Grateful to my parents...

And who's to blame? Who voted for those self-serving idiots?

I know I didn’t vote for the current leaders, but I guess the majority did. I just hope things change in the next election so we can have better leadership. Our country has the potential to be a wealthy nation if not for these dynastic political clans draining government funds and exploiting our natural resources for their own gain.

@rsa101 We have to pray for people to vote wisely. From the highest to the lowest position of the government.

And why do you think it's in decline in almost all countries?

@Shivram59 But why is it in decline?

@toniganzon I have read about it in various articles.

@toniganzon That is something they can look down on from wherever they are and be proud of.

@snowy22315 True

I did. They worked hard during the 20 years of their married life thinking of their children's future. Two out of five of us had educational plans and we had enough money for the three who didn't have educational plans. WE all went to good universities offering the best for the majors we took. One enginneer, one nurse, one doctor, one accountant, and one lawyer. And all finished without my parents having to witnessed all of us becoming professionals. Their life was cut short but their parenting lasted.

Our country's situation is so depressing, so poor, that great teachers prefer to work in another country. And the teachers who are left here are working just for the money and not for doing their job in making the students smarter. IMagine a university student taking up equation, wanting to be a teacher but couldn't even spell the word NECK! I was petrified. I told her, how could you educate children when you don't even know how to spell basic words?

@toniganzon - That is awful. We have this situation here with nurses and doctors. We are very close to Switzerland and they all go work there because the salaries are a lot higher.

@LadyDuck Unfortunately, they have to seek greener pasture.

It's sad and disappointing.

@toniganzon Nah It was always on the cards The lunatics took over the asylum Nobody stopped them

That's our responsibility for bringing up children in this world.

It's disappointing.

Not the slang. I don't blame the slangs because my son could spell properly and so can my nephews and nieces. But they all went to Ateneo. Comparing the education between private and public schools, there's a really huge gap now. I know there was a gap even before during my time, but not as huge as now. My son could read at the age of 6. But those in public schools? Not all of them could. Because the government said, it's ok, just let the students pass even they don't know how to read. And I just learned that during the summer break, DEPED had a program for summer classes for students who couldn't read in elementary school. That never happened before!

It's disappointing.

Yes. Most kids who lost their patens at an early age like mine, wouldn't even finish high school at all. But all 5 of us graduated with a professional degree.

@JudyEv Yeah sure is. An engineer, a doctor, a nurse, an accountant, and a lawyer.

@toniganzon That's quite something.

Iti s unfortunate. I encounter them every single day.