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 John Raphael A. Arcenio
Genius of the MODERN time!
IN THIS SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011, I learned a
lot from the teachers; listen to their experiences that have
moral lessons and the days that I spent with my fellow
classmates. Especially to our best Mathematics teachers,
Mrs. Rowena R. Cariaga. I learned new things, new shortcut
in solving math problems and the basics of Trigonometry.
But it just went in my mind, who is the best mathematician
ever lived? Who’s the real GENIUS?
Let us start with Pythagoras. He is the one that formulated the famous Pythagorean
Theorem that help 3rd and 4th year student about solving problems related to right triangle. Here
what it says..
“In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation
in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle (right-angled triangle). In terms
of areas, it states:
In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the
right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (the two
sides that meet at a right angle).
The theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the sides a, b and c, often called
the Pythagorean equation:

Where c represents the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b represent the lengths of the other
two sides.
The Pythagorean Theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who by
tradition is credited with its discovery and proof, although it is often argued that knowledge of
the theorem predates him. There is evidence that Babylonian mathematicians understood the
formula, although there is little surviving evidence that they fitted it into a mathematical
framework.”

According to my survey, this Pythagorean Theorem is the most famous theorem that 4th
and 3rd year students know. But does Pythagoras is the real genius??

The real Genius of the MODERN time is JOHN RAPHAEL A. ARCENIO!!! AHAHA.
It is because I know the Pythagorean Theorem, the Cosine and Sine Law, finding the six
trigonometric function and many more. Does Pythagoras know that??

But thanks to my math teacher and to his extraordinary teaching ability that make me a
genius and ready for my college life on trigonometry.. THANK YOU MA’AM CARIAGA!!!
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 Dhenmar E. Chua
Life’s Quote
FE IS JUST LIKE A TRIANGLE, in every corner there are
different challenges, in every side there are different
distances you may take on. That’s why keep your life just
like an “equilateral triangle” so that in every challenge there
is only one “solution”.

“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is

only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is
nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you
have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time. Mathematics are well and
good but nature keeps dragging us around by the nose. There was a blithe certainty that came
from first comprehending the full Einstein field equations, arabesques of Greek letters clinging
tenuously to the page, a gossamer web.  They seemed insubstantial when you first saw them, a
string of squiggles.  Yet to follow the delicate tensors as they contracted, as the superscripts
paired with subscripts, collapsing mathematically into concrete classical entities - potential;
mass; forces vectoring in a curved geometry - that was a sublime experience.  The iron fist of the
real, inside the velvet glove of airy mathematics. When you're chewing on life's gristle, don't
grumble, give a whistle. And this'll help things turn out for the best. And always look on the
bright side of life. Always look on the light side of life. We must learn to live together as
brothers or perish together as fools”.
Life is just once to come in an individual. So in every day of your life, give everything to
the Lord. So that when the right time came, you are ready to face it and there is nothing to be
sorry with.

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Juan Miguel F. de Leon
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 Matthew F. Gardon
Trigonometry Fever!

OUR HISTORY MADE US THIS FAR. Every

mathematics that we’ve been through was an exciting and
thrilling experience. Now I’ll tell that of all the teachers in
math are expected to be a horrible group but I think, I’ve
made a mistake. My teacher in trigonometry change this
philospy of mine. I thought she’ll a tough teacher too but
I’ll describe her as a friendly and good coach.
For my last message I want to tell my very own, Mrs. Cariaga, that I’m grateful for your
kindness and thoughtfulness for us students! I’m hoping for your consistent attitude! Thank you
and Godbless!!

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 Cedrick D. Palatino
Math Time
WELL, meeting Mrs. Cariaga is such a great thing. She is not
only our teacher in math but also our 2 nd mother. In fact, she
also joins our company and actively participates on our
“trip.” She also gives us advice which helps us a lot in up’s
and down’s of our class. Mrs. Cariaga is a wonderful teacher
for she knows how to deal with her students. In class, she
wants all of her student to learn the lesson and she didn’t
want to move the discussion on unless all of us understand
the lesson well. Compared to my previous years in math, I
can proudly say that this year was the most special for this
year, I learned the most. I just want to say that I am lucky to be one of your student ma’ am.
Thank you ma’ am for these wonderful year I’ve spent with you. Stay as what you are and God
bless.

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Edgardo Jose M. Reario
Mathematics is…

“Mathematics is made of 50% formulas, 50% proofs, and 50%

imagination”

“Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules.

Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives”

“Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things” – J. H. Poincare

“Mathematics consists in proving the most obvious thing in the least obvious way” – George
Polya

It is one of the best things that I learned in high school; I used it

to solved mathematics problem like a tool; to know the answer
of how and why; unlike algebra it uses f(x) instead of “y”.

This is the reason I love it; it is like a medicine kit; because it

cures my sadness; whenever I am in a mess.

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 Bernard John M. Red
At Last I’m Friends with M

ON OUR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I am very nervous

about a certain subject which I am uncertain if I can pass. We
had an introduction about this subject during our UPCAT
Review with the same teacher but I guess we are only
touching a surface of it and yet I can’t understand anything. I
even encountered names like sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent,
cosecant and secant.

Our Math IV is scheduled 1 – 2 o’clock in the afternoon

and for Pete’s sake, that’s siesta time. And I am stunned by our new Math teacher. And yes,
since first year Math isn’t my subject taste. But then, Math is no optional subject. As she entered
the room, a lady with long hair, tan skin and a ferocious aura, I can’t help but to tap my ballpen.
Gawsh! Katakot kaya si Ma’am (peace mam!).

At the first part of my encounter with Math IV, I am surprised myself that I can
understand a bit. Well, that “bit” is plus and minus. But at least I learned. Then it gets worse.

Our topic is about synthetic division blah blah blah and others like blah blah quadratic.
Gawsh! It’s hard for me to look at the black board especially like it’s flooded with numbers with
some “x” and “y” and sometimes with “z”. As it gets worse, the board now is not only with
“XYZ” but now with “A – W”. When will this nightmare end?

Wait, wait! I’m going to tell you some positives now!

I learned the lesson that I will never ever forget. In our MTAP, we are asked to determine
if each set of values are quadratic or linear blah blah. And of course, I thought I’m right but then
I’m wrong. I thought that you can plus or add anywhere in the set of values but then as I said I
was wrong. It always should be left to right or right to left. One direction. Yes, may natutunan
ako! I’m proud!

Tapos ayun. Nahuli daw kami ni Ma’am na nagkokopyahan. Yes! Even though she is not
around that time she catched the burglar. Then ma’am thought that it was only the three of us and
then she is surprised that it is almost the whole section. That was a downfall of course but then
that taught us very rich lesson. “MAMILI NG SUBJECT NA PAGKOKOPYAHAN”. Of course
joke lang yun! – cheating is not an OPTION!! Yes! Go! Fight! Hahaha.

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 Pero ayun! Eto na yung turning point ng away naming ni Math! Friendship na namin!

