreturn

Criteria for Judging (ARTernatibo para sa Kalikasan)

Social and Environmental Relevance 30%
Delivery and Clarity of Message 25%
Creativity and Originality 25 %
Interactiveness (Audience Participation) and Audience Impact 20%

NSTP

Per pair, submit three downloaded photos related to Kristel Tejada tragedy and the student sector's protest against the educational system that brought about this crisis. E-mail today at jnponsaran@yahoo.com for my approval. Once approved, you may print them already with this format - 6R, colored, without border. Kindly inform the rest.

Tuesday agenda UPDATED

NSTP - creative presentation deliverables
Econ 115 - practicon exhibit and parangal deliverables, lecture discussion about consumer movement
DS 121 - lecture discussion about poverty research
DS 126 - lecture discussion about administrative culture
Introductory Economics for MM - NO SESSION - research break to give you ample time to prepare for your speech and the additional task of applying the following concepts in your experience as producer/service provider and consumer: benefit segmentation, infotainment, product positioning, psychographic segmentation, WOM communication, hyperreality, product fetishism, media imperialism, tourist gaze, green marketing, subliminal advertising, unsought products, diminishing marginal utility, economies of scale, and price war -  2nd task to be e-mailed on or before August 2 

#

#napakalakingpoyensyalnyodsfreshies!

ARTernatibo para sa Kalikasan (kalupaan edition)

#DAYAmante
#Bt vs. Tb
#ImpyernoNgKalawang
#Anino

Friday agenda

NTSP - submission of deliverables (eco-stone, book donation, creative presentation, board game)

Econ 115 - final AVP evaluation, submission of deliverables pertinent to the DevStud Week, arrive on time please

DS 199.1 - lecture-discussion about operations research, evaluation research and policy research; thesis topic submission (venue: CAS library circulation section, 10-11:30 am)

DS 121 - read online articles about rural poverty in the Philippines, submit an editorial cartoon about rural management, submission of deliverables (eco-stone, book donation, call to action poster, Doc Ed poster, water democracy cue card revision)

DS 126 - In lieu of a regular session, OrCom and PolSci majors are encouraged to watch Singdakan at the LT while DS seniors are required to attend a general meeting with me about the Practicon and DevStud Week preparation at 1p.m. in our DS 126 room (RH 231)

Devstud Week (color coding)

August 5 Monday - Red
August 6 Tuesday - Green
August 7 Wednesday - White
August 8 Thursday - Black

Attention Development Studies majors

Development Studies majors, you may e-mail me on Sunday at jnponsaran@yahoo.com all your deliverables for my comments and corrections so that by Tuesday you will be able to present a better version/final version of the material/s. Kindly inform your batchmates.  Thank you for your usual cooperation. #maykatoxikangtaglay

Agenda

NSTP - Buhay at Bukid and Awit ng Pag-asa lyrics, props submission, ecostone approval/submission, book/magazine donation drive, presentation proposal (Pagan and company, Besana, Franco and company), food democracy board game proposal (Allerite and Virtusio), creative output submission (Feliciano, Aquino, Marin), and other related deliverables

Econ 115 - submission of deliverables (exhibit, AVP, draft of scripts, draft of speeches, draft of programs, etc.)

DS 121 - ecostone, Doc Ed poster and call to action poster submission/approval, visit Asian Peasant Coalition website

DS 126 - subaltern studies, semiproletatriat, social exclusion, 1987 Philippine Constitution Article XIII

Introductory Economics for MM - lecture-discussion about consumer behavior

Saklap...

Sabi nila...

Panggitnang uri - isang kahig, isang tuka

Mahirap - limang kahig, isang tuka

Mayaman - isang kahig, lima o higit pang tuka

Absentee landlord - walang kahig, unlimited tuka

ALERT!

Development Studies majors, you may e-mail tonight at jnponsaran@yahoo.com all your deliverables for my comments and corrections so that by tomorrow you will be able to present a better version of the material. Kindly inform your batchmates.  Thank you for your usual cooperation. #todopush

Edible insects

http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/i3253e/i3253e.pdf

Agenda

NSTP deliverables - ecostone proposal (continuation), booksale collection (continuation), human board game photo proposal c/o Ms. Virtusio and Mr. Allerite (continuation), DevStud decor proposal (c/o Guzman, etc.)

Econ 115 deliverables - completed AVP (intro, body, call to action, credit),  poster for final approval, Praxis photo exhibit print out, Praxis committee heads update and deliverables, malong per group, Praxis installation art proposal, Parangal/Pagkilala presentation proposal

DS 121 deliverables - ecostone proposal (continuation), ecoposter proposal (continuation), booksale collection (continuation), Doc Ed poster (by pair), water democracy human board game layout (Francisco, Jose) and cue cards (individual)

DS 126 - read online articles about Development Communication and Development Work

DS 123B - submit your concept maps tomorrow

Development Studies sophies - advocacy posters, Doc Ed poster

Class directory

I am assigning the following students to make a class directory that will include the following set of information (complete name, student number, course and year level, cell #, and e-mail address).

