Comments on: sassy: aiming high, hitting low

By: Feels Like Insomnia « (Mis)readings

Feels Like Insomnia « (Mis)readings — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:04:05 +0000

[...] inclined to consuming cultural artifacts coming from the west. Last year, this was epitomized in a society columnist’s complaint over her daughter’s required high school class reading of Amado Hernandez’s Mga Ibong [...]

By: nag-aaral para sa eksamin

nag-aaral para sa eksamin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:55:53 +0000

Kahit ako, ‘nung una, nahirapan basahin. Pero, grabe. Ang ganda ng pagkasulat ng nobela. ‘Di ko lang alam kung bakit kailangan pa niyang insultuhin (sa aking palagay), ang pagsusulat ni Ka ‘Mado.

Oo nga pala. Sana nga naman ay tanggapin natin ang iba-ibang paraan ng pagsulat. Magaling naman silang lahat kung tutuusin. Magkakaibang taste lang tayo.

By: 'di tapos ng pag-aaral

'di tapos ng pag-aaral — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:39:25 +0000

“…’wag sabihing ‘di tama ang mga bagay na ‘di nakayanang gawin at unawain…”

paano kaya siya napunta sa trabaho niya?

By: Lem

Lem — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:04:56 +0000

Marunong nga ang anak mo, Angie.

By: angela

angela — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:33:59 +0000

sorry, but if you’re pinoy and youd rather your son read shakespeare than ka amado, baka youd also rather be in u.k.? ka amado is required high school reading, along with the noli and the fili and florante at laura for very legitimate reasons, has to do with sense of history and sense of nation, even if its a damaged nation.

By: federalist philip

federalist philip — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:06:16 +0000

I guess what connie v is complaining about is the compulsory learning of amado hernandez. I have no quarrel in people writing on the language they prefer, but i take issue on what subjects should be taken up in college. I am a college professor, and i teach philosophy, and i believe that students must have more latitude in choosing what they want to study. At any rate, yes studying literature takes time and effort, or what paul ricoeur says as, “a loving struggle.” I don’t care to read florante at laura again, and i hope my 5yo son never has to take it up in school. I would care though that he takes up Shakespeare’s plays and chekov. that would be more substantive than amado hernandez.

By: just passing through

just passing through — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:10:37 +0000

>>The non-Tagalog native speakers of the Philippines are with Sassy on this one.<<

Point one: I am not a native Tagalog/Filipino speaker. I started with English…
Point two: I admit that I haven’t read the piece in question.

Now that’s out of the way, what I would want to say is this. I HAVE read some Filipino literary works that are of possibly comparable depth [I read his poem "Isang Dipang Langit" for one thing-and was able to appreciate it for that matter]. That said, Filipino not being the first language is no excuse for not being able to comprehend and subsequently enjoy works of those hailed as one of the greater/greatest writers of their time. As mentioned above, dictionaries could quite possibly become your best friend in cases such as these.

PS What exactly does she consider “fluent” I wonder when she cannot understand the piece, and neither will she condescend to consulting a dictionary…?