It was a very sunny day! Di kami nakagpatest sa DLSU ng product namin for thesis! I
was in violet that time. I think that is January 8, 2011. The quizzers are reviewing for their
Cavitewide Search blah blah in DLSU and apparently that time we will also be having our long
test in math. So we joined the review but Mrs. Cariaga (our beautiful teacher in Math!! :D ) is the
one reviewing us because Kuya Marlon (the past valedictoria of SSC that is insecure to my
knowledge! – hahaha) is handling the quizzers. Then for the first time in my 4 years of High
School I understood Math! We are reconciled! I remembered Mrs. Cariaga’s insipirational words
“Madali naman palang makagets si Red ee, mag-aral ka lang.” OMG!! So I got home with a
smile not only in my mouth but also in my heart. COMPLIMENT SYA!! After that, I logged on
into a free online math tutor for trial only. I was so inspired that I ignored our thesis just to study
math. Edi ako na inspired! Then that is when it all began!

My grades in math got higher. I got close to Mrs. Cariaga and the rest of the math gang.
Then math got my interest that even I didn’t notice. I just thought math isn’t bad at all. We just
you know, made wrong impressions. And then, MATH AND I WERE FRIENDS! Hoping that it
will last forever. To prove our friendship, I passed the oral exam in math with just one take.

In this year in Math I learned some valuable lessons not only in Math but also in life.
Like for example:

1. First impressions aren’t always correct.

2. If you put your heart into something you can achieve it.
3. Don’t Cheat! Because in the end you cannot rely on anybody but yourself.
4. Appreciate even the little things you get in life.

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Mark Daniel V. Tumagan
High School Life
MY FOUR YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL has been so
memorable to me. I met many unordinary friends which I
shared my laughter with them. I also met teachers and treat
them as my friend just like my other friends did. School is
my second home. Sometimes I enjoyed better in school than
in my house. That’s why I maximized studying in high
school to enjoy with them and to have fun with them to the
fullest.
In my first year high school days, I had plenty of
friends. So much that I can’t memorize all of their names and
faces. As days pass by, I recognized that the boys in this
class made up their own group and friends with the other boys. I tried to bond with them and
found it better than sitting around the corner while listening to others conversations. We call the
all-boys group as BORDS including all the boys in I-Newton except the undefined ones. My
second year in high school was my worst year in high school because in this year I didn’t learn
many things except when Frias had his worst accident and we call that the “J-moment of Frias”.
While entering my third year days, we learned how to play DOTA and we do that every lunch
break or class dismissal. Kris is the best among of us in playing DOTA. There are times that he
teaches me how to play and he almost played and enjoyed the whole game, while I was watching
him playing. But practice makes me better. That time he didn’t need to teach me and we play by
ourselves. But when Kris left us to go to other country, we felt sad. I remembered how Noreen
cried when Kris left. BORDS missed one member. When I entered my fourth year in high
school, it was filled with lovelifes. I just say to my self, “It’s part of a teenager’s life”. I had only
crush with someone but I promised my self that I will have my girlfriend when I enter college.
Until now, we still play DOTA and we maximize our time in playing. Almost 2 weeks to go
before high school ends. So………. Classmates, give our best shot!!!

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 Nestor A. Salino, Jr
Math
The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things
complicated, but to make complicated things simple.  
~S. Gudder
Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the
plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.  
~Isaac Barrow
A mathematician is a scientist who can figure out anything
except such simple things as squaring the circle and trisecting an
angle.  
~Evan Esar
Go down deep enough into anything and you will find
mathematics.
~Dean Schlicter

A dozen, a gross, and a score,

Plus three times the square root of four.

Divided by seven,

Plus five times eleven,

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 Equals nine squared and not a bit more!

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Kim Joshua B. Tumolva
h Time for a Lifetime

MATH TIME, one of the most crucial times in one’s

schedule. A time full of challenges, problems, deriving
solutions, and most of all, crucial thinking. Mathematics will
never be missed on each educational stage. Besides, as time
goes by, mathematics will be more exciting and more challenging for us.
Well, as for my experience... mathematics is a time for fun, fun with my friends,
seatmates, and of course, cheat mates! HAHAHA! Without mathematics, surely, afternoon
classes will never be exciting as ever!
I love each time when there would be a tough discussion, especially those interesting
topics. Every time our teacher, Mrs. Rowena Cariaga, one of the best mathematics teachers I’ve
ever met, gives us recitations and tests, students do surely review as if tomorrow will never
come.
However, math times do sometimes have serious and terrifying events. One of these was
when a leakage has been discovered. Actually, almost everybody went on the faculty room to
confess there doings. Then, immediately, just a day after that event, Dhenmar Chua, one of our
best students especially in mathematics, was diagnosed with Dengue fever. Everyone was
alarmed!
Well, although those situations happen sometimes, I assure you that math time is a time
of joy. I myself really had enjoyed mathematics with my teachers. And I believe that still, my
math time will never end cause math time is for a lifetime.

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 Pheter Jhon D.
A Velete
Mathematical
Experience
AN UNEXPECTED EXPERIENCE IN HIGH SCHOOL
is what I and my classmates experience in our academic
subjects, especially to our Mathematics IV. I really enjoy
what our teacher taught to us and those shortcuts in
solving mathematical problems. In fact our, teacher prove
to us that mathematics is not a hard subject because you
only have to analyze problems in solving those equations.
Especially, you only have to require yourself a long and
wide patience when you encountered those problems.
In our math IV I learned many things about linear and quadratic equations. I also learned
cosine and sine law and on how and when they are going to use. At first, I am really confused in
those lessons because I am not in the class when it is discuss because I compete in many school
competitions. But when our beautiful and gorgeous teacher Mrs. Cariaga explains it step by step
I understand it quickly and apply it happily.
To my teacher Mrs. Cariaga, I’m very proud that you became my teacher in our last
mathematic subject. You really make us ready for our college level, and to our future. Thank you
for the support that you gave to us, to the patience in teaching us and to the silly and happy
things you shared to. I will never forget the memories that I and my classmates experience in
those times that we are with you.
Just keep your good technique in teaching ma’am, the patience, the support and to your
love. I’m sure that many students like me will never forget you. Thank you very much and God
bless ninang I mean, Mrs. Cariaga. Hahaha!

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 Reniel S. Zuniga
Trigonometry as
most memorable
experience
HONESTLY, I was not an excellent Mathematics student. I
found it difficult to solve algebraic expressions, mostly by
complex factoring. This was one of my major frustrations
in life. Despite this shaming truth, I was able to love a
certain aspect of it which in most cases, made my
classmates sob due to pressure in analyzing it. It is the field of trigonometry.

Trigonometry deals with the six trigonometric functions in a unit circle: sine, cosine, tangent,
cosecant, secant and cotangent. It is also associated with the special right triangles, one of the
highlights of geometry. It also has proving and solving using the different coordinates
determined by its reference angles.

At first, I thought that it will be like the other subdivisions of math that became difficult to me.
But, as time went by, I found an interesting topic in mathematics. I became fond of analyzing
different circumstances concerning its functions and how they affect the structure of every
triangle it associates. I liked the mysterious way of displaying the equations to be derived. By
such activity, I was able to explore my logical way of thinking and knowing certain facts for
application for this field of study. I was able to correlate the theorems I’ve encountered and
transformed it into a meaningful way.

