GIVE AT LEAST ONE PINOY CULTURE THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST AND ONE

PINOY CULTURE WHICH YOU THINK IS NOT GOOD. EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

CLEARLY

EACH OF US HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE OURSELVES, CHANGING

AND IMPROVING OURSELVES IS WHAT EVERYONE DESIRES TO ACHIEVE. THEY

SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE, CHANGE YOURSELF FIRST SO YOU CAN

CHANGE THE WORLD.

BEING BRAVE AND RESILIENT IS ALREADY A CULTURE OF A FILIPINO,

AND THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BEING A FILIPINO. THEY ARE WILLING TO

FIGHT OR ARGUE ABOUT SOMETHING THEY THINK IS RIGHT, LIKE WHAT

HAPPENED IN THE PAST, WHERE THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS TO BE FREE

FROM THE GRASP OF THE SPANIARDS AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT

COLONIZED OUR HOME. BUT BEING BRAVE AND FIRM IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE

COMPLETELY FREE AND HAPPY. THE KEY TO THIS IS TO KNOW WHAT IS

RIGHT AND TO BE AN OPEN-MINDED PERSON. HOWEVER, IT'S ALREADY A

CULTURE OF THE (SOME) FILIPINO TO BE CLOSE-MINDED, WHETHER

SOMETHING SMALL OR LARGE. THEY DIDN’T KNOW THAT WHAT THEY

CONSIDERED TRIVIAL WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THEIR LIFE AS WELL AS

OUR COUNTRY. IT'S LIKE VOTING IN AN ELECTION, MOST FILIPINOS ARE

BEING BLIND TO THE CANDIDATE THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR, AND THEY SEEM

TO FIGHT FIERCELY WHETHER THE CANDIDATE THEY SUPPORT IS RIGHT OR

WRONG.

BEING BRAVE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN BOAST ABOUT BECAUSE

NOT EVERYONE IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO FIGHT FOR SOMETHING THEY WANT TO

FIGHT FOR. BUT BEING BRAVE IS NOT ENOUGH AND WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH.

BEING ABLE TO KNOW WHAT IS RIGHT AND BEING OPEN-MINDED IS THE ONE

THAT YOU SHOULD APPLY TO YOURSELF BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE FIGHTING

FOR WILL NOT BE RIGHT AND WILL NEVER BE RIGHT IF YOU ONLY BELIEVE IN

YOURSELF AND YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO OTHERS.

HOW DOES THE FACE OF A COUNTRY'S SOCIETY CONTRIBUTE IN SHAPING

THE LITERATURE OF THE WORLD TODAY?

LITERATURE IS A MIRROR OF LIFE AND SOCIETY. IT RELIES UPON

WHERE THE AUTHOR PLACES THE MIRROR. SOMETIMES WRITERS DISCOVER

DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE CONNECTION AMONG THE INDIVIDUAL AND

SOCIETY. LITERATURE PERFORMS A TOTALLY IMPORTANT HISTORICAL ROLE.

LITERATURE REFLECTS THE ACTIVITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN THIS SPECIFIC

SOCIETY.

LITERATURE DISPLAYS EACH OF THE BEST AND TERRIBLE VALUES OF

SOCIETY. IT REFLECTS THE WRONG VALUES AND FORCES THEM TO BE

CORRECTED AND RESOLVED. BY REFLECTING PROPER VALUES INTO SOCIETY

IT MAKES US EMULATE. OFTEN AS A REFLECTION, LITERATURE PROVIDES A

PICTURE. WHAT PEOPLE THINK, SAY, AND DO IN SOCIETY. LITERATURE

INFORMATION THE ACTUAL ACTIVITIES OF SOCIAL LIFESTYLES AND TURNS

THOSE ORDINARY MOVES INTO FICTION AND PROVIDES THEM TO SOCIETY AS

A REPLICATE VIA WHICH HUMANS CAN SEE THEIR IMAGES AND, IF

NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS.

LITERATURE HAS A REMARKABLE EFFECT ON MORE YOUTHFUL

GENERATIONS AND IT COULD ASSIST THEM TO APPREHEND WHEREIN THEIR

ANCESTORS HAVE GONE WRONG AND THE WAY THEY MAY RECTIFY THE

ERRORS. LITERATURE ADDITIONALLY HELPED IN SHAPING CIVILIZATIONS

AND CONVERTING POLITICAL SYSTEMS. SO MAINTAINING ALL THIS IN

THOUGHTS WE OUGHT TO TAKE A STEP TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUNGER

KIDS SHOULD STUDY LITERATURE PAINTINGS AS THEY'RE THE DESTINY OF

OUR COUNTRY.
HOW DO DIVERSE WORLDLY VIEWS AND IDENTITIES UNITE AND DIVIDE THE

PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD?

"EACH PERSON'S MAP OF THE WORLD IS AS UNIQUE AS THE PERSON'S

THUMBPRINT. THERE ARE NO TWO PEOPLE ALIKE. NO TWO PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND THE SAME SENTENCE THE SAME WAY. SO IN DEALING WITH

PEOPLE, YOU TRY NOT TO FIT THEM TO YOUR CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY

SHOULD BE." SAID MILTON ERICKSON.

EACH PERSON HAS THEIR OWN IDENTITY, BUT IDENTITY SERVES AS A

BARRIER TO OTHER PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. OTHERS JUST LOOK AT

YOUR SKIN COLOR, RELIGION, AS WELL AS WHAT YOUR RACE IS, JUST LIKE

WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, NOT ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AS WELL

AS THE OTHER FOREIGN COUNTRIES. RACISM IS NOT DISAPPEARING, THERE

ARE STILL MANY PEOPLE (NOT ALL) NOWADAYS WHO ONLY BASE THEIR SKIN

ON WHETHER A PERSON DESERVES TO BE RESPECTED. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE

HAVE BEES TRYING TO FIT IN THE STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT BY

THE PEOPLE.

ALL THESE CRITERIA WILL HELP PEOPLE LEARN TO COPE WITH

DIVERSITY AND BECOME MORE AWARE OF IT. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN

OUR WORLD. THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT, THEY BELONG TO DIFFERENT

RELIGIONS, GENDERS, ORIGINS, AND HAVE DIFFERENT GENDER IDENTITIES,

AND WE ARE ALL UNITED BY THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE ALL UNIQUE.

BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS EACH OTHER'S THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS HELPS US

GROW AS INDIVIDUALS AND LEARN TO RESPECT OTHERS.