NSTP - Mr. Besana
Econ 115 - Ms. Diestro
DS 121 - Ms. Guiyab
DS 126 - Mr. Cenizal
DS 123A - Ms. Obleno
DS 123B - Mr. Magday
DS 199.1 - Ms. Sigue
Introductory Economics for MM - Ms. Magdalera

Development Studies 123 concept map submission

Submit a 1-page detailed concept map.
Alejo - cross-cultural medicine
Buenaventura - cultural feminism
Dela Cruz - cultural economy
De Leon - cultural tourism
Guiang - cultural poverty
Hegina - cross-cultural communication
Janer - cross-cultural relations
Lucas - cultural determinism
Lumbang - cultural geography
Magday - cultural politics
Malapad - cultural imperialism
Monzon - cultural justice
Nacario - cultural demography 
Pilarta - cultural competence
Reyes - cultural history
Sapalo - cultural capital
Serrano - cultural ecology
Sigue - cultural literacy
Villarin - critical cultural studies

Introductory Economics for MM (optional only, submission: Monday afternoon)

Apply the following concepts to your experience as a consumer or a producer/service provider:
Asymmetrical information
Moral hazard
Experience economy
Mcdonalization of society
Conspicuous consumption
Consumer sovereignty
Corporate environmentalism
Psychological pricing
Demonstration effect
Emotional economy


E-mail to jnponsaran@yahoo.com on or before Monday afternoon (July 15).

DEVSTUD B U? Quiz Show (August 6, morning)

Red team - Arada, Tan, Festin
Green team - Aquino, Ventura, Carpon
White team - Ferrancol, Villarda, Bata
Black team - Fabella, Mungcal, Jose
Orange team - Manahan, Deanon, E. Dela Cruz
Violet team - Dela Cruz, Tolentino, Magsino

Coverage - political economy of development and underdevelopment; political economy of the environment

ARTernatibo subthemes

First year - kalupaan
Second year - kagubatan
Third year - katubigan

Deliverables #toxic

NSTP - eco-stone art (stone, proposed statement, proposed design), Bookay-Ukay merchandise for the vegetable seeds and endemic trees donation drive, photo research (Allirite and Virtusio)

Econ 115 - AVP evaluation, practicon photo exhibit and caption print outs, AVP synopsis print out, DevStud Week posters (c/o Master Artist Luigi)

DS 199.1 - Please coordinate  with Ms. Sigue for updates

DS 121 - eco-stone art (stone, proposed statement, proposed design), Bookay-Ukay merchandise for the vegetable seeds and endemic trees donation drive, photo research (Francisco and Jose), compilation of quotes featuring Doc Ed's online and Philippine Development Forum articles, EKOmunidad poster advocacies

DS 126 - panel discussion AVP about Manila Studies and long test about the set of topics covered by the previous group reporting

Introductory Economics for MM - graded recitation and long test (coverage: all the photocopied and online reading materials)

Development Studies sophies - EKOmunidad poster advocacies

Friday agenda

NSTP - continuation of the food security presentation by pair, test about food security, DevStud Week tasking
Econ 115 - AVP evaluation #salamatsakooperasyon
DS 121 - panel discussion AVP submission, DevStud Week tasking, test about water democracy, water stress, water vulnerability, water privatization, water poverty, water for the people network and other water-related issues and concerns
DS 126 - infographic presentation by group (political communication, development communication, organizational politics, organizational development, political development)

BABALA SA MGA LAGING LUMILIBAN SA KLASE

Development Studies sophies, help po!

Please choose one call to action and develop it into a poster similar to what we did in the Kuha Mo Political Photo Booth last DSS Week. Mr. Deanon will be in charge of ensuring that there will be no unnecessary duplication of task. Salamat po.

No to frankenfoods!
Ang lupa ay buhay!
Ang tubig ay buhay!
Planet and People > Profit
Defend national patrimony!
Support seed activism!
Resist US oil imperialism!
Resist ethnocide!
VFA = rape of women, environment and sovereignty
Assert energy democracy!
Defend the indigenous people's right to biocultural resources!
I love talinum! : )
I love saluyot! : )
Preserve and promote indigenous science and technology!
Science and technology for the Filipino people!
Reduce, reuse and recycle e-scraps sustainably!
Hold the U.S. accountable for their climate debt!
Pagyamanin ang saribuhay!
Mga higanteng DAM - walang pakiramDAM (Dam by Gary Granada)
Resist terminator seeds!
Biology for the Filipino masses!
Biochemistry for the Filipino masses!
Computer Science for the Filipino masses!
Applied Physics for the Filipino masses!
No to greenwashing!
Expose corporate environmentalism!
Karapatan sa malinis na hangin at tubig, ipaglaban!
No to the recommissioning of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant!
Preserve and promote indigenous knowledge systems and practices!
Resist environmental racism!
Resist toxic colonialism!