That’s how amazing trigonometry is for me. It made me realize that math is not complicated as
what I think. It only make complicated things simple for everyone.

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Marialla Isabel C. Aclan
Mathe-magics!
YOU’LL NEVER BE a beginner in math. Once you
learn to add, subtract, multiply and divide, all you have to do
is play with them to get the answer you need. Of course,
you’ll dislike math, because of its roughness and toughness,
but not actually hate it ‘cause it’ll still bring you peace in
your grades. And speaking of grades, I was really aware that
math would be my problem in 4 th year. I know this math
wouldn’t be like basic things and computations, and yea - I
was totally right.
Fourth year math was a whirlwind to me. It was about
trigo and stuff like that and circular thingys which I never
thought have existed in high school. E baka naman kasi may
nagmagic lang nyang trigo na yan.. kahirap men! I looked at
math in a dumb way, since I was totally dumb at those things. I recall looking over a question,
reading it all over again, thinking of it twice and thrice and more, but still having no answer in
my mind. I know that the only thing I could count on back the was magic. Mathe-magically
bringing the answer to my pen. But then that was no real matter. I concluded that I should stop
making magic fall into my pen – I HAD TO STUDY HARDER.
The pressure to the *study harder plan* was heavier when I learned that our teacher in
Math IV is Mrs. Rowena Cariaga. I know I haven’t really known her personally back then, but
then judging by the looks, she was a teacher you know you wouldn’t wanna miss a single class
with. She looked level headed and.. uh strict. But, well, first impressions never last. Hahaha. XD
She was a cool one. Really. The class would usually start with her looking over her book
for a minute or two, then she’d close it, and eventually start the lesson without looking back at
her book. It was real epic how she made math so easy. She’d give us tips about how her quizzers
do shortcuts and how they analyzed questions. I always disliked math, but the way she programs
her students on to studying is one real deal. Si Ma’am kasi pag nagturo, kahit madami
kayo, parang tutok pa’din. She likes her students better when they ask questions. Sabi nga
sa nabasa ko dati, “An inquisitive child learns faster and better”. Parang ganun kasi yun, the
more you question, the more kang matututo.
I remember in my early years - when I do not know the answer on a certain question, I’d
close my eyes and count to ten and wish that my mind will tell me the answer. And POOF!
nothing’ll happen. Now in fourth year, I trained my mind to think as quizzers do, manipulate the
numbers and letters, do things and stuff to get the answer. I had to think faster and better, and my
only enemy is time – not the numbers. I successfully got over with math like that. POOF! That’s
the real magic of math!

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 Fourth year turned out to be the best year ever, eventually moving on about the crazy
magic stuff and really getting your mind into studying. It was easy, with your friends along and
also the real magic of a great teacher. And yea, Mathe-magics is a cool catchphrase.

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 Cristine P. Adriano
Terror to
Values in Life
DURING THE SUMMER BREAK before getting on 4th year
high school, I am always worried for the coming Math IV
especially after what happened last year with my Math III. I
don’t want to mention that anymore. I am always thinking
nervously like “Does our teacher a terror again?“ or “Will my
grades be lower than usual this coming fourth year?”. Ugh!
My head spins when I am thinking that. I probably curse the
one who discovered Math and said “Mamatay na ang
gumawa ng math!” and also “Kailangan ba ang x at y sa
buhay ko? Pagbibili ba ako ng gento kailangan ko bang
sabihin satindera na : Pabili nga po ng 5x + 2y = 20.” But then I realized he or she is already
dead.
Then, the first day of my adventure on 4th year high school begun. At first it was cool but
the time went on until it was our English class. We had our English class before our Math subject
and I remember that I asked Lhen if our teacher in Math is a terror or is she nice to her students.
She answered me with a big yes but I am not satisfied with her “YES” so I asked her once again
and still I am not convinced. No matter how she keeps on saying yes I don’t know why but my
doubt can’t leave me and then I recall my experiences back in my Math III. It was full terror but
also a big help for me. I understand a lot from Mrs. Ambion.
It was almost 1:00 pm. Ma’ am Porto was leaving the room. My hands were very cold as
ice. It was also shaking. I can also hear my palpitation that day. I am thinking that if I were Chua
or JM then I wouldn’t be that nervous. I would be also proud to myself calling myself “A
Walking Calculator”.
Then our teacher, Ma’am Cariaga arrived. We all gather up in our proper seats as she
arrived. I don’t know what I am feeling that day. Butterflies around my stomach keep bothering
me. Then our teacher began to introduce herself but after her speech my worries had lessen a bit.
Time flows by and also quizzes, tests and also oral exam. As the time flows, I also didn’t
realize that my worries about the Math IV had vanished. I also gain another value and I also
understood this quote:
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not
realize how complicated life is. 
~John Louis von Neumann

In my 4th year days, Ma’am Cariaga gave us her full strength and support not only as a
teacher but also a second mother to us. She explains to us to be perseverance in all the activities
and tasks we have in our lives. We also realized that we can never forget all the memories we
have this high school life. She is very nice and talented teacher. From Math concepts such as sine
laws, cosine laws, trigonometric theories to life values we learned those from her. I am very
thankful to have her as my Math IV teacher.

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 Ma’am thanks for all and sorry for the wrongdoings we’ve done.
I will never forget you. God Bless.

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 Lady Mae G. Alaba
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 Maribel E. Almirol
Sipnayan IV:
an Exquisite One
SINCE ELEMENTARY DAYS, my teachers always
teach “Mathematics”. But only in my fourth year I learned
the tagalog word for it. “Sipnayan”. A very unfamiliar word.
“Ika nga malayo sa inaasahan”. Everytime this subject is the
topic of the conversation, a different reaction is heard .
Someone will say “that’s my favorite subject” and everyone will have an impression that the
speaker is intelligent student or a boastful one. And somebody will have a different point of
view “Mahirap na subject yan”(sabay kamot ng ulo).

What is Mathematics? Enjoying or a Boring Subject? I remember Maribel, a good

friend of mine said that she’s very happy when she’s able to solve a mathematics equations or
problems and very depressed when she can’t get the right answer.

Fourth year in high school. It is a very different year especially in my Mathematics

class. I really don’t expect the experiences that I went through. I really love the setting and the
way my teacher discussed a certain topic and when she knew that her students are not
listening to her, she will ask a question and everyone will pay attention. I really learned many
things not only academically but also she taught us the values that a sudent like us need to
possess. She’s like a mother to us. I feel that time passed so quickly.

I know that I will miss all of my classmates but I can’t help it particularly in my college
life. I love IV- Einstein. Each and everyone. Hard to say in person but I admit that I will really
miss all of them.

