Knowing Me. Knowing You.

To tell you the truth I don't like my blog to end up as a political blog. I hate politics! I don't like topic of discussion that hurt or embarrass people from all walks of life. It is not to make an issue of people we don't even know personally. Like you cannot judge another person based on how they look and how you perceive them to be as the first impression that last.

I had a friend who was opinionated on how she perceived other people based on their looks. She cringed when she saw people with dirty nails and dirty clothes. For her individuals who look dirty cannot and wont be trusted because of the way they dress themselves. That's why in Philippine schools right when you first start your grade schools everyday there is that so called daily inspection of students. Inspection of students' uniform, from their clothes: blouse and pleated skirt should be cleaned and ironed press neatly. Shoes should be shined and cleaned. From head to foot all students should be very clean, neat and their school bags have all the required 8 notebooks, complete with set of pens, pencils, crayons and including the pad lined paper. Customary that the president of the class voted by the students will have the "rounds" everyday to check every one. Check all the fifty students in the class and record any student who are clean and put an x on their record if they are dirty or found with dirty nails, dirty hair, and dirty ears and dirty uniform.

Would you believe that? Unbelievable but it's true! That's the kind of daily routinary inspection in grade schools in my elementary school. Very strict but helpful to keep the students knew how the school value "Cleanliness and Orderliness" which is also a subject in Character Education. For us a clean and healthy body means a healthy sound mind.

Character Education is a subject in elementary and we have a textbook that tackles every aspect of a good student's criteria to good education and how a student can be a better person not only at school but also in their own home and within the society that student decides to resides and participates. It's very beneficial to every student because at very early stage of primary education they learn to establish within a sense of belonging to wholesome goodness wherein they wont feel being nag at home because they were being instructed at school instead by teachers and students. It's more like the oath of PLATO. It's more than HAL the computer telling you almost everything that you need to do and KNOW without being a nagger or bothersome because there is that "mark or grade " that you have to abide or reach and everybody wants to be an honor student. Everybody wants to be a scholar at a very young age so everyone follows the order. Dare to compete even in matters of good character and self-discipline. It's for good of all students and there is nothing wrong with that. It is simply the right thing to do.

So, if we all go back to elementary which is the "unbreakable" foundation of your first start of schooling what have you remember about yourself?

After Grade Six remember the "bakuna?" Bakuna is not the hakuna matata. No dudette. It is not about crib. Bakuna spot (Immunity) on your right arm may I remind you is the total mark that you graduated from Elementary. Now you had that permanent code instilled within you a sense of pride. If you still have it you probably knew me.