Additional
Resist neocolonial waste trade!
Protect ecological integrity!
Resist monoculture!
Relive the struggle of Macliing Dulag!
Promote the use of appropriate technology!
Small is beautiful! - E.F. Schumacher
No to a throw-away society!

Development Studies Week 2013 (2nd update)

Development Studies Week 2013
Theme: Sustainable Development for the Filipino Masses
Duration: August 5 to 8 (Monday to Thursday)*

Tentative line-up of activities:
Praxis practicum exhibit and installation art (c/o Development Studies seniors)
Parangal kay Dr. Edberto M. Villegas bilang makabayang guro, unyonista at alagad ng sining
Lecture on the Search for Sustainable, Safe and Renewable Sources in the Philippines by Prof. Roland Simbulan
Roundtable discussion and/or film viewing about urban poverty (c/o Prof. Chester Arcilla)
DEVSTUD B U? - part 1 political economy of development, part 2  political economy of the environment (c/o Development Studies seniors)
ARTernatibong kultural na pagtatanghal (tema: kalupaan/katubigan/kagubatan)
Praxis Practicum Conference 2013 (c/o Development Studies seniors)

Infographic exhibit featuring Doc Ed's socio-economic advocacies (c/o Development Studies NSTP)
Water democracy human board game (c/o Development Studies juniors)
Food democracy human board game (c/o Development Studies NSTP)
EKOmunidad Photo Booth (c/o Development Studies sophies)
Endemic tree donation drive (c/o Prof. Allan Mesina's Development Studies 127 class)
Eco-stone art exhibit (c/o the artistic Development Studies majors) : )
Bookay-ukay (c/o Development Studies NSTP and sophies)
IBON Booksale (c/o DevSoc)
Iglap-dula (tampok si Diwang Palaboy #joke)
_______
*August 9 is a Muslim holiday

Development Studies 126 infographic presentation on Friday

Topics
Political communication
Organizational development
Development communication
Political development
Organizational politics

Reading tasks for Friday

Development Studies 126 - Political Will, Political Capital by Cielito Habito
Development Studies 121 - Measuring Poverty Incidence (Inquirer Talk of the Town)
NSTP - Inequality in PH Education (Inquirer Talk of the Town)
Introductory Economics (next Tuesday) - Econ growth sans development by Sixto Roxas
Development Studies 123 (next Wednesday) - NCCA@25 by Antonio Montalvan
Development Studies 199.1 - http://www.pids.gov.ph/publications.php

Development Studies 121 (submission on Friday, 4 members per group, optional only)

Submit  a panel discussion AVP about any of the following topics:
- poverty targeting
- poverty auditing
- measuring poverty
- sociology of poverty
- geography of poverty


(Development Studies juniors only, reshuffle group membership)

Random points

- Done with the article about the political economy of electronic waste dumping and almost done with the articles about the political economy of Berlin and the political career of Vladimir Putin
- Busy days ahead for the Development Studies seniors in preparation for the Praxis Practicum Conference 2013 featuring the 10 video documentaries about the political economy of land reform, mega dam, commercial piggery, usurious loan, semi feudalism, rice industry, pineapple industry, and municipal fishing among others
- Job well done, Development Studies freshies.  Continue promoting the responsible and critical use of documentation technologies as instruments of socio-political transformation.

Reading task for DS 121, DS 199.1 and Econ 11 for MM

Berlin – A success story.

Facts. Figures. Statistics 

Agenda for Tuesday next week

NSTP - (by pair) Read articles about food security, show an original photo (print out or digital) related to the subject matter and be able to discuss insights about food security in front of the class (avoid duplication of ideas so somebody should coordinate to ensure this)
Econ 115 - AVP evaluation #kayanatinito #sofarOK
DS 121 - Panel discussion AVP about poverty and insurgency, poverty and financial literacy, poverty and the criminal justice system
DS 126 - speeches about the political psychology of Imelda Marcos, Miriam Santiago, Jejomar Binay and Rodrigo Duderte
Introductory Economics - graded recitation about the 6 policy briefs and introductory chapters in economic principles

Agenda for Friday

NSTP - Political MTV submission (Trapo, Babae, Rosas ng Digma, Komersyalisasyon), Sabayang-awit (Awit ng Pag-asa), Political haiku and tanaga submission

Econ 115 - AVP evaluation #peacetayo #walangiyakan

DS 121 - Panel discussion AVP submission (capability, resiliency and vulnerability), read online materials about critical media studies

DS 126 - Read online materials about bourgeois/mainstream journalism vs. critical/alternative journalism authored by Dean Luis Teodoro and Prof. Danilo Arao

DS 199.1 - Lecture-discussion about development research and critical social research