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 Wanda Elisse C. Barbon
ymaking along tough hours
MATHEMATICS. Being a part of every teenager’s student
life, this word has been referred as hardship. Well, I admit that
I felt it many times during my first year in high school and
even up to this point. The reasons may be different but the
challenges are still the same as ever. The memories of getting
the highest scores on the periodical exams in Math were
simply unforgettable. It was the best feeling of victory because
I have conquered the so-called nightmares of high school life.
I have proven that it just needs patience and hard work. I was
able to enjoy dealing with word problems because of the
refreshing feeling of being with my best friend at that time.
We learned from one another and strengthened our friendship.
I believed that Math even bridged connections between us. I
persevered to become the best and with God’s helping hand, I
was able to come out to be one. I can’t explain how momentous that event was that left
irreplaceable marks on my heart and mind.
Moving into a new space of learning didn’t stop me to face the challenges. I became even
better for I had to continue what I have already planted. I had to water it by chipping in more of
my time and effort. I focused myself on carving a goal that led me to discover many things. I dig
deeper to understand the meaning of patience, hard work and perseverance. It became my
strongest drive when things start to become complicated.
During my senior year, I became more determined than ever. I even regret the times that I
had to skip classes in Math due to activities in my affiliated organizations. I always spend my
studying hours at home because of my busy life as a Secretary of the highest organization in
school, the Supreme Student Government. Of course, living a life as a student-leader is tough. I
have to be a student and a leader. My classes in Math were very memorable. I didn’t only learn
the principles, theorems, laws and other stuffs that compose trigonometry. I don’t know but it
gives me a relaxing feeling because it taught me a lot of things that I will surely take as I walk on
a bigger road in my life. I admit that I also experienced many failures in exams because of my
co-curricular activities outside the school. I went to Laguna many times because of contests,
seminars and trainings in Journalism. I even bought my Math books as I spend exhausting nights
there. The best thing about that is that these didn’t stop me to try and try until I reach the most
important part of learning all these are the values which I can apply on real-life situations. I will
surely never forget all of these. My victories were the most unforgettable but I cannot also set
aside the failures I had that made me realize a lot of things in life.
Coach. Mentor. Adviser. These are words to describe my teacher. I don’t know why but I
can still remember the words of wisdom my teacher gave me. I can never forget how much these
words influenced me as I take on different college admission exams. These words and my
parents’ words were truly alike. I believe that God used them to speak these words which
eventually became my source of strength.
I am now on my way to take my God-given future at my dream school. I will soon enjoy
more classes in Science than in Math but I will never forget my happy trip with Mathematics in

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 my life as a high school student. My classes in Math were tough hours in my high school life but
those were the happiest. I created millions of smiles. Studying MATH is Merrymaking Along
Tough Hours.

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 Germaine C.
Why do IBermudez
have
to learn math?
FOR THE 10 YEARS that I’ve spent in school, I’m always
asking myself, ‘Why do I have to learn math’. For some
strange reasons, math has become the most unpopular subjects
in school. It's confusing and useless to most students’ eyes.
But math is easy, it’s not difficult. All you have to do is to
analyze it. Math is everywhere as every teacher says. And
you’ll encounter it everywhere. Let’s say when you’re
counting your coins, its math.
With studying math during high school, I learned a lot of things, the shortcuts and the
techniques. The problem that you might think difficult but once you leaned how, you’ll be
amazed and you’ll love it. Just like me, with my high school experience I learned a lot of math
shortcuts. Then you’ll realize ‘Oh, analyzing math is not that difficult, all you have to do is to
listen and to focus’.
Believe it or not, it actually does improve your problem solving skills. It's not about the
numbers; it's about how you get around them. It improves thinking skills, like critical thinking
and stuff. You don't typically use math in real life but it does strengthen your brain. And I your
taking courses related to math, like engineering, accountancy, and math is the major subject. It’s
the way to get your profession. Everybody uses math whether they realize it or not. Shoppers use
math to calculate change, tax, and sales prices. Cooks use math to modify the amount a recipe
will make. Vacationers use math to find time of arrivals and departures to plan their trips. Even
homeowners use math to determine the cost of materials when doing projects.
Math is somewhat related to our life. Like when we’re solving our problems, we undergo
processes or things that we must know first before deciding or planning something to solve that
problem. Just like math, math uses different methods in order to solve it. So, we can say it’s
related to our life. In a big percent, yes it is. We’re using it every time, everywhere, to anyone
and to everywhere. We must learn math just like we have to learn how to take care and survive
for our life.

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Vrenelli D. Blay
A Working
Solution
SINCE GRADE SCHOOL, I didn’t like mathematics
that much. Back then, I thought that every problem in
math was impossible. But some of my classmates
always come up with a solution. Until grade 6, I started
getting a little serious about my studies; they are
expecting me to enter SSC that time. And so, I started
realizing that this subject wasn’t that hard after all.
Sometimes it’s tricky but soon you will understand and
solve it. My math teacher was my favorite teacher back
then. He always pushes me to do my best and persevere
on things. When I get low grades in his subject, he feels
unsatisfied and computes the grade again.
When I graduated at grade school, I entered the Special Science Curriculum. Math
lessons got harder for me. But still, there are friends to help me learn what I don’t
understand by myself. There are days that I don’t understand the lesson; I started asking
myself if I would still be graduating with this circle of friends I have made. Days went
on, and now here I am, a graduate of SSC class 2010-2011. Every time I looked back at
the past years, I always screamed in my mind the words, “Oh my God. I Survive”. But
what do this subject really thought me? Would I even be able to apply this stuffs I have
learned? I may not be able to use x when buying stuffs, but I could say that math really
thought me lessons in life.
One of the lessons I learned in math is that every problem should be in it simplest form.
Just like in life, when we encounter problems and if it looks too big or too complicated to
handle, we should learn to stop, analyze and make everything simple. God doesn’t give
us a problem that cannot be solved. Everything has its perfect time. If it cannot be solved,
then maybe it’s not a problem at all, because sometimes we have to face the reality and
accept things. One thing I will never, ever forget in this subject was, we met Mrs. Cariaga
that thought us that, “What matters is the life after high school, because there you will
now learn how to apply the things you have learned.”

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 Noreen M. Claveria
I love Math IV
MATH, I REALLY HATE IT SINCE I WAS IN
GRADE school and I don’t know why. Maybe because I
can’t comprehend on it. I hate computations, numbers
and so whatever related on it. I hate it when my teacher
started to discuss the lesson and I am one of those who
can’t get it. I hate it when there’s an exam and I don’t
know what to answer, what should I write on my paper.
Sometimes, not really sometimes but always  I only
wrote the problem and the given coz I don’t know the
answer and put a little smiley face on it. Those were the
things that I can’t forget about this subject. The
nervousness I felt in every examination and recitations
were the remarkable feeling. I’d rather sing than to recite in front of the class with the
wrong answer.

The terrible teachers behind it  I’ll never forget them. It started when I was in 2 nd
year high school. For me, she’s the very terrifying teacher that I’ve ever met. I’ll never
forget her own strategy in discussing the lesson. I asked myself that time, how long will I
suffer from this subject with this kind of teacher? Its lessons squeezed my brain for so
many times. But these things ended up when I reached the last year of my high school
life. When I encountered this teacher, this teacher who really understand her students.
The one who changed my point of view about Mathematics.

