Depression as a social media phenomenon
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
RECENTLTY, there were news reports about teenagers and young celebrities in relation to depression that would sometimes lead to suicide. There...
Critical thinking and social media
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“Choose the best answer.”
I have nothing against standardized testing. But let us be careful in using it as the main basis...
The use of gadgets in school: boon or bane?
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
AT FIRST, it was easy to defend and support the NO GADGETS in school as a policy of helping students focus...
To learn by doing and not just by reading
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“I hear and I forget.I see and I remember.I do and I understand.”
—Confucius
INASMUCH that I encourage the reading of books for...
The self and metanarratives (7 of 7): When they only say what we wanted...
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“In war, what matters is not who is right—but who is left.”
PARAPHRASING Winston Churchill, this saying is also connected to his...
Self and metanarratives (6 of 7): ‘Man’s greatest burden is unfulfilled potential’
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
I HEARD this saying from Dan Peña: a businessman hated by some teenagers and university students because of his antics and...
The self and metanarratives (5 of 7): ‘Never allow the opinion of others to...
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.” – Johann Wolfgang von...
Resolved: that abortion be legalized in the Philippines (The Negative Side)
By EDISON MARTE SICAD
“However, the Art of Argumentation and Debate does not end with proving that I am right, and you are wrong. It...
St. Augustine’s 2023 Interdepartmental Debate Series
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
THE CHAMPIONSHIP match (held on Feb. 28, 2023) was between The College of Pharmacy and Medical Technology (PMT) and the College...
Online trolling and freedom of expression
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“Sometimes it is great fun to complain and, in America, it can even be profitable. But unless one’s complaints are grounded...