Week 14: Argumentative Essay

Write an argumentative essay that will explain the importance of

the Filipino social interpersonal values to our culture and the
positive and negative implications of these values to our
country’s development.
Filipinos has a lot of cultures. May it be positive or negative. Some of these
cultures have been passed through generations and some just arise because of the
changing aspects of the world wherein Filipinos are just being adaptive to what is being
presented.

In the culture of the Filipinos, there are evident influences. These influences set it

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apart from the other nations or cultures. These influences manifest themselves in the

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robust life that embodies the vibrant history of the nation, close family ties, and

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influences from the colonial masters.

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The number one or the most popular culture of Filipinos is being hospitable.
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People here in the Philippines are usually friendly and welcoming to our guests. This
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Filipino attribute makes the Philippines one of the most favorite destinations by tourists
who want to enjoy the beauty of our nature and the friendliness of our people, not to
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mention we can also understand and speak English. Next is being adaptive and
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resilient. Despite of all the calamities that struck our country, like the strong earthquake
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and Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) that devastated the central part of Visayas in
2013, Filipinos are persistent enough to get back on their feet, even without the solid
help from the government. We can also adapt to any type of environment and mingle
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with any kind of people all over the world. Because all people are willing to help, and
their willingness makes the works more productive. And lastly, Filipinos are known for
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being deeply religious people. They profess Christianity, Islam, and traditional religious
beliefs. The majority of people are Christians mostly Roman Catholics. he Filipinos are
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one of the most faithful people in the world. Whatever our religion is, we remain faithful
and we don’t lose hope for a better tomorrow. Our faithfulness and hopefulness keep us
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kind, positive, peaceful and determined to achieve our goals no matter how impossible
they may seem.
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But isn’t that, in today’s time, there are a lot of toxic culture. Like Crab Mentality,
Mañana Habit and Filipino Time. Crab mentality refers to the behavior of preventing
someone from achieving something due to jealousy or envy. Instead of praising or
rendering assistance, someone with crab mentality would think “if I can’t have it, then
you can’t as well” and will purposely try to bring his/her victim down. And just like the
crabs who could have escaped from the bucket if they only stopped pulling each other

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 down, nothing ever gets accomplished. Next one is the Mañana Habit, wherein this
habit t encourages procrastination, an “ability” we Filipinos have since turned into an art
form. Even the most urgent of projects and tasks can be relegated for some other time;
we are only forced to work on them when the deadline is near. It’s a miracle we get
things done in this country. And lastly is the Filipino Time, Related to the mañana
habit, Filipino time refers to the Filipinos’ own unique brand of time, which is known to
be minutes or hours behind the standard time. In other words, we tend not to observe
punctuality at all. This behavior usually drives time-observant foreigners crazy. While we
Filipinos with our easy-going ways have somewhat become used to Filipino time, it still
is a bad habit that needs to be dropped.

Mentioned above, are the social cultures of the Filipinos. And these are so
important because these cultures are the trademarks of our own country. Filipinos are
being the way they are though these cultures. And it might seem really disappointing to

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see that there are actually a lot of negative cultures in a place where we lived in. And to

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think that no matter how hard we want to eliminate these cultures, it has been become

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part of it. But let’s just think that these culture can fade at any time. We should let all
positive cultures over-empower the negative ones. Filipinos are known for being kind,

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and since it was one of our trademarks, we should not let these trademarks be erased
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from people’s mind. We are Filipinos, born to be one.
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