Ma’am Rowie, I really admire you, you’re attitude was the best one for me. Your
advices, that I will never forget especially when it comes to LOVE. Thank you so much
for everything, even though sometimes I can’t understand what you are discussing in
front of the class, atleast one year I’ve tried my best to get attach with it. I LOVE MATH
when you’re the one teaching about it. The Mathematics class this year became a
meaningful one. I Love You Ma’am  I Love MATHEMATICS IV and that’s all
because of YOU 

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Kimberly Arshley R. Conos
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 Feliza Gale D. Fernandez
Fear Factor
WOULD YOU BELIEVE ME if I say that I was a
math quizzer back when I was in grade school? Based
on my performance in math class in high school,
probably, you would not.

It is true. I was a math quizzer, not just once but thrice.

We don’t call it a ‘Math Quiz Bee’ but a ‘Math
Challenge’ wherein you are in a team of three. My
teacher said that she noticed my ‘advanced’ math skills
so she pulled me in. Monique Tizon, Dhenmar Chua
and KC Ormenita were some of our rivals back then.
We always win 2nd place (next to JPRES) until in our
4th grade where we won the 1st place. That was our first time to compete outside
Dasmariñas. The farthest we’ve gone was only in the Division level. (I forgot to mention
that Yves Pumarada and Remalyn Macabenta are my teammates until grade four)

Maybe now you are asking why the hell am I telling you this. Maybe you are
thinking that I am trying to boast or whatever. It’s just that I want you to know that once
in my lifetime, I had confidence in answering math problems and back then, I knew I am
good in mathematics ( unlike today). And it is also good to bring good memories back.

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 Sol Kahlil B. Guevarra
earning to love Math
I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHY I DISLIKE MATH.
I was not like that in elementary. I used to solve problems
faster than any of my classmates. I used to figure out myself
the formulas and other things to solve the equations. I used to
like math. Maybe because the lessons we took in elementary
are easy. And maybe because they gave us easier questions.
When I entered high school, all of my interest in
subjects and academics lost. And I really don’t know why. I
rarely listen to discussions and even fall asleep classes – even
in math class. I never thought I’d have the guts to do that
‘cause I was very scared of my math teacher back then, but
I’m so sleepy that time, I can’t help but to sleep. I don’t like algebra, that’s why I never listen on
our math class during first year. That’s why I was almost demoted in our section.
I was so desperate to learn math when we were in our second year of high school that I
even asked my aunt, who was a math teacher, to give me tutorials. But still, I’m too lazy to learn.
I remember that the teacher who was supposed to be our math teacher tore my paper works
because she thought that I was not listening to what she is saying. But after a week or two, a new
teacher came and she was nicer. But still, it was difficult for me to catch up because she was
teaching very fast and the lessons were so quick, or maybe because I’m such a slow learner. I
still learned few things about math that time, which I think I already forgot by now.
It was our third year high school math teacher whom I was able to listen to very well. It
was then that I was able to understand things in math. It was because my heart always goes
“thump-thump!” when she enters the classroom. And I really have to learn or else bahala na ako
sa buhay ko. Even though the lessons were still a bit fast, I’m able to cope with it. I just thought
that time I was so dedicated to be an Interior Designer and I think that Geometry will be a great
part of my dream, so listened to our lessons with all my might to understand it. When I don’t
understand lessons, I ask my classmates. And it was really fun when I can really answer a
question without the help of others and without cheating! It was an achievement, for me.
When we took the UPCAT review, we met our fourth year high school math teacher,
Mrs. Cariaga. Even though I really didn’t understand the review, I always took notes and copy
the solutions of the problems and that helped me a lot. I’m so happy that time because I can
understand the solutions that I have copied and repeat it myself in other problems.
Because of the UPCAT review, some lessons in math are easier to understand when we
entered fourth year high school. It is really an advantage when you have advance knowledge
about things that you are about to discuss. This year I learned a lot in our math subject. I was
very thankful to our math teacher because she makes sure that everyone understands the lesson
before finishing the discussion. The lessons were not to fast and I understand them. I think that
this year is a great accomplishment for me. And I think that I improved a lot in the subject math.
Right now, I don’t hate math, but I’m still learning to love it. And I believe I can.

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 Charmainne Joy C. Ladao
The One I Like
“IF PEOPLE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT
MATHEMATICS IS SIMPLE, it is only because
they do not realize how complicated life is.”
~John Louis von Neumann
Mathematics is one of the first things that we have learned
in our life. It is one of the basic things that a person must learn
and understand because in anything that we do, one way or
another, there is math. It is a very big part of our lives.
Mathematics is one of the hardest subjects for most of the
students. I don’t know why but since I am elementary, my
favorite subject is Mathematics. I really enjoyed learning
about different math problems and solving it afterwards.
On my first year, I have found math easy because some of the things discussed was also
discussed in my elementary years. Maybe this is one of the reasons why I was able to join the
Math Challenge and became one of the math quizzers. I can still remember that I can’t
experience to join in this competition without the help of our first year math teacher, Mrs.
Poblete, who encourages me to join on the written phase of the said event.
On my second year, still, some of the lessons was already discussed when I am in
elementary. I am still one of the math quizzers. I have learned here more of algebra and have fun
learning and understanding it.
Third year came and for me, this is the hardest part of mathematics that I have
encountered in my high school life and it is because of proving. The only answers that I can
surely have point were the given and the reflexivity. Mathematics in this year is more of shapes,
getting their areas, surface areas, and volumes. This is also the year when I have learned about
the Pythagorean Theorem and the special right triangles. On this year, I have lost the opportunity
of being a math quizzer again.
This year, on my fourth and last year in high school, aside from college algebra, I have
also learned about Trigonometry. Trigonometry deals with triangles, even if you have a circle,
you must first find a triangle to solve for the problem. In this year, I really have more knowledge
about math. I have learned here to play with the given just to get the answer. Through the help of
our fourth year math teacher, Mrs. Cariaga, who have taught us the easiest way of solving
different problems and equations.
I want to give my gratitude to all of my high school math teachers, Mrs. Poblete, Ms.
Calingasan, Mrs. Ambion, and Mrs. Cariaga, for imparting their knowledge to us which will
really help all of us. I have learned a lot and I know that it can greatly help me in my college life
and in the career that I will take up which is civil engineering.

