BABALA: DOBLE INGAT!

Nagngitngit at nabahala ako sa ginawang
panunupil ng mga state security force sa
kilos-protesta ng mga aktibistang mag-aaral
mula sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Maynila sa
okasyon ng kanilang pagtatapos sa PICC.

Tinangka nilang agawin ang mga banner ng
mga demonstrador sa kabila ng mga sumusunod:

Una, tradisyon sa programa ng bawat pagtatapos
sa UPM ang ganitong mga kilos-protesta at
karapatan ninuman ang magpahayag
ng kanyang mga saloobing pampulitika lalo na
yaong may kinalaman sa kapakanan ng sambayanan.

Ikalawa, mismong si Chancellor Ramon Arcadio
na ang nagsabi sa kanyang pambungad na
pananalita na asahan sa programa ang ganitong
pagkilos dahil taun-taon itong ginagawa.

Ikatlo, nasa okasyon si Punong Mahistrado
Reynato Puno bilang panauhing pandangal
na kilalang tagapagsulong at tagapagtanggol
ng karapatang pantao. Tinangka pa rin nilang
supilin ang pagkilos ng mga mag-aaral kahit
na sa demokrasya, karapatang pantao at aktibismo
umikot ang tema ng talumpati ni Puno at ni Jeremy de Jesus
na siya namang nagbigay ng valedictory speech.

Ika-apat, ang mismong mga magulang at propesor
ng mga mag-aaral ay pawang nasa lugar ng insidente.

Panghuli, nakaantabay din ang media sa lugar ng pangyayari.

May nag-utos din na hugutin ang saksak ng
mikropono na ginamit ng tagapagsalita ng
mga kabataang-aktibista upang hindi marinig
ng madla ang kanyang pahayag at panawagan.

Ibayong pag-iingat sa lahat.

Kung nagagawa nila ito sa kabila ng lahat
ng nabanggit ay walang dahilan na hindi
nila nagawa, ginagawa o magagawa ang
iba pang mas masahol na paglabag sa
karapatang pantao lalo na sa hanay ng
mga di-makapangyarihang sektor sa lipunan.

Applying the economics of time and attention

I keep my blog entries short

and straight to the point to avoid

wasting the time of my busy readers*.

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*classified into two (willing or unwilling)

Development Studies Program (UP Manila)

Brief description:
The A.B. in Development Studies was instituted in 1982 as an urgent response to the need to develop practitioners and scholars in development work to confront urgent socio-economic problems in the Philippines. Development Studies enables the students to cull from the experiences of other nations, particularly in the Third World, so that they can develop the ability to formulate and implement developmental programs which are nationalist, scientific, and people-oriented. Both external and internal factors of development are taken into consideration.
The program includes the following areas: development theory, comparative studies, Philippine national development, research methodology, and administrative techniques.

General Education:
Social Sciences and Philosophy
Arts and Communications
Mathematics, Science, and Techonology
Physical Education

Major/Core subjects:
Development Theories (DS 100)
Environment and Development (DS 127)
Study of Philippine Underdevelopment (DS 121)
Alternative Development Strategies (DS 122)
Development of Capitalist and Socialist Countries (DS 111)
Third World Development (DS 112)
Introduction to Political Science (PS 11)
Philippine Government and Constitution (PS 14)
Philosophical Analysis (Philo 1)
Logic (Philo 11)
Market and the State (Econ 11)
Macroeconomics (Econ 101)
Microeconomics (Econ 102)
History of Economic Doctrine (Econ 109)
Philippine Economic History (Econ 115)
Social Science Research (SocSci 192)
Sociology (Socio 101)
Psychology (Psych 101)
Anthropology (Anthro 1)
Project Planning (DS 151)
Project Implementation (DS 152)
Development Research (DS 199.1)
Thesis Writing (DS 199.2)
Practicum (DS 190)

Electives:
Filipino Identity and Culture (DS 123)
Nationalism and Social Movements (DS 124)
International Aspect of Third World Development (DS 125)
Politico-Administrative Institutions and Behavior (DS 126)
Human Resource Development (DS 128)
Problems in Development (DS 140)
Community Organizing

Cognates:
any subject Social Science subject
(Economics, Political Sciences, Area Studies,
Behavioral Sciences, Geography, Philosophy, etc.)

