Jesusa Ines R.

Dumalanta
BS CRIM 1-B

1. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Filipino Value System. Aside from those you find in books and
online sources, what else can you add?

STRENGTHS
 Even if your parents are disappointed with your
actions or you made serious mistakes like drugs,
teenage pregnancy, or even fraternity, they are
the first one who can accept the situation that
you have, they scolded you from what you did in
the first place but at the end of the day, they are
there, they can’t bare to see their children
suffering on their own.
 Encouraging one another is a big respect to a
family. Even if they are also have problems, they
can still get you to stand up again if you fail, they
cheer you up and help you to move forward.
 They fight for each other. Sister quarrel is a
normal for a family, some are can’t
communicate well but when one of the family
member is treated unfairly or offended by
someone, they are the one who will finish the
war that you are in because they will feel pain
when they see their family member are in pain
also.
 Parents knows best. Even if you are not close to
your family. Especially your mother, she can saw
in your eyes if you are not okay because as a
mother, she can feel the pain. And she wanted to
ask God, maybe the pain of her children will be
pass to her to that her children will not feel any
pain anymore.
WEAKNESSES
 Crab mentality. This is common to all of us.
Some families are like this who can’t be happy
with the achievement of the family family
member because he/she thinks that she/he may
become the parent’s favorite and all the attention
will be at the person who gain some
achievements.
 When parents can’t listen to their children. Many
of teenagers are like this, afraid to talk and tell
what they really feels to their family because
they judges her/him easily. Parents just want
what they wanted and not what their children
wanted even if they say that it’s the best for their
children. They can’t tell that because they don’t
really know their children fully.
 They don’t believe what you can do. When you
are a failure, you are always and will be a failure
to their eyes. That you can’t change for the
better.
 When you achieve your dreams. Example is
when you are a successful business owner, your
family will judge and say “hindi na lilingon sa
pinggangalingan”.

2. Can you think of a distinct Ilocono moral norms? What are these? Give short descriptions.
 Being thrifty- when people ask about Filipinos, they always say stingy or greedy for money because
Ilocanos are not fan of donating and giving big amount to the nations or even to ourselves, we can’t buy
a pricey shoes, bags or clothes because Ilocanos always think that the money we spend on these
material things, it is just a temporary. Thrifty is the best word because we, Ilocanos always save even a
cent of our money, we save for our future. if we think that is not worth buying for, we can’t buy a
material things because we always think that these money can be use for investments, business or
emergencies.
 Respecting and celebrating each other’s culture and beliefs. There is a events that Ilocanos celebrate
every last week of Wednesday where all the municipality of Ilocos Sur can displays their delicacies of
their municipality. This is called “Kannawidan” where there is different shows like street dancing and
showdown to showcase the different cultures and beliefs of different municipality of Ilocos Sur.
Example is San Vicente, they called as the mwebles of Ilocos Sur where they display here different
furnitures. Vigan City where you can see the bagnet, longganisa and empanada. We celebrate our
different cultures ans beliefs for us to reminds ourselves that we are one as a province, in every year of
our lives, we can interact with them to know more and respect what they can do to our province and be
proud with all the achievements.