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 “The essence of mathematics is not to make
simple things complicated, but to make
Johanna Gwenn T.
complicated things simple.” ~ S. Gudder

Math doesn’t
Lomaad
Suck
LONG LONG TIME AGO, in the land of farfar away, there is
a girl who was thinking curiously. She is basically young and
still and grade 1. She thought that mathematics is really hard.
She doesn’t know why she thought of that but maybe because
people tend to treat math as hard, difficult or worse, their
enemy.
We need to realize that the problem is not within the
subject, but the problem is within us people. At this very
moment, I’m going to make every people reading this speech, essay or whatever you want to call
this article that mathematics isn’t that really hard yet it is just simple and fun.
Math is everywhere. People, especially students like us, face different mathematical
problems in our daily life. Trust me, it could not be avoided. You can avoid doing projects like
suring basa or lingguhang awtput, or even cleaning the room but not this one. In our studies, I
believe that that all subject requires even the most basic knowledge in math.
In our everyday life it is everywhere. From the way we budget our time to the way we
budget our money. Science is basically accompanied by math but English and Filipino also
requires math! Just like when it’s a boring afternoon and you are asked to write a boring poem, it
requires math for it needs to have exact number of syllables. Basically you have to count them to
know if it’s exact. But even there is math, still the subject is boring.
Going back, people who have low self esteem and weak mindset often say that
mathematics is difficult. This is because they are conquered by their fears. Without even trying
they would say, “What’s this, the equation is too long. I can’t do that. Math is really difficult!”.
Analyzing the statement, we can infer that they don’t believe in their ability to solve math
problems.
It is quite funny to think that it is acceptable in the society to say that “I can’t do math!”
when we would be embarrassed to say that “I’m no good in reading” or “I can’t read”. There are
a lot of misconceptions in mathematics that made people to be scared of it. A lot of them are
students who thought that only few people can do math, and it requires a “math gene”. That is
definitely not true. Doing math is like learning to read and write. Like reading, the majority of
people are born with the ability to do math. It’s just a matter of positive attitude towards the
subject that makes it fun and easy.
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 Positive attitudes towards math are the first step to success. When does the most powerful
learning usually occur? When one makes a mistake! If you take the time to analyze where you go
wrong, you can't help but learn. Never feel badly about making mistakes in mathematics.
Societal needs have changed, thus math has changed. We are now in an information age
with technology paving the way. It is no longer enough to do a computation; that’s what
calculators and computers are for. Math today requires decisions about which keys to punch in
and which graph to use, not how to construct them! Math requires creative problem solving
techniques. Today's math requires real-life problems to solve, a skill highly prized by employers
today. Math requires knowing when and how to use the tools to assist in the problem solving
process. This happens as early as pre-kindergarten when children seek counters, an abacus,
blocks and a variety of other manipulative. Family involvement is also critical in nursing a
positive and risk-taking attitudes in math. The sooner this begins, the sooner one will become
more successful in math.
Now that the girl is nearly finished with her high school years and is currently in 4 th year,
she learned a valuable lesson about math. She learned an outlook that is more important than the
theorems that she studied and formulas she used. What she learned was about positive outlook
and attitude towards math and thus, she can finally prove that Math doesn’t suck!

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 Lhearnie M. Manongdo
My Lament
I STARTED TO DREAD arithmetic back in the second
grade because I didn't want to memorize the multiplication
tables. Unlike learning how to read, studying math seemed to
have no purpose other than to give me massive headaches
and shattered nerves. The alphabet was a wonderful code
that, when deciphered, entertained me with stories and
revealed all kinds of secrets about the world. Multiplication
tables, on the other hand, just told me how much six times
nine was. There was no joy in knowing that. Although even
in third grade I understood that I shared with many other
students a terrible fear and hatred of mathematics, I drew
little comfort from that fact. Since then, I have struggled with
math for a number of reasons.
I especially began to hate math when Mrs. Amora
forced us to participate in her sadistic counting contests.
Having ordered us to stand in rows, side by side, this jolly
nun would shout problems at us: "Forty-eight divided by three? . . . Nine times twelve? . . . Three
times eight divided by two?" The students who called out the correct answers fastest would win;
those of us who answered wrong or not at all would have to sit down. To be honest, losing never
bothered me that much. Rather, it was that feeling in the pit of my stomach before and right after
she called out the numbers. You know, that awful math feeling. Not only did mathematics seem
irrelevant and dull, it also became forever associated in my mind with speed and competition.
During the counting contests, I would deliberately give an incorrect answer early on so that I
could escape the game quickly.
As I grew older, math grew worse, like a persistent headache that makes you want to
scream to relieve the pain. Negative numbers, I thought, were simply insane. You either
have some or none, I figured--not negative some. Patiently, my mother would try to talk me
through the steps when helping me with my homework. Oh, eventually I would puzzle things out
(long after the rest of the class had moved on to something else), but I never understood the point
of the game. My teachers were always too busy droning out formulas to explain how and why
any of these calculations mattered. Who on earth cared about determining the departure times of
trains or figuring how long it would take Arthur to walk to the playground? Constantly frustrated
by the sheer meaninglessness of it all, I even grew to hate the people and places mentioned in
word problems: I imagined trains crashing in the dead of night and little Arthur becoming
hopelessly lost on his way home from the playground.
After years of hating math and only barely passing my classes, I started to compound my
difficulties in high school by skipping homework. With geometry, of course, that means death.
My teachers would punish me by making me stay after school to do--what else?--more math
problems. In anger and frustration, I broke pencils and tore paper as I dutifully filled page after
page with utterly meaningless calculations. Not surprisingly, I came to associate math with
nothing more nor less than pain and heartless punishment. In my recurring nightmares, my head
was fractured by fractions and crushed by multiplication signs.
Though I'm through with math classes now and carry a calculator in my purse, math still
has a way of making me queasy. It's not that I can't do the math; it's just that it  is math. In
architecture and engineering, in physics and electronics, even in art and music,
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 mathematics does have a purpose and a meaning. Like the letters of the alphabet, numerical
signs can tell stories and reveal secrets about the world. Now
I think I might even enjoy learning more about math--on my
own terms, at my own pace. But don't you dare throw any

Kristina Carmella G.
problems at me when I'm not looking, because I still get that
feeling in my stomach sometimes.

My Relationship
Ormenita
with Math
THIS LOVE STORY started out very okay for me.
Back in my elementary days, I was so sweet to Math. In fact,
I was one of our top students and also a Math quizzer for our
school. I was so excellent at Math back then that it seemed
pretty easy for me to handle all those numbers, equation and
formulas. Well, it was elementary so it was expected to be
simple and easy Mathematics. By the end of sixth grade, I
was loving Math.
We remained steady when I reached my first year of
high school. Although the equations started to become complicated with the letters from the
alphabet, I still proved that I could handle it. And I did. I was a consistent honor student when I
was a freshman, and I still liked Math.
Second year was when we hit that wrong turn. We tackled Algebra and it became
difficult for me to understand the formulas and solutions. My head hurt whenever I tried to
understand the solutions which were unusual for me because I was a Math quizzer back then. It
got very complicated, and by the end of the school year, I didn’t think I made it to the top honor
students.
I still wasn’t in good terms with Mathematics when I reached third year. It wasn’t
Algebra anymore but Geometry. In this year, we dealt with shapes and figures with their own
formulas on how to get their area, volume and surface area. It didn’t turn out great for me
because I had to memorize every formula. It got even more difficult for me when there were
“squared” or raised to the second power and also the “cube” or raised to the third power. It gave
me a hard time because there are formulas when I accidentally jumble the exponents for every
value. It got worse when we discussed about circles because of pi, intercepted arcs and terminal
angles. In this year, I have to say that it didn’t go well with Math. And it was a shame because I
used to be so great at Mathematics.
Then everything turned out quite right during my fourth year of high school. We dealt
with Trigonometry but it was a great start for me during my last year. I was getting closer back to
Mathematics and I was definitely learning a lot from every discussion. I owe this recovery
mostly from my fourth year Math teacher, Mrs. Rowena Cariaga. I noticed that whenever it was
Ma’am Cariaga who was teaching the lesson, I came to understand it very well. Unlike other

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 teachers, Ma’am takes the lesson slowly and easily to make sure that her students understand and
learn the lesson. I love Ma’am Cariaga so much not just as a teacher but because she was an
understanding and considerate person. Ma’am Cariaga became a bridge for Math and me to get
closer again.
Thank you Ma’am Cariaga and I can tell you that I really have learned Math through you.
 Although I can’t remember everything that you have
taught me, I can still tell that I have learned it from you and

Rihan Jastine C.
I will carry this piece of knowledge even when I reach
college. Again, thank you Ma’am.

