Category: Opinion

WHENEVER you hear about a transport strike, what do you worry about? Some may worry about what they’re going to ride to school that day while others may ponder if there’ll be a class suspension, but has any of us worried about what’s truly at stake?

HAVE you ever felt like waking up one day with perfect bed hair and supple skin, turning off your alarm even before it starts ringing, and blasting your favorite music as you get ready to conquer the day and embrace the challenges of adulting? Apparently, this phenomenon is called “Main Character Syndrome,” a term coined by users on TikTok. Those who have “Main Character Syndrome” are said to project themselves as the protagonist, viewing their life through rose-colored glasses and romanticizing everything remotely related to them.

HAVE you ever wondered why no one has ever thought of wrapping our mistakes in a lumpia wrapper? As students, we make mistakes in written activities, whether they may be misspellings in essays, wrong choices in quizzes, or errors in solutions to mathematical problems. We either erase our mistakes by using a correction tape or draw a line that strikes through it.

TALKING about girlhood is a difficult task — not because it’s hard to write about but because with such a task, I am to become “difficult.” Women are prejudiced to live in a constant dichotomy of being remarkable but with subtlety and the burden of constant undermining. With every stereotype that binds the likes of young women, girliness, and femininity to be “silly and superficial,” it is a task for female writers to unravel.

THE crucial part of growing up is choosing between your passion or to be practical. Not everyone has the means to choose what they want to do in life and be back on track if the one you chose first didn’t quite work out. For some of us, it is a huge thing to succeed and to not be provided the room for failure. As we continue to age, we are taught to dream big. So it’s either we want to do a lot of things all at once or have this one big goal we really want to pursue. But nobody talks about what if you still don’t know what your dream is in life?

HUMAN creativity is centered on the grounds of originality, inspiration, and emotion—three things that many critics fear are absent in generative technology. However, the creative community has expressed concern about the overuse of these tools, and many have criticized the proliferation of AI-generated art as seen on numerous social media platforms. Despite these concerns, artificial intelligence continues to pierce its way into editing software programs, generating the question of whether it is expanding the boundaries of human creativity or contributing to its decline.

IN this modern generation, who does not use social media? Digital platforms are great tools for building connections and expanding opportunities worldwide. However, it has recently become a platform for rapidly disseminating false information

JOURNALISM stands on a shifting ground in an era dominated by advancing technology. As the digital age takes hold, journalists have faced multiple challenges, transforming their noble craft into an intricate dance of adaptation and resilience. The traditional reporting landscape transitions, placing journalists and readers in opportunities and pitfalls — leaving journalists grappling with an uncertain future.

AS years passed by, the image of Sangguniang Kabataan (SK), an avenue for Filipino youth to be part of local politics, has been tarnished by irresponsible elected youth officials whose programs only revolve around basketball and volleyball tournaments and neverending pageants. There may be feeding programs here and there, but it has never acted on fulfilling its true purpose of creating programs that will empower the Filipino youth. According to a study conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and UNICEF, it revealed that the performance of SK has been “generally weak” especially in terms of formulating legislation and meeting with its constituents.

“NAGSISIMULA ang lahat sa Edukasyon,” as emphasized by President Marcos during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 24. His discourse regarding Philippine education revolved around how the 28.4 million students or learners went back to school, the Department of Education’s (DepEd) MATATAG program, strengthening school facilities, and the like. The question is, does everything really start from education when a student does not or cannot learn?