Title: Ang Bayan Muna Bago ang Sarili
A. My formulated questions based on my active reading
B. Which is more prior and practical nowadays? Own country or interest?
A. “K.K.K” is the truest motto of our people.
B. My emotional response on the article read
C. “We must criticize in order to be free because we are free only when we
criticized.” – Ninoy Aquino
A. Recommendations/suggestions
ANG BAYAN MUNA BAGO ANG SARILI
Do we really have to love our country first above our own interest? Does
setting aside our differences makes us work together and what advantages
can we get from it? What does “Bayan muna, bago ang sarili” mean for us
Filipinos? These question myself upon reading the first few paragraphs in the
In our generation today, I guess it has been more practical that we think
of ourselves first before our country. That’s why we could see a lot of
wrongdoings particularly in the news that mustn’t be heard to the younger ones
especially in their generation.
It is stated in the article that “K.K.K” is the truest motto of our people.
Kami-kami, kayo-kayo or in short nag-kanya-kanya and worse, corruption and
incompetence had become more rampant involving more government officials
which is somehow not right.
I was sad a bit that we couldn’t apply in real life the “Bayan muna, bago
and sarili” but it is present when it comes to good speeches, good posters and
good for classroom expression.
I got touched when Ninoy himself said, “We must criticize in order to be
free because we are free only when be criticized. I do agree that criticism is not
an end in itself. Criticisms, as communication approach, enlighten and bring
out the people together socially and politically.
For me, I guess they got the right word which caught my attention –
“talk” with sense and pattern. I think that would be the best recommendation
for now. Since we are from a democratic country, then “talk” can be a great
service. As what it said that it is for intelligent debate. And we could possibly
gain unity among ourselves. Then with that, we can do things little by little
such as setting aside our differences.
The word “survival” is really hard to deal with but getting through the
recommendation, we ca really survive, as a nation and as a people. So, we,
Filipinos, must work together because the task cannot be done without us for
they can’t also do this all by themselves.
No Author. English for academic and professional purposes reader. Pasig City, Philippines: Department for Education.
