Education – GetRealPundit

November 14, 2018 by benign0 0 comments

It is only right that Tagalog be junked in favour of Korean language courses

What do Filipinos gain by being proficient at Tagalog? The short answer is NOTHING. There are no bodies of knowledge of consequence articulated in Tagalog, no essential technologies documented in Tagalog, and no pathways to a lucrative career paved with Tagalog. Korean, on the other hand, like other languages spoken by societies with rich and…

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October 31, 2018 by benign0 0 comments

Message to incoming University students: Student “activism” is a COMPLETE waste of time

Credit goes to student “activists”. They manage to attract a lot of media coverage and are a convenient moral crutch for the social-climbing virtue-signalling folk that infest social media. Thing is, much the same way as Tito Vic and Joey and folks like Kim Kardashian also attract a lot of eyeballs, being a media figure…

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October 9, 2018 by benign0 0 comments

Crowdsourcing allegations of sexual harassment seemingly perpetrated by Ateneo faculty members

Since the late September post on the Facebook page ADMU Freedom Wall #ADMUFreedomWall10175, chatter surrounding allegations of sexual harassment at the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) continues to rage. The original post is cryptic and doesn’t name names. I’m sick and tired of seeing that one “famous” professor on twitter gain a platform off calling…

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October 4, 2018 by benign0 0 comments

Organising an “anti Red tagging” campaign under the Anakbayan banner ain’t very smart

You know what is even dumber than allowing yourself to be recruited by campus communists? “Denouncing” so-called “red tagging” while flying the Anakbayan banner. But that is exactly what a bunch of student “activists” from various universities did! Perhaps, indeed, these students should focus more of their time as university students learning how to think…

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September 20, 2018 by benign0 0 comments

Philippine Catholic Church coughing up warm bodies for Sept 21 Opposition “grand rally” at the Luneta!

The Roman Catholic Church is once again exploiting its hold on Filipinos’ hearts and minds to further its political agenda. This time it has employed the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) to tap its network of educational institutions and the large body of students and employees of these to contribute much needed numbers…