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How does one celebrate Christmas this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic?

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       This would probably be one in contemporary history when we are encouraged to celebrate the Christmas season in its essence, in its simplicity. With a focus on the Covid virus, we are preoccupied with guidelines on how to celebrate Christmas this year, with only members of the family who are living in the same household, to continue wearing masks, observe social distancing, or to wash hands frequently.  We are being discouraged from visiting one another for our mutual protection and safety.     The usual Christmas glee and merriment that we have been accustomed to is not possible this year.        But our celebration of Christmas should not be dampened by Covid! Let us spread more hope, peace, joy and love this Season and this is where I am reminded of the birth of our Savior.  The Christmas story is one of simplicity. Our Lord and Savior was born in a manger with only his mother and father, his guests were a sh...

Covid-19 impact on children.

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            The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic  is of a scale most people alive today have never seen. Worldwide, the outbreak is claiming lives and livelihoods as health systems buckle, education is disrupted and families struggle to stay afloat. Communities across the globe are rising to the  challenge, from health and social workers risking their lives to protect the most vulnerable, to young people deploying innovative ways to share public health  messages. Yet, even as the spread of the virus slows in  some countries, its social toll has come fast  and hard. And in many places, it comes at the  expense of the most marginalized children.           Children are significantly impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This brief aims to capture some key issues and propose early steps that governments can take to mitigate negative consequences for children, especially the most vulnerable. maln...

Are we living in a harmony with nature?

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  Our planet is our home, the place that sustains us; but are we living in harmony with nature? It seems like we humans have embraced a path of self-destruction, destroying the very home that shelters us. From rising carbon emissions, to deforestation and land degradation, anthropogenic activities are having detrimental effects on our ecosystems and environmental biodiversity. We are in the final period of this crucial decade, and despite several strategic plans and initiatives to mobilize people at different levels, we are miles behind in seizing the stipulated targets. The negative trends in biodiversity and ecosystems conservation, indicate that we need to do a lot more.       Sometimes we feel impotent and ineffectual, unable to take manoeuvre, or do things that really matter to us, since governments and large corporations are the ones taking vital decisions. While major changes are only possible if countries and corporations alter their policies and actions. I t...

conceptualization.

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 1. What are the learning/discoveries that I have gained? Imagine living in medieval times. Maybe you're Joan of Arc's bestie or perhaps you were mates with the legendary Robin Hood when, all of a sudden, you are catapulted forward in time. One moment, you're breathing in smoke from your hut's wood fire and the next, car exhaust assails your nostrils. ICT allows students to understand how and why characters in these digital worlds move, act and level up the way they do. Been learning about hardwares, softwares, practices, programming languages to boost data management,  processing efficiency and stuffs since 7 th  Grade and it’s kind of fun clicking the keyboard, moving the mouse, focusing on which is which. I have learned practical skills like coding/programming and gain a theoretical understanding of topics like computer science and web development.  2. What are the problems/challenges that I have encountered? The problems  that I have encountered we...

The changing role of teachers and students

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  One of the most recent public health emergencies of global concern is the recent Covid-19 pandemic, which started in China and almost infected every country in the whole world. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education. As a result, education has changed dramatically with the distinctive rise of E-learning. Nowadays, we are using     the distance education wherein a process of planned teaching. Learning that occurs in a different place from the normal learning setting and it requires a communication and a special corporate organization via technologies.   Going to school is the best public tool available to raise my virtuosity but Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way of learning, teaching, and activities that are usually carried out with face to face meetings have turned into virtual meetings in various online learning applications. Online learning allocates various instructions led by the lecturer and instructions can be synchronous (communication where par...

A resilient country is what we are and also we desire more.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought upon the world with provocations, almost all countries had to shut down their economies to halt the spread of the virus and our country is one of those countries who have taken strict measures by implementing the Enhanced Community Quarantine on March 15, 2020. It’s been a year and almost 7 months since we got stuck within our homes. The effects of COVID-19 can be felt all around us ‒ daily news clamoring with statistics, families worried about going ravenous because a lot of people lose their jobs and struggling to find a new one, citizens anxious to go back to what it used to be, and a country that is struggling to keep its economy buoyant. As with major world events, this is a big turning point in human history. When the upcoming generations look back, they will judge us by how we fared in fighting this pandemic.     We are feeling the repercussions of COVID-19. Experts said that it will take at least a year before we see our economy's reco...

I have a voice and suffering In silence is not healthy.

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                                 Image may be subject to copyright. To whom It may concern,           Mr. Rodrigo Roa Duterte or most people call you Digong. You're the 16th and current president of our country. I really don't like you and I'm also not saying that i hate you. Hear one of my rants and I'll be satisfied if action is taken.           As a filipino citizen, I have the voice to speak about this kind of events in our country. The fight for our personal rights has never been more apparent with the recent events that transpired in our country over the past few months. They handled the COVID-19 pandemic terribly. Let's all admit that the Philippines still has no improvement that much and recently there's a lot of rumors about stealing funds which is not really shocking because there are also happenings like this in the past.       ...