Comments on: Devastated by Ondoy? Congrats: You just passed Calculus!

By: The Real Deal

The Real Deal — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:37:34 +0000

Mbuencamino,

What you’re saying about Mikey is obviously based on that infamous viral facebook photo of which no one really knows who that person in the picture is (maybe it is Mikey) but more importantly, we don’t really know when that picture was taken. It could have been taken last year or maybe 5 months ago. But whoever first posted it made sure to put a caption implying that the picture was taken “during” the flooding of Katipunan.

Question 1: How do we prove that the picture was indeed taken on the day Ondoy struck?

Question 2: Is there any time stamp that can prove it?

Question 3: Is there anything in the photo itself, like a clock and calendar that shows that the date on which it was taken was indeed the same day that Ondoy occurred?

Let’s be fair, only the CAPTION, which can be changed or customized by anyone forwarding the photo, led people to assume that the man in the picture who looked like Mikey was indeed Mikey (personally maybe it was him), and more importantly, that the photo was taken on the day of Ondoy.

By: Tonet

Tonet — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:51:09 +0000

Yeah, Einstein was talking about our politicians.

“Only two things are infinite — the universe, and human stupidity. And I’m not sure about the universe.”

By: Chino F.

Chino F. — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:15:26 +0000

Crisis brings out either the best or the worst in people. Thus, you see the true colors of people during crises.

By: Lead Philippines

Lead Philippines — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:41:23 +0000

Sen. Escudero is supposed to announce his candidacy but Pepeng struck and foiled his grand entrance. What to do now with Mass Media all readied (some might say paid)? Now he has to come up with comments and press releases, in a hurry, that will pass as “news” to make the most of the lost opportunity, hence the “pass all students” and the damned Dam press releases…

Aquino and Villar must have been laughing hard at Escudero’s predicament…

By: inodoro ni emilie

inodoro ni emilie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:47:39 +0000

very insightful, rego ego.

By: Ryan Tani

Ryan Tani — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:37:36 +0000

Good points, BongV. Indeed this is a good argument for development of e-learning.

By: Mike H

Mike H — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:37:54 +0000

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091014-229937/Headless-but-no-longer-nameless

By: Mike H

Mike H — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:37:30 +0000

The Inquirer reports of a victim of typhoon Parma that
was identified via fingerprints only (the trauma associated
with the death was so severe that the victim was decapitated).
This is another reminder of the need for a national
identification card so that the dead can be easier to
identify based on fingerprints and other biometrics.

By: Primer

Primer — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:54:20 +0000

The Escudero ‘calamity diplomas’ proposal has just been junked by both the Department of Education and the Commission on Higher Education thereby buttressing the argument that Chiz’s pa-pogi suggestion is simply one of absurdity.

In effect, DepEd thinks it aggravates the problem as it effectively compromises education of children. More and more students might pray for more super-typhoons to come.

CHED is also more circumspect as it may allow students not to take the final exams if they don’t have failing standing. In other words, if they are failing, with or without the final exams, then they get the appropriate failing grades.

So, Chiz’ proposal dissipates in thin air.

Perhaps, Chiz is in fact trying to propose that students be given grades of INCOMPLETE – which they can complete later. Or where they may get a grade of 4, they still can take remedial exams so they attain passing grade.

Either way it goes, it is an intellectual culture present only in UP. Could it be where Chiz is coming from?

By: Bert

Bert — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:37:09 +0000

A pattern is now slowly but surely unfolding before our very eyes. Gloria’s lemmings flocking to the annointed one for the final trip to perdition. Goodbye Manny, goodbye Gibo.