Tag: March 7, 2015

CHARLES Horton Cooley, an American sociologist, likened the concept of how we perceive ourselves through the eyes of other people to a “looking glass self,” where we, especially teenagers, conform to what others think of us as we build our self-impression. Social media has revolutionized Cooley’s theory into a much easier, however negative, way of looking at our self-worth—the “liking”-glass-self theory.

Filipinos enjoy building a network over the virtual highway as evidenced in the statistics gathered by the website Addictive Lists in April 2014, which ranked the Philippines as the eighth country in the world with the most number of Facebook users—29 million accounts.

AMONG top private universities in the country, UST is supposed to provide quality education at more affordable rates.

The University however has increased tuition over the years: 3 percent in 2011, 3.5 percent in 2012, and 2.5 percent in 2013. There was no tuition hike in 2014.

Now the administration is proposing a 5- to 8-percent increase per unit for Academic Year 2015-2016. This will amount to P67 per unit for first-year students, P100 per unit for second-year students, P101 per unit for third-year students, and P64 per unit for fourth- and fifth-year students.

NAKABABAGABAG ang maagang panunuyo at panliligaw ng mga pulitiko lalo na tuwing papalapit ang eleksyon.

Hindi na ito katakataka sapagkat palaging kabilang ang Filipinas sa listahan ng Forbes magazine at Corruption Perceptions Index ng mga bansang may pinakatalamak na korapsyon at katiwalian sa Asya maging sa buong mundo.

Tubong probinsya, hindi na bago sa akin ang buong taon na pagpaparamdam ng mga pulitiko. Hindi na bago ang makakita ng mga nagkalat na mukha ng mga pulitiko sa aming lugar—sa mga telon ng maliliit na tindahan, tapalodo ng tricycle, arko ng bawat baranggay, bayong na pamalengke, pugad ng mga bibe, itik at manok at maging sa kuwadra ng mga baboy, baka, at kalabaw.