House Bill 4110 is all about the Reproductive Health Act. It strengthens its implementing structures. This act provides and enacts the rights of the women, men and children to reproductive health equally and without discrimination. Some of these rights and provisions include the information of the citizens about reproductive health, the access to reproductive health care services and all.
Now, some of the forums say that they wanted to abolish this bill. Summarizing this bill, it all cares about the people’s reproductive health (RH) like family planning, contraception and health care services. But, why do they want this bill to be abolished?
In its section 5, one of the elements of RH is the Prevention and Management of Abortion and its Complications. Here, abortion will be prevented but it will also be managed. Why would there be complications of abortion if it is prevented; if it is not legalized? I think this is also what the opposition noticed. It may not be encouraging abortion but it implies that if a mother commits abortion, they would just tolerate it and treat its complications. Well, it’s good that they are helping these psychologically and physiologically unfortunate mothers who have complication due to abortion but let’s think about this—these complications could never happen if abortion is totally prevented.
Still in section 5, one of the functions of the DOH-led NRHMC is to review the laws and take necessary efforts to amend such laws and policies on some areas. One of these areas is abortion. They may amend or repeal the laws against abortion. This may mean that they may make changes regarding its sanctions or may even legalize abortion in order to control the overpopulation. The house bill is so vague on some parts that one may be confused of its interpretation.
I hope that the House of Representatives would reconsider the bill or make some amendments to it, specifically on section 5, the third element will be limited to the prevention of abortion and make no mention of its complications, so that total prevention will be enacted. This amendment is also for the purpose of not bothering different religious convictions of different people. They must be specific on the “amendments” that they are speaking of because this has no assurance of what changes they might make. Sanctions or penalties may even be repealed which should not be.
I just hope that they are making this bill for the common good and for the country’s development and not just for their own interests for business that they may be hiding from us.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
A Missionary
(KYSD)
Personally, I don’t want to be a student of a student teacher. It is not that I don’t respect them, but it just makes me lazier. Well, it just depends on the student teacher if he or she could get my attention which is hard to catch. I want to learn from them anyway since I don’t want my grades to plunge into the ocean of abyssal depth, just because I didn’t listen to my student teachers. What a lame alibi.
This is why I really tried to be a teacher, it is more challenging to be standing in front of my classmates and teaching them the lessons. It is not easy to let people with the same level of your own intellect understand the lesson that are supposed to teach them, especially if the subject you are handling is Calculus. Even I am not good at it at all. I chose to (share my knowledge is not the right phrase) teach in this subject because it obliges me to study the coverage in advance. I could take advantage of this opportunity. Normally, I don’t read my Calculus book at home as a hobby or as a part of my daily routine unless we would have home works to do which should be done at home and never at school. This made me feel more responsible about my studies. That was just a feeling, but it never actually changed me.
Being a teacher is a big responsibility. That’s the greatest I ever grasped with this opportunity to give teachers their break and carry the burden (in my own perspective). I don’t know if teachers consider teaching as a burden because in the first place, why in the world would they choose it as their profession if they find it so stressful. Well, that’s just the way it is—life is empty without stress. Maybe, it’s all about the passion. But of course, money must come after the passion which can be one of the sources of motivation that drives our beloved mentors to pursue in teaching (although this is not a general thought).
Teaching can be considered as a missionary work. It is indeed a tough job based on my personal experience even though that experience was just for a day. Making lesson plans, tests and computing grades of hundreds of students or even thousands (for teachers of public schools) is a heavy job. You must deal with your students not just as students but also as a son or daughter. Teachers must know the strengths and weaknesses of their children. They should know the factors affecting their students’ learning capacity may it be financial, psychological or emotional.
I haven’t got deeper into the job of being one and haven’t known personally what it takes to be one. I am just glad that somehow I had the taste of being one. I already experienced the feeling whenever my classmates looked at me blankly when they don’t understand a thing on what I’m saying. I realized that it is not the teacher that we dislike, but the subject itself. That is the challenge of a teacher—how to stimulate their students to study a subject that they never like.
That was fun though. I would never want to die without trying the real thing.
Personally, I don’t want to be a student of a student teacher. It is not that I don’t respect them, but it just makes me lazier. Well, it just depends on the student teacher if he or she could get my attention which is hard to catch. I want to learn from them anyway since I don’t want my grades to plunge into the ocean of abyssal depth, just because I didn’t listen to my student teachers. What a lame alibi.
This is why I really tried to be a teacher, it is more challenging to be standing in front of my classmates and teaching them the lessons. It is not easy to let people with the same level of your own intellect understand the lesson that are supposed to teach them, especially if the subject you are handling is Calculus. Even I am not good at it at all. I chose to (share my knowledge is not the right phrase) teach in this subject because it obliges me to study the coverage in advance. I could take advantage of this opportunity. Normally, I don’t read my Calculus book at home as a hobby or as a part of my daily routine unless we would have home works to do which should be done at home and never at school. This made me feel more responsible about my studies. That was just a feeling, but it never actually changed me.
Being a teacher is a big responsibility. That’s the greatest I ever grasped with this opportunity to give teachers their break and carry the burden (in my own perspective). I don’t know if teachers consider teaching as a burden because in the first place, why in the world would they choose it as their profession if they find it so stressful. Well, that’s just the way it is—life is empty without stress. Maybe, it’s all about the passion. But of course, money must come after the passion which can be one of the sources of motivation that drives our beloved mentors to pursue in teaching (although this is not a general thought).