What Raguindin
I like
about Math?
Math..? ANONG NAPALA AKO SA MATH?!
Pimples!
Eye bags!
…And golden heart. 
When I started taking up algebra, geometry and
trigonometry, my brain almost had a hemorrhage after all
those proving and solving for sides and angles! My
impression in math was something that would never be
enjoyable for me… Despite that, I still don’t ever want to
remove math out of my life! One reason is whenever my
head starts to ache in solving for x, I simply think that after
getting its value, I’ll get the nice feeling of relief and ease in
knowing that I am able to compute for it on my own.
At first, I thought I could get values and virtues in all subjects except math, because it
only has numbers and equations while we could learn about how to conserve energy in science,
what the polite modals are to be used in conversations in English, how to promote sportsmanship
in M.A.P.E.H., and what the right ways are to help lift the country’s economic status in social
studies. What values can I take up from mathematics? When I stepped up to my fourth year days,
I saw that there were many things I could discover in it but hardly noticeable.
When I thought that the only way to get through the bitter days after telling a lie to my
crush was to leave him be, I got confused and my problem grew big. I was guilty for lying but I
was mostly feeling bad because I thought he also lied. I couldn’t sleep well in thinking about
how wrong I was in suppressing my feelings for him and suddenly, everything flashed back to
me: the time when he explained in front of the class about a math assignment, the day when we
were in the written phase of “Math Challenge” and he was quite late and his seat was near mine
that I couldn’t concentrate because I felt like my heart was about to explode, and the moment I
waved my hand to him when it was break time in MTAP Saturday session. As I tried to erase
these memories carved in my puzzled brain, they only marked even more that I did my best in
hiding whatever kind of misery I felt by smiling and keeping myself cheerful in school. During
our semester break, I was doing the physics assignment (that required a lot of math, by the way)
when my cousin asked me about my crush. After some chitchats, she encouraged me to tell the
truth. I consulted a friend about it. She said that usually, when you tell a guy that you liked him,
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 he’d go away. So, after semester break, I confessed my feelings to him. To my surprise, he did
the same and my fantasy about him covering up his feelings for me came true! That’s why I
don’t want to remove math in my life… It made me realize that I had to keep going because
there is more than one solution in solving a problem.
In the “Math Festival”, I did my best in the jingle so that he would notice me… That
means I have had to practice with my classmates for several hours just to perform excellently
even if it means coming home late! Everything in the fest was great but when he accompanied
me to the IV-Einstein room, I regretted it… because we got discovered by our classmates and I
was planning to keep it a secret to them until graduation… I want only our parents to know.
Another value I’ve learned in math: we have to take a look at the problem and choose the best
method we see fit to solve it easily. In other words, I have to
be super extra careful in every choice I take. Behind my

Shaila E. Resurreccion
smiles and giggles, I was actually nervous and worried that a
lot of people know about us already.

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 Lianne Emerie M. Roxas
Mathematics IV
What can I say in math IV?

This is the first time that I appreciate mathematics IV

in my entire schooling experience. It was because of
my awesome teacher Mrs. Rowena Ramos Cariaga,
and also my dearest ninang. :)

Hmmm, because of my awesome teacher, I learned so

many things even though it was not included in
mathematics subject.

I have learned the things like be a responsible person! [lagi kasi ako nasesermunan ni
Ninang]. Learned to appreciate what are the things you can do, and also your limitations.
And also trust yourself always on everything you will do and do not depend yourself to
others.

And because of my dearest Ninang , I also learned to love ! hahaha :) I learned to like
someone and to love him na kinukunsinti nya pa ako :) hahaha . at hindi nya sinasabi kay
mama :)

And that’s all I can say about math. Even though the subject is difficult to understand, she
makes a way that you can learn as easy as counting numbers.

So thank you for being my awesome teacher in mathematics IV. Also for being my
beautiful, caring, and loving ninang.

Thank you for guiding me in choosing the right path to walk and educating me the things
I needed in my way to success.

ILOVEYOU NINANG ! MARAMING SALAMAT.

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Kim E. Rubia
Don't Judge it
and You Won't
Hate it To start it off, I don’t like Math. Honestly. In more
than a decade of studying, I found Math as the subject I was
least interested of. And up until now, I think it doesn’t like
me either.
I have hated it during elementary, but when I got to
my first year in high school, I realized those fractions and
simple subtraction of negative numbers back then were a
piece of cake compared to this. I mean, I hated Math because of those numbers trying to create a
problem and then expecting me to solve it, but include letters?! But somehow I passed first year
and reached my sophomore year, and again I realized that those binomials and polynomials were
better than what we were dealing here. That year was rumbled with numbers and letters that I
could not even remember what I learned back then. And so, moving on to third year.
Third year changed my point of view towards Mathematics. Well, I still had to deal with
numbers and letters, but I guess it was the shapes and figures that had me solving their volume
and surface area, with no hatred at all. I found myself having fun in solving the missing measure
of angles or length of sides in triangles and quadrilaterals. I also noticed that whenever I
encounter a word problem, I would read it again until I understand it and think about what I can
do to solve it. I started not to judge a word problem just because of the difficult words and digits
inside it. And that’s when I realized that the only reason I hated Math this whole time was
because I have been telling myself that I couldn’t do it. I had lived up to my principle that I
would never ever understand those complicated equations unless a genius clearly explains it to
me. I started to think, “Maybe I can!”.
I miraculously and unbelievably reached my fourth and last year of high school, with the
Pythagorean theorem still buried somewhere deep in my mind. I started to hate Math again,
because I had to deal with even more sophisticated stuff. In the beginning, I hated it because it
was all about numbers, and then the letters came in, but now some seemingly ancient symbols
are invading my Math textbook! My mind couldn’t process it all when it was taught to me for the
first time.
Right now, it’s days away from our high school graduation. And I am proud to say that I
have learned to like Math. I fully understood the meaning of “Don’t hate Math ‘cause Math
won’t hate you”. I realized that the problem was with me this whole time, and not with the
subjectThe long-story-short of this is don’t think that a problem is super difficult after reading it
once, because you’ll just laugh at it afterwards when you find out that it’s less difficult than you
think.
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 Jevilyn Mary C. Ruiz
Math is like...
MATH IS LIKE a newly bought gadget. You don’t really
know how to operate it first. In the beginning you’ll find
yourself ignorant of it and you’ll tell yourself: “What the hell
is this?” As you discover it you’ll get annoyed and irritated.
But eventually as you explore it and know more about it
you’ll say: “It’s easy as pie”.