Total number of required units:
146

Student's Academic Organization:
Development Studies Society (DevSoc)

DevSoc Adviser:
Prof. John Ponsaran, MPM

Faculty roster:
Prof. Roland Simbulan (MA in Public Administration)*
Dr. Edberto Villegas (Doctor in Public Administration)*
Prof. Filipinas Gutierrez (MA in Economics)
Prof. Chester Arcilla (MA in Development Economics)
Prof. Mariam Tuvera (MA in Economics)
Dr. Leothiny Clavel (PhD in Philippine Studies)
Prof. Silver Sevilla (BA Political Science)
Atty. Mia Wacnang (Juris Doctor)**
Atty. Karol Baguilat (Bachelor of Laws)**
Prof. John Ponsaran (MA in Public Management)**

Career opportunities:
National government
Financial institution
Local governance
Foreign service
Development research
Development work
Media research
Academe
Pre-law

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*thesis advisers
**DevStud graduates

CAS

• RH 313 is already fully renovated.
  It will serve as the DSS's audio-visual room.
  It doesn't look 'third world' anymore.
  10 years ago, we held our first session in
  SocSci I in that room under Prof. Raul Segovia.
• The labeling of tree and plant species
  around CAS is a commendable effort
  to educate its constituents.
  Environmental awareness is a prerequisite
  to environmental activism.
• The CAS was chosen by DepEd as the
  service provider in training its high school
  teachers from NCR and Region IV in Social Studies.
  The training program will run for more than a month.
  I, along with several others, was tasked by the
  college to lecture on the following topics:
  governance, urbanization, ecological plunder, and ecotourism.
• The freedom wall remains decadent.
  It's very atypical of UP.

UP is UP

"UP should continue serving its role as the society's
conscience, critic and fiscalizer.
It should remain as the bailiwick of
activism and nationalism."

-Poldo Pasangkrus

random points

• IPP = Investment Priorities Plan
• sunrise industry = emerging growth industry
• brawn drain = outflow of manual laborers
• government = single largest employer in the country
• service sector = equivalent to more than 60%
  of the global output (Source: PIDS)
• e-evangelization = online evangelization
• JDV's Economic Plan 747 = 7% growth for 7 years
• econometrics = economic measurement

Pakinggan at paghambingin: Progressive UP Naming Mahal

http://www.garygranada.com/Lean/04.UP%20Naming%20Mahal.htm

Mabuhay ang mga Iskolar ng Bayan!
Pinakamataas na pagpupugay
sa mga magtatapos ngayong taon!

DSS Program Heads

• Development Studies Program
  Prof. Roland Simbulan, Masters in Public Administration
  New York University
• Area Studies Program
  Prof. Jerome Ong, Master of Arts in History
  UP Diliman
• Political Science Program
  Prof. Doroteo Abaya, Master of Arts in Asian Studies
  UP Diliman
  
  
  

Ponsaran's tentative academic load

• DS 127 (Environmental Politics)
• DS 123 (Filipino Identity & Culture)
• DS 126 (Politico-Administrative Institutions & Behavior)
• Econ 101 (Macroeconomics)
• Econ 11 (Introduction to Economics)
• NSTP 1 (Poverty Studies)

random points (research terms)

• approach = dulog
• source = batis
• draft = borador
• outline = balangkas
• concept = dalumat
• community immersion = paglubog sa komunidad
• praxis = ugnayan ng teorya at praktika
• discourse = talastasan

Pera ang umiiral

300% TOFI = eduCASHyon

random points

• netizen = citizen of the cyberspace
• sexology = systematic study of human sexuality
• monopoly = one seller, many buyers
• monopsony = one buyer, many sellers
• comprehensive and integrated medical & health services =
  promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative
  (Source: Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan)
• chronic poverty = condition of poverty which occurs
  for most part or throughout the people's entire lives,
  and may even be passed on to their children
  and their children's children
  