Interesting and relevant course on sustainability

http://www.prrm.org/downloads/CBIS_Hand_Book_4.pdf

DS 123 am and pm sessions

Study why the following are popular/gaining popularity among middle class Filipinos:
- perya or theme parks
- franchising
- Asian tour
- folk healing and alternative healing modalities
- eat all you can treats
- soft pornography
- indie films
- direct selling
- discount vouchers/discount coupons (eg. Ensogo)

Reading task for Econ 115

http://www.dannyarao.com/edvil.html

Reading tasks

NSTP - women IPs, commodification of IP culture, ethnocide
Econ 115 - Freedom from Debt Coalition, development finance, Leonor Briones
DS 121 - theories on poverty, Chronic Poverty Research Center, National Anti-Poverty Commission
DS 126 - good governance, rent-seeking behavior, bureaucratic corruption
DS 123 - labas, loob at lalim ng pagkataong Pilipino ni Dr. Prospero Covar; Filipino consciousness: Philosophy of Loob

Agenda July 2 (Tues)

NSTP - long test (IP-related articles posted @ bulatlat.com and tebtebba.org)
Econ 115 - lecture about national economy and patrimony
DS 121 - panel discussion about poverty and vulnerability, poverty and capability, poverty and resiliency
DS 126 - individual speeches (Jess Robredo and good governance, Sonia Lorenzo and good governance, Teddy Baguilat and good governance)
Introductory Economics for MM- lecture-discussion about principles of economics and political economy

UPDATED - Reading task and study guide for Introductory Economics for MM

Study the following concepts. As a general guide, relate these concepts to the Philippine public or private sector experience and/or your work or personal experience.
Externalities
Opportunity costs
Production possibilities
Determinants of demand
Determinants of supply
Factor market
Product market
Market failure
State failure
Market fundamentalism
Marketization of society
Marketization of health
Marketization of higher education
Debureaucratization
Cola war
Milk wars
Genuine progress indicators
Utility economics
Health economics
Disaster economics
Forensic economics
Alternative and participatory economics

Agenda - Friday

NSTP - socio-political cosplay about indigenous people struggle; haiku and tanaga submission about socio-economic issues
Econ 115 - start working on your audio-visual presentations; presentation of the AVP posters (LCD reservation c/o Ms Velasco)
DS 121 - panel discussion about poverty and vulnerability, poverty and capability, poverty and resiliency
DS 126 - indiviual speeches (Philippine setting)
Division of spoils after the 2013 elections
Rent-seeking behavior in Philippine politics
How to pass in Civil Service exams?
Passing rate in the Civil Service exams
Absenteeism in the public sector
Public sector unionism 101

Agenda (June 25)

- NSTP - research well about the assigned IP topics and prepare well for a class discussion
- Econ 115 - lecture-discussion about technocracy in development finance
- DS 121 - lecture-discussion about the use of visual information in qualitative poverty research
- DS 126 - lecture-discussion about ethics for public administrators
- Introductory Economics for MM - lecture- discussion about economic concepts and principles

Note: Prepare for quizzes between discussions.

Introductory Economics for MM

Optional requirement (e-mail to jnponsaran@yahoo.com on or before Monday noon)
1. Apply the rational choice theory in the context of your past or present work experience.
2. Apply the concept of economic justice in the context of the local labor condition of a particular subsector of your choice in the service sector.

Agenda (UPDATED)

NSTP - PAGSALUBONG 2013 organized by DevSoc JUNE 21
Econ 115 - final approval of the exhibit photos (LCD reservation c/o Ruth Velasco) JUNE 21
DS 121 - read about visual ethnography, visual sociology and visual anthropology JUNE 21
DS 126 - continuation of the lecture about civil service JUNE 21


Introductory Economics of MM - lecture-discussion about concepts and principles in Economics JUNE 25

Note:
Assigned reading materials
DS 123 - Read Bayan at Lipunan pp. 5-24 (speeches and articles authored by National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera)
NSTP - Read Bakwet at Hindi Magagaping Diwa

Tasks

Study the following concepts:
NSTP - Development Studies, social development, critical social sciences
Econ 115 - technocracy, technocracy movement, rise of technocracy
DS 121 - culture of poverty, chronic poverty, poverty economics
DS 126 - corruptionary, meritocracy, spoils system
DS 123 - cultural studies, ethnography, cultural economy
Introductory Economics for MM - political economy, social economy, applied economics

Random points

- Worried about and irked by the misplaced priorities of key people in institutions of higher learning
-Concerned about how our leaders perceive global competitiveness to mean low labor standards, low wage rate and low environmental standards to render the country attractive to foreign plunderers to the detriment of the people's livelihood and environment
- Attended a conference about DepEd's K to 12 curriculum and its impact on UP education
- Got stranded in a heavy traffic jam along Taft and Quirino

