Filipina Soul

  
June 10, 2008 is the official start of the new school year in the Philippines. Millions of schoolchildren will be trooping back to their classrooms for another year of learning. I hope they had a good summer vacation and look forward to a productive year ahead.
Back to school sales are the norm at this time of the year. Notebooks and pencils are just some of the items you can get at low(er) prices…. ah, the smell of new school supplies is one of my favorite memories… This is also the time to get new shoes, bags and uniforms.

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Come mid-June, the school year is about to resume in the Philippines. These days, students are checking off their lists like crazy, and buying notebooks, pens, crayons, pad papers. They would be hunting for used books or borrowing from older friends and neighbors. Parents would be going to Divisoria to buy school uniforms for their students. After a long hot, usually boring summer, students are just itching to go back to school and catch up with their classmates and friends.
But are the schools ready? The Philippine Council for Investigative Journalism looked at several schools around the nation, and assessed …read more

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