Different Aspect of President Manuel L. Quezon’s presidential address on 19th of August, 1939
1.0 Who is Manuel L. Quezon?
2.0 Positive and Negative Traits of Filipinos
3.0 Values Education on Schools
3.1 Correlation Between Values Education and Spiritual Reconstruction
3.2 Effect on Filipino Society
Manuel Luis Molina Quezon
Manuel Quezon, in full Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, (born Aug. 19, 1878, Baler, Phil.—died Aug. 1, 1944, Saranac Lake, N.Y., U.S.), Filipino statesman, leader of the independence movement, and first president of the Philippine Commonwealth established under U.S. tutelage in 1935.
Quezon was the son of a schoolteacher and small landholder of Tagalog descent on the island of Luzon. He cut short his law studies at the University of Santo Tomás in Manila in 1899 to participate in the struggle for independence against the US, led by Emilio Aguinaldo.
Quezon fought for passage of the Tydings-Mcduffie Act (1934), which provided for full independence for the Philippines 10 years after the creation of a constitution and the establishment of a Commonwealth government that would be the forerunner of an independent republic. Quezon was elected president of the newly formulated Commonwealth on Sept. 17, 1935. As president he reorganized the islands’ military defense (aided by Gen. Douglas Mcarthur as his special adviser), tackled the huge problem of landless peasants in the countryside who still worked as tenants on large estates, promoted the settlement and development of the large southern island of Mindanao, and fought graft and corruption in the government. A new national capital, later known as Quezon City, was built in a suburb of Manila.
Quezon was reelected president in 1941. After Japan invaded and occupied the Philippines in 1942, he went to the United States, where he formed a government in exile, served as a member of the Pacific War Council, signed the declaration of the United States against the Fascist nations, and wrote his autobiography, The Good Fight(1946). Quezon died of tuberculosis before full Philippine independence was established.
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Positive Traits of Filipinos
1. Hospitality - This is one of the most popular qualities of Filipinos. Foreigners who have gone to the Philippines find themselves falling in love with the warm hospitality they are shown. It’s a different kind of value system, which has existed for thousands of years.
2. Respect - This is often observed—not just by younger people—but also by people of all ages where children respect elders by saying “po” and “opo,” which mean “yes,” when answering their elders.
3. Strong Family Ties and Religions - Filipinos value their families so much that they tend to keep families intact through the generations.
4. Generosity and Helpfulness - Filipinos are generous people. Even when we have very little, we always share with those around us.
5. Strong Work Ethic - Filipinos are hardworking people to the point that we are willing to work almost the whole day just to feed our families. That’s how Filipinos are.
Negative Traits of Filipinos
1. Crab mentality - There are some of us Filipinos who got a bitter view at competition—that if we cannot win, then no one will. Instead of helping each other to be successful, we even make ways to pull them down like discourage them from taking great opportunities, or destroying their image. This is because we want to be the only one at the top. If only we would see the achievements of our neighbors or colleagues as an inspiration to reach our own goals instead of considering them as threats. We should realize that the success of each Filipino will contribute to the improvement of the country, and this can help all of us to be successful as well.
2. Procrastination or “Mañana Habit“ - This is another habit which keeps the development of our country slow. Look at the government projects which have been left undone for years. If only they were completed immediately, then many Filipinos would have already benefited from them. This is also true with many of us. Instead of working on a task while there is much time, we wait for the deadline because we feel lazy to start on them, or we want to use the time in other things. Of course, the outcome of our completed work would not be of high quality because they were rushed.
3. Hypocrisy (being a double-faced person) - As a country which claims to value morality, most of us try to live up to the standards set by the traditional society. However, as no one is perfect, many of us are not actually able to sustain these standards. The fear of being an outcast has forced a lot of people to live a double standard life. To hide our failure in following a norm, we tend to be condemning to those who are caught red handed. A perfect example could be the criticisms faced by those who become pregnant outside marriage. The sad fact behind this scenario is that some of these critics could have actually engaged in premarital sex too—only that no proof is visible.
4. Ningas cogon - In Spanish, “ningas cogon” means a burning cogon grass. This flaming grass quickly burns out—and this best describes one of the worst Filipino traits. Most of us are very good at this. We are excellent at starting projects or idea execution. Nevertheless, after a few hours or days, we lose the excitement, and we become too lazy to finish what we have started.
5. Inconsideration (being thoughtless of others) - This habit could be a result of having too many things on mind—have to find money for kids’ tuition, need to look for a better job, stress over a drunkard or unfaithful spouse, and other problems.
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Values Education on Schools
Values education is essential as part of Philippine Education to nurture the morality and good conduct on learners especially, the budding pupils whose minds are delicate, easily affected by the influence of surroundings. As part of core values; “Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa”, Philippine education wants to pursue moral construct on pupils for a strong moral foundation, so that, the time which a child wonders his/her curiosity, it helps to recognize right path and right peak of self-actualization. It could handle life with great values as a cornerstone for reaching triumph.
Correlation of Values Education and Spiritual Reconstruction
According to Mulder (2001), from Philippine Studies, “The Philippines, too, has a long tradition of teaching morality in school, harking back to Catholic ideas about the relationship of God, individual and fellowman, and more recently to American conceptions of Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC)—at some schools even called Eugenics, the improvement of race.”
Since that most dominant religion of what the Spanish brought to us is Christianity, it plays important role in building a nation. It is significant on the moral foundation of Filipino individuals based on their respected beliefs. The concept GMRC (Good Moral and Right Conduct) gives knowledge and ideal reconstruction on values especially on students. Beliefs coming from different religion are the base line on how they make actions to cover up those certain values, which are capable on teaching. It is easy to inculcate in their minds with their respected views in life.
Effects on Filipino Society
“With the vision of curing what is believed to be a socially ill Philippine Society…”, Muega (2003) . Values Education plays important role in the society. We Filipinos want to achieve the greatest us, the better citizens of this country. Life is a series of opportunities, challenges, struggle that sometimes hinders our progress. Social conflicts and discrimination could rather cause problems with us Filipinos, but all of it were diminished through the moral construct and foundation which Values Education gave to us. We could stand firm in the eyes of many, strong enough to reach self-esteem and actualization. When we pursue it, others will influence by the presence of the life until to next sprouts of generation, it will continue to rise.
Changes in Filipino Patriotism
In the past decades, Filipinos are willing to sacrifice themselves just to show how much they care and love our country. And we all know that filipinos already showed this kind of patriotism. Our heroes and the Philippine History will definitely prove it.
If we are going back to look back to our past, filipinos back then considered this concept of patriotism as a serious matter. Our leaders once fought for our country with all their strength; until their last breath.
Patriotism means, you are willing to offer everything you have for the sake of your country. And it will not be easy to those who are doubting their abilities.
Unfortunately, Today’s Filipinos are lacking in patriots largely due to the diffusion of Filipino values, culture, influence of conquistadores, and the confluence of historical bad governance.
Political system in the philippines are not in a good state especially those who run the government. They should be the role model and the ones who will teach us, lead us to become stronger and have that mind focused on the betterment of the Philippines. But they are the ones who were actually destroying the innocence of the our land.
Patriotism will not be gain sincerely as long as our political leaders are still power-sucking and had the mindset of getting what they want without thinking the consequences of the residents.
It will not be gain as long as the Filipino people refuse to learn, and we remain mediocre.
As long as we could not change our self inwardly, for as long as we refuse to change…
Patriotism will only be words, not an action-It will just be a concept.
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