Introductory Economics for MM reading list

- Where did our growth come from? by Cielito Habito @ www.inquirer.net
- Private sector blamed for lack of jobs @ www.inquirer.net
- 10/16 by Peter Wallace @ www.inquirer.net
- Broad array of groups protest against Aquino government politics that worsen poverty @ www.bulatlat.com
- Passé na nga ba ang national industrialization @ www.pinoyweekly.com

Assigned readings

NSTP (Social Change and Development) - International watchdog says impunity still reigns @ www.bulatlat.com

Econ 115 (Philippine Economic History) - Economic History by Ambeth Ocampo @ www.inquirer.net

DS 121 (Poverty Studies) - Broad array of groups protest against Aquino government politics that worsen poverty @ www.bulatlat.com

DS 126 (Governance and Development) - Civil Service Commission website (About Us section)

DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture) - Tribal folks struggle to continue indigenous agricultural production @ www.bulatlat.com

Introductory Economics for MM - Where did our growth come from? by Cielito Habito @ www.inquirer.net

Praxis Practicum Conference 2013

PRACTICON COMMITTEES

Overall Coordinators: Margie Sigue and Christa Dabalos

Technical Committee Head: Arkin Arboneda

Exhibit Committee Heads: Luigi Pilarta and Earle Abrenica

Food Committee Head: Albert Gavino

Program Committee Head: Margie Sigue

RTR Committee Head: Rebecca Renticruz

Reservation Committee Head: David Bunao

Invitation Committee Head: Alexandra Balingit

Registration Committee Head: Christa Dabalos

Poster Committee Head: Luigi Pilarta

Guests Committee Head: Philip Garvida

Stage Design Committee Head: Luigi Pilarta

Intermission Committee Head: Roxette Obleno

Marshals: Avengers (joke) To be announced

Emcees:

Morning: Pauline Alcaide and Emjay Raymundo

Afternoon: Kariza Orlanda and Lawrence Macalalag

Agenda (June 11 Tuesday)

NSTP - orientation and overview
Econ 115 - orientation and overview
DS 121 - orientation and overview
DS 126 - orientation and overview
Introductory Economics (Master in Management) - orientation and overview

Note: Prepare for a possible diagnostic test.

Course highlights

NSTP

Peasant Situationer

Indigenous People Situationer

Fisherfolk Situationer

Industrial Worker Situationer

Women Situationer

DS 121 (Philippine Underdevelopment)

Poverty research 

Poverty across regions and sectors

Poverty and unemployment

Income, food and water poverty

Poverty reduction and eradication programs

DS 126 (Politico-administrative Institutions and Behavior)

Administrative culture

Ethics in public administration

Human resource development in the public sector

Comparative local government

Political communication and media ethics

DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture)

Crime and society

Religion and society

Health and society

Media and society

Advertising and society

Econ 115 (Philippine Economic History)

Consumer movement

Labor movement

Filipino inventors' movement

Sustainable local trade movement

Sustainable international trade movement

Grade 3 Bayabas

Ngayong pagsisimula ng pasukan, naaalala ko ang biro na kung ang section ng mga mag-aaral ay grade 3 mangga o grade 3 bayabas ito ay literal na nangangahulugang sa ilalim nga ng puno ng mangga o bayabas sila magkaklase dahil sa kakulangan ng mga silid-aralan. Kakatwa (o nakakangitngit) nga lamang malaman na ang mga kakulangang ito ay mas isinisisi ng kinauukulan sa mga natural na kalamidad tulad bagyo o lindol sa halip na iniuugat sa mga istruktural na problema sa sistema ng edukasyon at ekonomya ng bansa na pawang mga halimbawa naman ng system-induced disasters.

Random points

Tripartite - tatluhang panig
Linguist - dalubwika
Concept - dalumat
Philippine Studies - Pilipinolohiya
Mantis shrimp - alupihang dagat, hipong urong
Telephone - hatinig (hatid tinig)

...

#simplify, do not complicate
#step down

Random points

- Marami na raw ang nagbuwis ng buhay sa isang irigasyon na aking nabisita dahil "napaglaruan" o "nakursunadahan" ng mga engkanto. Binabalewala ng ganitong mga atrasadong paniniwala ang kapabayaan sa istruktura at pagbabantay sa lugar para maiwasan ang mga aksidente. Ganito rin ang baluktot na paniniwala (false consciousness) tuwing may malulunod sa mga ilog na may isinasagawang malakihan at mapaminsalang quarrying. Sa halip na mapanagot ang sabwatan ng lokal na pamahalaan at pribadong kontraktor dahil sa pinsalang pangkalikasan at ang epekto nitong biglaang paglalim ng ilog ay isinisisi ang trahedya sa mga kababalaghan.

- Magiliw na sinariwa ng isang manang na aking nakapanayam (96 taong gulang) ang kanyang kabataan at ang panahon at lipunan kung saan ito uminog. Ang ating mga kasamang nakatatanda ay repositoryo ng makabuluhan at malalim na mga kaalaman at kwentong-buhay. Pinakamataas na pagpupugay sa kanila.