Pasasalamat

• Kay Ms. Paola Lepatan para sa mungkahing
  mapabakunahan ang mga kamag-aral sa
  PGH Health Services (malaria, prophylaxis)
  bago lumarga sa komunidad
• Kay Ms. Corazon Viterbo para sa inisyatiba
  na bumuo ng 2008 practicum directory
• Kina Ms. Ems de Guzman at Ms. Roque para sa
  pagdalo sa mga nakaraang practicum orientation
• Sa mga NNARA-Youth mula sa UP Diliman
  para sa pagsisilbing giya ng mga DevStud
  practicumers ngayong taon
• Kay Ms. Ami Mabalay at Ms. May Torzar
  para sa malasakit sa programa ng DS practicum
  noon, ngayon at sa hinaharap.
  

Public School Teachers

In her research outline, Ms. Camille Rodriguez
noted that public school teachers subsidize
the education of their dear students on two counts.

First, they joined the teaching profession
despite its despicably low pay scale.
By not pursuing a better paying job elsewhere,
they are in a way subsidizing the education of the poor.

Second, they regularly pay their taxes which
in turn are partly used to finance public education.

I couldn't agree more.

NNARA-Youth Organization Profile

http://theoblation.com/index.php/group-based/org-profile-nnara-youth/

DSS Book Project for the UP Centennial

Before the Turning Point:
Personal Stories of the University of the Philippines
(Editors: Dr. Lourdes Abadingo and Dr. Leothiny Clavel)

A narrative of the personal experiences of DSS* professors
in the areas of teaching, research, publication, organizing,
extention, administrative work, and even blogging**

___________________________
*Department of Social Sciences

**Dr. Leo Clavel, my DS 151 and 151 professor, specifically
instructed me to feature this blog as my article contribution.

DS 190 Lexicon

Ang mga sumusunod ang dapat lamanin ng inyong lexicon:

• terminong ginagagamit sa mga gawaing pamproduksyon
• terminong ginagamit ng mga people's organization
• terminong ginagamit ng mga abanteng seksyon ng lipunan
• malalalim na salitang Tagalog sa kanayunan
• mga natutunang ibang lenggwahe o dayalekto
• at iba pa na sa tingin ninyo ay makabuluhan

Napakasaklap na kumbinasyon

bitter + insecure + utak-pulbura

DS 190 (6 units)

• Tiyakin na ang bawat grupo ay may kopya ng
  lahat ng primer na binuo ng bawat kamag-aral.
  Ang mga primer na aking naiwasto lamang
  ang maaaring ipamahagi.
• Tiyakin na kayo at ang inyong mga magulang
  ay may kopya ng practicum 2008 directory.
• Ang bawat grupo ay kailangang magdala ng 2-3
  pentel pen at 4-6 manila paper para sa gagawing
  pag-uulat sa propesor at PO ukol sa inyong
  pananaliksik sa darating na mid- at final assessment.
• Makipag-ugnayan kay Amihan ukol sa detalye ng
  deployment (oras, kitaang lugar, mga makakasama, atpb.)
• Ugaliing itala sa kwaderno ang lahat ng mga
  bagong kaalaman araw-araw upang maging
  gabay para sa pag-uulat sa assessment
  at sa pagsusulat ng pananaliksik.
• Patakaran sa paggagrado:
  75% ay manggagaling sa PO at NNARA-Youth
  25% naman ay mula sa propesor
• Requirements (25%):
  -daily journal
  -summary (journal)
  -lexicon
  -group report
  -2 pager primer based on the group report
  

random points

• mung beans = munggo = balatong
• T&T = travel & tourism
• O&O = offshoring & outsourcing
• social justice = panlipunang katarungan
  = panlipunang katwiran
• subsistence level = isang kahig, isang tuka
  = hand-to-mouth existence
• OSY = out of school youth
• PWD = persons with disabilities
• tit for tat = equivalent retaliation
• toadyism = sipsip