FreeThink: Reflections, Criticisms and Emotion

JERONE AVEL S. CANSINO, MAED   In this article, I want to share one particular book. This book is titled “Pedagogy of the Oppressed,” and for me, this is one of the best Philosophical pieces written about the impact of education on human society. It is a seminal book written by Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire. He published it in 1970. Here, he presented a critical and transformative approach to education and is often considered a foundational text in the field of critical pedagogy. I would love to say that as a teacher, this work has influenced me far beyond my four-year professional education training during my undergraduate school years. I have heard (or read) somewhere that you know you are reading a good Philosophical work when you get yourself disturbed and when your perception of reality is shaken. This exactly happened to me. The book is rather short as it is only composed of 4 Chapters. The first chapter justifies the “ pedagogy of the oppressed .” Here, he hig

In this article, I want to give you some tips on how to proceed with writing your research. Whether you are in your high school years or a university student, writing theses and dissertations, the hardest part is knowing how to start. In my case, my Master's Thesis took me at least 6 months. Don't get me wrong, in these 6 long months, I was not able to finish my research proposal. It was long and grueling, yet I was not able to accomplish even a single chapter. Believe this is because of the fact that I wrote my first thesis when I was already in my final year as a Master of Arts student. I am already in graduate school. This happened because my undergraduate degree does not require an undergraduate thesis. This is the reason why the struggle is so real for me. The biggest problem I could remember is that I do not know what I am doing. So first, in this article, I share with you the important insights from my experiences. In Selecting a topic, make sure that it genuinely

Isang pag himay sa Argumento ng mga Well-Mannered Kapag naglalahad ako ng mga naratibo tungkol sa kasaysayan mas madalas akong sabihan ng bobo ng mga taong walang alam mismo sa tamang metodo ng Kasaysayan kesyo book-based daw ako (yung isang nag-sabi nun naniniwala kay Nostradamus at hindi naniniwala sa Supreme Court).  Matagal ko nang tanggap an mukhang mananalo nga si Marcos kaya lahat ng effort ko ay ibinuhos ko na sa sap ag laban sa Historical Distortion at Misinformation na ikinalat ng mga Kaibigan nating “well-mannered”. Natuklasan ko sa eleksiyon na ito na pwede palang gamitin ang “well-mannered card” kapag ikaw ay nasupalpal ng facts na based on evidence na hindi kayang banggain.  Sige himayin natin ang mga argumento ng mga kaibigan nating well mannered.  Ano ang ninakaw? Bakit walang napatunayan sa Korte? Ano ba ang ninakaw sayo? Paninirang puri yan pwede ka makulong diyan.  Girls and boys marami po ang ninakaw makikita yun sa website ng PCGG marami ang na recover.  1. https:/

These past few days, I found time watching the Netflix Series of Fluffy (Gabriel Iglesias). In this movie, Gabe plays a high school history teacher who uses an “unconventional” approach in dealing with his students. It is a situational comedy, and it features a series of mean exchanges of words. I believe that it is still an ongoing series. I am not aware of what is happening to this because I barely had the time to research it.   1.     The characters   In this series, I love how the characters present cultural diversity. I love how it is presented or how I think it challenges racism and other social issues. I love the way different social and cultural stereotypes are presented and simultaneously, destroyed by conversation from the characters. I also like the character development of the Asian character Grace Lee in her transition from a shy freshman to a character who is not very shy to drop her one-liners. Although annoying, it is interesting to see how Carlo (the insecure assistant

10,000 BC Link It was at the height of the Enhanced Community Quarantine when boredom struck me. It was then that I decided to borrow the Netflix account of my friend and browse for some films to spend time with. Actually, I should not feel bored because I have a lot of things to do, but I am not in the mood to do it. So here is the catch: I found a movie with the title 10,000 B.C. As an Archaeology student, of course, I wanted to give this film a chance. I was about a hunting-gathering village that lives in a certain mountainous area filled with ice. They were hunting mammoths. Yes, those gigantic elephants with furs. I am not interested in giving more details about it. You can just watch the Movie. So, my review here is focused on the archaeology of the Movie. I will comment on the accuracy of the representations of the Movie to the mainstream archaeological knowledge on "prehistory" or what is termed by one of my professors as "paleo history." So the Mov

Writing research is annoying especially when your are finished with your draft and you are now making the reference section of your research. I recall all those punishing hours looking at your references and writing them down in a very not simple manner because you must adhere to a certain citation style. It was not a problem anymore thanks to Mendeley. It helped me cite resources while I write. I will not discuss here ho to use the software as there are lots of youtube videos that can teach you how to use it. The links will be posted below. It was while I am writing my Master's Thesis when I first discovered this life hack and I have used it ever since.I showed below a snipped dashboard of my Mendeley. There I created different folders and I filled it up with the research articles that I have used in writing my papers. It is actually a way of organizing the references. Technically, I am creating here my library.  Btw. I do not own the videos 1.  How to use Mendel