nature of Filipino people How best to describe some of the warmest‚ friendly and informal people in the world? As with most predominantly Roman Catholic cultures religious traditions and customs help define the daily lives of the people‚ family values and their view of the world. Since arriving in the Philippines in 1980 I have felt more comfortable and at "home" than any of the more than 20 countries I have visited. My warm feeling is a direct result of the happy go lucky‚ easy going Filipino people
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Filipino Americans My name is Mely‚ a Filipino American‚ born and raised in the United States. Many people are not too familiar with Filipinos as they are other ethnic groups‚ such as the Chinese or the Japanese. Some people have confused me or my family as Chinese or even Hispanics because of our physical features being similar to either culture. I would like to give a background of my Filipino history. According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ there has been a 99% increase of Asian Americans
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The indolence of the Filipinos In this essay of Dr. Jose Rizal‚ he explained the behaviors of the Filipinos he had observed in the past and present with in his time. Here he admitted that indolence exist with in Filipinos‚ but was because of the troubles experienced by the country. One of this troubles is the hot temperature of the Philippines‚ which Rizal clearly stated that it is reasonable. He was right when he said that we shouldn’t be compared to the Europeans‚ because their climate is cold
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Rise of Filipino nationalism The opening of the Philippines to world trade rapidly developed the Philippine economy. Many Filipinos prospered overnight. Everyday Filipinos also benefited from the new economy with the rapid increase in demand for labor and availability of business opportunities. Some Europeans immigrated to the Philippines to join the wealth wagon‚ among them Jacobo Zobel‚ patriarch of today’s Zobel de Ayala family and prominent figure in the rise of Filipino nationalism. Their scions
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The Miseducation of the Filipino (Reaction Paper) Prof. Renato Constantino‚ in his essay entitled “The Miseducation of the Filipino”‚ writes about the coming about of the miseducation and the consequences of such action in the lives of the Filipinos‚ then‚ now‚ and perhaps the future. Promoting and imposing the “unFilipino” identity in Filipinos was the miseducation that Americans pursued during the time when they “posed” as a benevolent ally to the Philippines‚ and they proved victorious indeed
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and continued in Binan‚ Laguna. He entered a Jesuit-run Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1872 and obtained a bachelor’s degree with highest honors in 1876. He studied medicine at the University of Santo Tomas but had to stop because he felt that the Filipino students were being discriminated by their Dominican tutors. He went to Madrid at Universidad Central de Madrid and in 1885 at the age of 24; he finished his course in Philosophy and Letters with a grade of "Excellent". He took graduate studies
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The Indolence of the Filipinos This is a collection of essays that declares the existence of indolence among the Filipinos. However‚ he points out that this is not the reason of the country’s backwardness and its citizens’ lack of ambition‚ thereby encouraging us to see the root cause rather than what seems to be it. Rizal pointed out several factors like‚ wars‚ insurrections‚ expeditions‚ invasions‚ corruption in the government‚ usurpation of the native lands by the friars‚ limited training and
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The Filipino youth exemplary leaders Is the Filipino youth empowered? First let me ask you this question: Is youth‚ in general‚ empowering? Does being young bring about a sense of knowing what you can and need to do? Does it give us the divine power known as empathy? Well‚ no‚ not all youth are given that chance. Not all people are given the loving embrace of a parent or the right societal values- that is what separates the Filipino youth from any other youth.We may say that the Filipino people
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THE FILIPINO YOUTH According to Dr. Jose P. Rizal‚ “Ang kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan”. But for the youth of today‚ who is Dr. Jose P. Rizal? Is he a role model for the Filipino youth? Is he still being remembered the way a national hero should be? Is he an inspiration to the younger generations? What is his legacy? What is his relevance today? Dr. J. P. Rizal‚ describing the youth as the Philippines’ hope of tomorrow. But now some of the Filipino youth doesn’t even care
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the fifth installment of Jose Rizal in his essay “Sobre La Indolencia De Los Filipinos” or “The Indolence of the Filipinos”. In my presentation‚ I will only show and explain to you the core concepts found in this installment which is what Jose Rizal wants to address to his readers. Illustrated and highlighted in my topic are the causes of indolence‚ the effects of the influence of climate to the indolence of the Filipinos‚ the manifestations from the part of the government and church to their contribution
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