Math is like a sport. When you’re learning to play a

sport, is it enough to read books about the sport, memorize
some facts, and maybe watch movies about it? Of course not!
With sports you learn by doing it. It’s the same in math:
you can’t just read the book; you have to practice problems.
Math is like sports in another way. If you want to be good at
basketball, do you practice only right before a game? No,
you practice every day or almost every day. It’s the same
with math: you have to keep your “mental muscles” limber by working with it every day.

Math is like understanding foreign languages. When you study a foreign language, you
know there will be a lot of words you don’t know. The same is true in math, except that many of
the words look like English words. But math terms like set, prove, hypothesis, term,
solution have special meanings that are different from ordinary English. Approach math like a
foreign language and make sure you understand every term

Math is like building. When you’re building a house, you would never think of trying to
put up the second floor before the first floor. Building is a sequential process. The same is
true in math: each concept builds on the ones that came before. In history, you can understand
the Depression pretty well even if you didn’t study World War I. But in math it’s different: you
need to understand factoring very well or you won’t be able to solve equations. The moral is that
you need to stay current. If ever you don’t understand something, get help on it right away.
Otherwise you’ve just knocked away the first floor of your house, and you know what that will
do when you try to put up the second floor.

Math is like road. Everytime there is always a road that we need to take to arrive on the
place that we want to go, just like in math we need a solution to arrive on the correct answer. At
first we learn a long way or road to be able to get to our destination but as we ask people or
discover it ourselves, we’ll know that there is always a shortcut. Likewise in math, you’ll get
thought of the long method solving a problem but there is always a short method or short
solution.
Math is like a vegetable. You know it's good for you, but you don't really want it.
Vegetables as we know don’t really taste that good but we also know that it is good for us. It is
like learning math even you don’t like studying it you need to. It is like a nutrient of the
vegetable that you need to intake to be able to get better in school.

IV – EINSTEIN
Danielle Elaine C. Umali
Parting Time
ALGEBRA. ADVANCE ALGEBRA. GEOMETRY.
COLLEGE ALGEBRA. TRIGONOMETRY. Don’t you
think these things are terrifying? Well I really do thought
that these mathematics lessons are terrifying. I also thought
that it’s not only the subject that’s scary, but also the
Mathematics teachers. Well, I’m right. These lessons
squeezed my brain for so many times!

But I can say that my fourth year Mathematics

experience made so much difference. On this period of time,
I felt that Mathematics wasn’t that horrible like what I’ve
thought. There were times that when Ma’am Cariaga was
done discussing lessons, I’ll just say “mmmmmmmm!”. Not
because I don’t understand the lesson, it’s because I thought that it’s difficult but I understand it
on that easy manner.

“Iba talaga si Ma’am Cariaga. :)” She’s not just a Mathematics teacher. She’s also a good
friend, a counselor, a defender, and a loving mother for her students. I won’t forget her. I won’t
forget the way she made those lessons so easy to catch up. I won’t forget the time she gave me
her advice about love problems. I won’t forget her beautiful personality.

Maybe this is my last article I’ll compose for my fourth year. This is the last requirement
that I’ll do for Mathematics IV. We are going to face another chapter of our lives. But it doesn’t
mean that I’ll leave those special memories behind. It will always be one of the best things that
I’ve experienced. It will always be a part of me. This is Danielle Elaine C. Umali from IV-
Einstein of Batch 2010-2011, Signing off.

IV – EINSTEIN
 Psyche Katleen L. Ursal
We are Lucky..
DO YOU STILL REMEMBER the quotation, “English is the
language of Mathematics and Science”?, Well it is absolutely
true! Even if you are a genius or a person with a big and
healthy brain you cannot change the quotation, because
nothing is permanent in this world except the word “change”.

We are in the world where people can understand each

other by means of communication. But what if we were given
a chance and shuffle the earlier quotation into “Mathematics
is the language of Science and English”? What would
happen?

Let start, do all people can understand x+y= z-h(a/b)?

Who can imagine people talking, using in speeches, negotiating and defending their thesis using
the numbers and letters of Mathematics? I think it is impossible. It is only achievable if you are a
super mathematics fanatic like Mrs. Rowena R. Cariga.

Speaking of Mrs. Cariaga, I idolized her because even if there are problems circling
around the world, she can solve crucial mathematical problems easily. She doesn’t get a
headache with this subject. It is because MATHEMATICS IS HER LIFE.

We are lucky to have English to be are language and no need to dodge the power of
headache brought by the world MATHEMATICS. HAHA

IV – EINSTEIN
Jae Marie T. Valdez
Math, Math,
Math
MATH? Oh well. Last three years, for me, math is extremely
hard. I can’t understand how to solve this, how to solve that
and whatever. There were also times that I could not value
the essence of math because I can’t cope up with the lesson.
But, now I’m on the last year, I can say that I have
understand all that we had take up in math from the first
grading up to the last grading.

Math IV? Well. They say, math was hard and

difficult to understand so many students have hated math. But for me this subject was a very
exciting and unforgettable thing to me. First thing I have learned was about subsets, equal sets
and everything about sets then the counting principles. As time goes by, we have studied the
linear functions, circular functions, polynomials then lastly Trigonometry. Every time I heard
the word Trigonometry, all I can think is that it was a very hard topic and I will not understand it.
But when Ma’am Cariaga started to discussed that lesson, all I can say that I was not that hard at
all. Last two weeks, we have started the oral test in math, I didn’t pass on the first round na
mental block kasi! but I passed naman on the second round, well, I’m happy for me ! 

Thanks to Mrs. Rowena R. Cariaga for being the best teacher in Math, for me. She was
the one who have taught us the simplest way in solving different problems in math. She has
helped us to think that math was easy all you have to do is to study and study and study to be
able to not forget different lessons in math. Thank you Ma’am Cariaga for teaching us great
lessons in life, for giving us advices, and for coming to my birthday. I truly appreciate those
things and all I will apply all the things you have told and taught to us. Thank you Ma’am, for
the understandings and patience you have showed to us because of that I’ve learned many things
in math and I will never forget that. I hope to see you soon Ma’am.  Ay! Magka-village lang
po pala tayo.

IV – EINSTEIN
 Loralie Mae S. Yasis
Challenge yet Joy
in Return
IN MY 16 YEARS OF EXISTENCE, I had one
fear that made me shiver every time I enter my
classroom. That is having a graded recitation or a
surprise quiz in Mathematics. Thus, it is a
frustration for me to enjoy and explore
Mathematics beyond my perception towards it.
Such fact made me determined to study more and
develop my guts towards the said subject. I often
failed most of the time but I didn’t give up on it.
One day, I was surprised to see myself
solving a mathematical problem particularly trigonometry with determination and
eagerness. Fortunately, I got the right answer! I almost burst with joy as I relieved
myself after an hour of brain cracking solutions I’ve undergone.
At last! My perseverance resulted into a victory after all those years. This
sweet achievement made me hope that someday, I’ll totally overcome this
challenge for a priceless joy that was perceived by many.

IV – EINSTEIN