- Mahalaga ang paglalakbay sa iba't ibang pook. Tangan ang tamang disposisyon at pananaw ay isa itong mapagpalayang karanasan. Pero iwasang maging dayuhan sa moda ng produksyon, politika at kultura ng ating sariling mga komunidad. #mag-ikot ikot, makisalamuha at makipagtalapapagan din (talakayan sa papag) pag may time  

- Sa bangketa sa poblasyon, isang manininda ng prutas sa kariton ang may epektibo at makabuluhang paraan ng paghikayat sa mga mamimili. Isinulat niya sa mga piraso ng karton ang mga sakit na nagagamot ng kanyang mga kalakal na prutas. May katwiran siya. Wika nga ng isang doktor, "Of all the medicines out of earth, food is the chief." #pharmafood

DS advising schedule (updated)

June 3 - Mesina
June 4 - Ponsaran
June 5 - Legaspi
June 6 - Arcilla
June 7 - Ponsaran

Random points

- Pagpupugay kay Ms. Velicaria para sa pagiging bahagi ng development-oriented research sa UP Third World Studies Center. Hangad ko ang tagumpay ng dokumentaryo ng inyong pangkat ukol sa small-scale mining.
- Bumili ako ng mga tilapia upang palakihin sa aming kapirasong fish pond.  Sana ay mapangatawanan ko ang organic tilapia culture.

- Mag-ingat sa mga tahasang kumukondena sa palakasan system pero palihim din namang nagsasamantala at nakikinabang dito. #tingin-tingin din sa salamin 'pag may time : ) Kaboooom!

- Magsimula ng magbasa-basa ng mga kaugnay na paksang nakapaloob sa mga asignaturang kukunin ngayong semestre bilang paghahanda sa pasukan.  Iba na ang handa, maagap at may-alam para tatak UP talaga.  

Survey: What makes a good reader? (Part 3)

- "Mapagbantay sa mga importanteng detalye." - Atty. Terry Ridon, Kabataan Party

- "A good reader is one who has keen interest on what she is reading and is thus able to analyze and critique what she is reading." - Dr. Lourdes Abadingo, UP Faculty Regent

- "With sharp senses and good inner processor that enables absorption and comprehension without distortion of content of reading materials. A good reader is propelled by self-initiative to sustain the reading habit." - Prof. Erle Frayne Argonza, Sociologist 

- "Kagustuhang matutunan/maunawaan ang babasahin." - Prof. Ren De Grano,  Cavite State University

- "I think a good reader makes a conscious effort to expose himself/herself to new sources and authors, and consciously tries to uncover the biases and context of the author." - Prof. Kevin Punzalan, Consular and Diplomatic Affairs Department

- "Understanding the context of the material and the motivation of the author.  It helps to read between the lines." - Mr. Jeremy De Jesus, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

- "A good reader appreciates wide variety of materials and topics, knows how to entertain oneself and be critical as needed." - Ms. Georgina Ciriaco, Conservation International

- "A GOOD reader "tears" GOOD pages and integrates those pages in one GOOD book." - Mr. Richard Reyes, Development Studies student

Survey: What makes a good reader? (Part 2)

- "A good reader is sensitive about the author's biases and intentions. This applies to reading news articles, history books and even showbiz features." - Ms. Ivory Galang, Philippine Institute of Development Studies

- "Ginagamit ang natutunan sa nabasa at iminumulat ang iba ukol dito." - Mr. Miguel Deanon, Development Studies sophomore

- "A good and avid reader is someone interested  in a variety of topics and has read quite a number of books, become so engrossed in the material being read as if he/she is part of the story as it unfolds, is not easily persuaded by the opinion of the author but makes critical comments of what has been read, yet becomes passionate with what he/she read.  Most importantly, he/she finds time to read despite busy schedule that you'd normally find him/her in book shops than in vanity stores and he/she finds reading as a form of relaxation than a chore to fulfill.  A good reader also has a vivid imagination of what he/she reads, feels the emotion that the author conveys in the material, but can also disagree with the author's opinion contrary to his/her own.  Most importantly, when he/she puts down the book, there is a feeling of fulfillment.  Reading is a nourishment for the soul. a good reader always have a feeling of being transformed by the books he/she reads."  - Prof. Andrea Martinez, Behavioral Sciences Department

- "A good reader is one who has a genuine interest in reading and widening his/her mental horizon and can comprehend and process information efficiently and, above all, be able to apply the lessons learned to make a positive difference in life." - Mr. Aurelio Isaac Doctor, Development Studies senior

- "A good reader has a great imagination.  He/she also admits what he doesn't understand and consults a dictionary whenever possible." - Prof.Shayne Garcia, Organizational Communication Program

Survey: What makes a good reader? (Part 1)