Teaching can be considered as a missionary work. It is indeed a tough job based on my personal experience even though that experience was just for a day. Making lesson plans, tests and computing grades of hundreds of students or even thousands (for teachers of public schools) is a heavy job. You must deal with your students not just as students but also as a son or daughter. Teachers must know the strengths and weaknesses of their children. They should know the factors affecting their students’ learning capacity may it be financial, psychological or emotional.
I haven’t got deeper into the job of being one and haven’t known personally what it takes to be one. I am just glad that somehow I had the taste of being one. I already experienced the feeling whenever my classmates looked at me blankly when they don’t understand a thing on what I’m saying. I realized that it is not the teacher that we dislike, but the subject itself. That is the challenge of a teacher—how to stimulate their students to study a subject that they never like.
That was fun though. I would never want to die without trying the real thing.
Investment
Investment
There are many changes that already occurred in this world, the people, the places, the usual things that happen, and even the culture of many groups of people. The only thing that never changed here on earth is change. We made all of these changes just because of our own good. Science innovations, technology and other discoveries existed and still continued on growing for the improvement of the lives of humanity. We should cope up with these changes so that we could survive in this harsh world. Survival of the fittest, this is the law of nature. These kinds of changes are not the only changes that happen to our lives. Let us go and check the small-scale changes that most of us, even I, should undergo.
In our family, I am known as the school achiever. Even when I was still in elementary, yearly have I been going upstage to get awards because of my academic achievement. My father was very proud of this that he would say with a grin on his face, “Magsakit man sad akong tuhod sa sige og saka sa stage tungod ana imong kalaki!”
I laughed at this idea that he might get varicose because of me. But that’s not the main idea of what he said. It was the great pressure that he exerted on me. I must maintain that honor that he already has thought of me until his knees will reach a chronic disease because of going upstage.
High school welcomed me then and with my parents’ support and trust that I may overcome hardships in my studies with the distance and high standard education, they sent me to the University of the Philippines. Indeed, it is very hard maintaining what has been up for years in this school. This is maybe because of the extra-curricular activities that we always had. Yes, I am a consistent honor student in this university but I don’t know if I could still keep it up now that I am now in my final year, it is so damn hard. My mom has sacrificed much now for my schooling. It’s like twenty-four hours is not enough for us. Every time she complains about why I can’t help much in the house chores, what I always say is that, “Hapit na ko mu-graduate. Konting tiis nalang.” And at this point, it is I who now would say with a smile, and a squeeze to my soul.
Yes, my mom has sacrificed a lot for me, for us. It would surely pain her if I cannot repay her for all that she did and what she gave up for this cost. Because of this, more pressure is on me. Now I should get rich. This is what I’m studying for, for us to swim up from the deep ocean. Because of her sacrifices, I should be able to raise her up from the ashes. That is the feeling. I do not know how I could make this dream come true. College is the final step to make the prophecy happen.
All of these sacrifices are the investments my mom and I made for our future. I have to face this new phase in my life in order for me to survive.
It is nice to hear that one day, I’ll get up from my bed then someone would send me my breakfast in bed, then she would say, “Good morning, miss. Your mom going for a shopping and your car is now ready for your work. Miss, I’m now going to clean the living room of your house.”
There are many changes that already occurred in this world, the people, the places, the usual things that happen, and even the culture of many groups of people. The only thing that never changed here on earth is change. We made all of these changes just because of our own good. Science innovations, technology and other discoveries existed and still continued on growing for the improvement of the lives of humanity. We should cope up with these changes so that we could survive in this harsh world. Survival of the fittest, this is the law of nature. These kinds of changes are not the only changes that happen to our lives. Let us go and check the small-scale changes that most of us, even I, should undergo.
In our family, I am known as the school achiever. Even when I was still in elementary, yearly have I been going upstage to get awards because of my academic achievement. My father was very proud of this that he would say with a grin on his face, “Magsakit man sad akong tuhod sa sige og saka sa stage tungod ana imong kalaki!”
I laughed at this idea that he might get varicose because of me. But that’s not the main idea of what he said. It was the great pressure that he exerted on me. I must maintain that honor that he already has thought of me until his knees will reach a chronic disease because of going upstage.
High school welcomed me then and with my parents’ support and trust that I may overcome hardships in my studies with the distance and high standard education, they sent me to the University of the Philippines. Indeed, it is very hard maintaining what has been up for years in this school. This is maybe because of the extra-curricular activities that we always had. Yes, I am a consistent honor student in this university but I don’t know if I could still keep it up now that I am now in my final year, it is so damn hard. My mom has sacrificed much now for my schooling. It’s like twenty-four hours is not enough for us. Every time she complains about why I can’t help much in the house chores, what I always say is that, “Hapit na ko mu-graduate. Konting tiis nalang.” And at this point, it is I who now would say with a smile, and a squeeze to my soul.
Yes, my mom has sacrificed a lot for me, for us. It would surely pain her if I cannot repay her for all that she did and what she gave up for this cost. Because of this, more pressure is on me. Now I should get rich. This is what I’m studying for, for us to swim up from the deep ocean. Because of her sacrifices, I should be able to raise her up from the ashes. That is the feeling. I do not know how I could make this dream come true. College is the final step to make the prophecy happen.
All of these sacrifices are the investments my mom and I made for our future. I have to face this new phase in my life in order for me to survive.
It is nice to hear that one day, I’ll get up from my bed then someone would send me my breakfast in bed, then she would say, “Good morning, miss. Your mom going for a shopping and your car is now ready for your work. Miss, I’m now going to clean the living room of your house.”
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