Reading Books Makes Me a Writer

"Reading with an open mind and an open heart is transformative." - Hong Kong-Bestselling author Cheryl Strayed

National Reading Month

The Department of Education (DepEd) issued DepEd Memorandum No. 175, s. 2018, declaring November as the 2018 National Reading Month. This NRM aims "to promote love for reading, and to celebrate the diversity of learners and culture through reading."

This year's theme is Pagbasa: Susi sa Magandang Kinabukasan. NRM culmination is highlighted by the nationwide story reading on November 27 of every year by virtue of Republic Act No. 10556 as "Araw ng Pagbasa". All schools in elementary and secondary in the country would observe this a regular working holiday.

Education Focus Around the World for Children of All Ages

It has never been more important than it is today to focus on the education of children throughout the world. Children are the future and if we neglect to focus time and energy on their education, we will be in a world of hurt long before we hope to be. The unfortunate part of this subject is that there are many areas all around our globe that do not have the money or resources to educate children. Luckily, there are things you can do to change this.

Cecilia Ibru

Why Is It So Important to Educate?

Like previously stated, children are the future. If we fail to educate them and provide the resources for knowledge, we will remain in the same cycle we have been stuck in. Without the advancement of knowledge, there would be no technology. Healthcare would be drastically different and there are many diseases that we may not have cures for. We would not be able to enjoy modern movies and you can forget about watching one in theaters or on IMAX. These are just some examples of what knowledge and education have lead to. If we continue focusing on educating children and feeding their minds with knowledge, there is no telling how advanced our world may become. There is so much potential in children as long as the focus is given to them. Without the right tools, they may never get to develop into the world changing individual that remains inside. This is a disservice to children everywhere. It is a disservice to yourself and the world as a whole. Things can be better and even if you are not a teacher, you can make a difference.

Verses Expressed: Poetry for Inspirations

RandomThoughts started to develop his passion in writing when he was in his Grade 5 sometime in 1965. And he started with poem writing. He used to scribble lines of thoughts for inspiration just to amuse or entertain himself. He didn't know yet the mechanics, the style or whatever facts about poem writing.

How did he able to get used to it? His late father, Hilarion was instrumental of making him got interested with books. His father brought him to their municipal library when he was still in his grade 1. It was his first time to visit the municipal library in their place. He was surprised to see a many volumes of books inside the library. He was asked by the librarian what books he wanted to read. He couldn't open his mouth. He was overcome by his shyness. What he did was to proceed to the cabinet of books. The lady librarian, Inday Regina Dasas, followed him and gave him the freedom to choose what books he wanted to get and opened the cabinet for him.

The Making of a Modern-Day Pinoy Hero

[Updated] Yahoo! Philippines came up with the "Pitong Pinoy" project to select seven Filipinos as identified by fellow Filipinos, the Yahoo! community, and then culled by the Yahoo! Philippines jury.

This project aims to inspire with an initiative that will recognize seven modern-day Filipino heroes in line with the commemoration of Philippine Independence, last June 12, 2011.

The nomination mechanics for these modern-day heroes include a brief explanation (not more than 200 words) of his or her accomplishments and the reason why he or she is nominated. The nominations were emailed to to ypitongpinoy@yahoo.com.ph until June 9, 2011 8:00 in the morning.