- "discerning" - Prof. Fatima Castillo, Political Science Program

- "skeptical" - Mr. Yfur Fernandez, GMA News and Current Affairs

- "One who applies the good and positive things that he/she read from a book and one who understands what he/she has read."  - Prof. Jerome Ong, Area Studies Department

- "A good reader is a discerning reader.  Someone who doesn't simply reads and understands but someone who reads and can react using fair judgment, common sense and good sensibility to what he reads." - Directress Cherry Dator, Twin Hearts Child Care Learning Center

- "One who intensely mines and sincerely minds what he reads" - Dr. Leonardo Estacio, Behavioral Sciences Department

- "Curiosity and an obsession to be better informed than everyone else by regarding reading as a competitive form of entertainment." - Atty. Ishmael Khan, Supreme Court

- "A good reader is someone who takes time to be critical, to be critical even of critics." - Mr. Dino Pineda, The Philippine Star

Advising schedule for DS

June 3 - Mesina
June 4 - Ponsaran
June 5 - Legaspi
June 6 - Ponsaran
June 7 - Arcilla

Course highlights

NSTP

Peasant Situationer

Indigenous People Situationer

Fisherfolk Situationer

Industrial Worker Situationer

Women Situationer

DS 121 (Philippine Underdevelopment)

Poverty research 

Poverty across regions and sectors

Poverty and unemployment

Income, food and water poverty

Poverty reduction and eradication programs

DS 126 (Politico-administrative Institutions and Behavior)

Administrative culture

Ethics in public administration

Human resource development in the public sector

Comparative local government

Political communication and media ethics

DS 123 (Filipino Identity and Culture)

Crime and society

Religion and society

Health and society

Media and society

Advertising and society

Econ 115 (Philippine Economic History)

Consumer movement

Labor movement

Filipino inventors' movement

Sustainable local trade movement

Sustainable international trade movement

Bulaga!!!!!

 Booooooooom!

Ala-ala ng karanasan sa MPM

http://www2.upou.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150%3Afmdsmpm&catid=4&Itemid=35

Industrialization of fruit consumption

Sa halip na kumain ng sariwang prutas, mas lumalaganap ngayon sa hanay ng mga pabata ng pabatang industrial consumer ang pagkain ng prutas na de-lata, pag-inom ng fruit flavored juice (artipisyal na pampalasa mula sa laboratoryo), at paggamit ng mga personal care product na may fruit extract kuno na tiyak ay sintetiko rin. Ang mga produktong ito ay kadalasang mas mahal, mas mapanganib sa kalusugan at mapanira sa kalikasan - samakatwid ay hindi sustenable o likas-kaya. Sa pamamagitan ng sabwatan ng mga food at cosmetic scientist, government "regulatory" institution at advertising company ay nagiging pangkaraniwan ang ganitong baluktot na kultura ng pagkonsumo.

Dangerous chemicals in personal care products

http://chemistry.about.com/od/healthsafety/tp/toxic-chemicals-in-cosmetics.htm

Mapagpalayang pananampalataya

Kahanga-hanga si Pope Francis sa kanyang mga batikos sa lumalaganap at lumalalim na cult of money at free market capitalism, at ang mga masasamang epekto nito tulad ng pagsahol ng agwat sa pagitan ng mahirap at mayaman at ang higit na pagtaas ng bilang ng hanay ng maralita.  Dapat ay pamarisan siya ng iba pang pari upang mas maging makabuluhan sa lipunan ang kanilang mga gawain, aral at homiliya.  Masyadong lumulutang sa alapaap ang ilang mga pari at religious leader kung saan nakakasangkapan pa ang relihiyon upang maging manhid, bulag at mangmang ang kanilang mga tagasunod ukol sa mga isyung panlipunan.

Ponsaran's academic load this upcoming semester

- DS 121 Philippine Poverty and Underdevelopment

- DS 123 Filipino Identity and Culture - 2 sections

- DS 126 Politico-administrative Institutions and Behavior

- Econ 115 Philippine Economic History

- NSTP Development and Social Change

- Markets and the State (Master in Management Program)

Pagpupugay

- Pagpupugay kay Prop. Sharon Advincula Caringal bilang bagong tagapangulo ng DSS.
- Pagpupugay sa matagumpay na pagtatapos ng mga mag-aaral sa kanilang practicum sa mga kanayunan ng Mindoro, Rizal, Tarlac, Pampanga, Pangasinan at Cavite.
- Pagpupugay kay Doc Ed para sa kanyang ika-73 kaarawan nitong Mayo.  Humahanga po kami sa pananatili ng inyong sikhay sa pagtuturo, pananaliksik, serbisyo publiko at gawain sa pag- oorganisa.

Random points

Para matanggal ang paper jam sa PCOS machine, ginagamitan pa ito ng mga board of election inspector ng kawayang papat, payong o walis-tambo. Salimbayan ito ng modernong teknolohiya at pagiging maparaan ng mga guro. Kaya naman bukod sa mga isyung software, kailangang masolusyunan din ang mga usaping hardware tulad nito para sa mga susunod na eleksyon.

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Ang malapit na hinaharap...

Paniningil at pagganti ng mga talunang trapo sa mga komunidad na tumanggap ng suhol pero hindi sila ipinanalo

Pagkakasakit ng malubha ng mga trapo dahil sa hindi nila inaasahan at napaghandaang pagkatalo (karma?)

Paghihintay nang isang taon (dahil sa 1 year appointment ban) bago mabigyan ng pagkakataong mahirang sa anumang pampublikong posisyon (traditional politician turned traditional bureaucrat o trapo tungong trabu)

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HINDI LANG MGA POLITIKO ANG HINDI MAPAGKATULOG...

Tiyak magkahalong pananabik at kaba ang nararamdaman ng mga kontratista mula sa pribadong sektor kung makakaupo pa rin ba (incumbent) at/o makakaupo na sa wakas (challenger) ang mga kurakot na politikong kasabwat nila sa negosyo. Magkatuwang na pagpapasasa na naman ito ng tatlong taon sa poder.

Salamat sa academic freedom, huwag lang dapat abusuhin : )

I remember one time I instructed my students during their long exam in society and culture class to look at the graffiti in their respective armrests and, based on it, use the theories of social deviance as frames of analysis. I call it deviant exam about deviance.

#palengke

For me, it is always interesting to observe and conduct mini-ethnography in public markets. It serves as our society's microcosm or a little world depicting economic and sociocultural exchanges, not to mention the underlying issues related to food politics, public health, and labor rights that are often taken for granted.

Sana kayo rin : )

Narito po ang aking mga ibobotong kandidato:

Casino

Villanueva

Hagedorn

Poe

Legarda

Villar

Pimentel

Escudero

Cayetano

Magsaysay, Jun

Trillanes

Madrigal

at ang

KATRIBU Party list

Random points

Tama ang sabi ng mga political at advertising analyst. Hahantong sa pagka-uyam at pagkainis ang reaksyon ng publiko kung lalabis ang pag-ere ng mga political campaign ad, lalo na yung mga hindi sinsero at mapagmanipula ng kamalayan. #mga basurang umeere

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"Tuwid na daan" daw pero ang mga inaalyadong lokal na politiko ay kapwa baluktot. Tila nakompromiso na ang "pamantayan" ng Team Hepatitis.

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Sabwatang food industry at pharmaceutical industry para lumaganap ang diabetes? Alam na!

Random points

- Salamat Anna, Shobie at Ren sa pagbisita sa amin at sa pagbabahagi ng inyong mga buhay na karanasan sa Timog Katagalugan.
- Ang tentatibo kong tuturuan ngayong paparating na semestre ay 6 na seksyon sa Development Studies Program at isang seksyon sa Master in Management Program.
- Pagpupugay sa mga DS na magiging doktor sa malapit na hinaharap: Ms. Dela Paz, Ms. Laforteza, Mr. Fajardo, Ms. Hechanova, Mr. Tejada, Mr. De Guzman, Mr. Arceo, at iba pa.  Ganoon din sa mga naging ganap na doktor na tulad nina Dr. Bilas, Dr. Gamad, Dr. De Vera at iba pa.
- DS 121, huwag kalimutang basahin ang aralin ukol sa globalization of labor : )
- Naantala ang pag-download ko ng 4 Pics 1 Word : )

What's in a name?

- May kandidato sa isang lungsod na ang ngala'y Science Reyes.  May isang dalubhasa naman na ang pangalan ay Agham Cuevas.
- Ang mga kapatid naman ni Agham ay nagngangalang Sining, Likha at Kalikasan. Humahanga ako sa kanilang mga magulang na nagpangalan sa kanila ng makabuluhan at makabayan.
- Isa sa mga inaanak ko sa binyag ay nagngangalang Karl Maoxede. Tulad ng kanyang mga magulang, mulat din siya sa mga isyung panlipunan, lalo na sa mga usapin ng katutubong Pilipino.

Academic load

- DS 121 Study of Philippine Poverty and Underdevelopment
- DS 123 Filipino Identity and Culture - 2 sections
- DS 126 Politico-administrative Institutions and Behavior
- Econ 115 Philippine Economic History
- NSTP CWTS - Social Change and Development

Random points

- Pagpupugay kay S.A.C.
- Taas-kamao para sa masikhay na paggampan nina Alex, MJ at Becca sa mga gawaing pag-oorganisa.
- Dapat nangunguna ang Pamantasan ng Pilipinas sa demokratikong pamamahala, hindi nasa laylayan.
- Hindi ko iboboto ang mga party list na mismong Presidente ang nag-eendorso.  Nangangahulugan kasi ito na hindi talaga sila marhinalisado. Period!
- Tatlong bagay na mahalagang taglayin ng mga mag-aaral - karakter, talino at disiplina