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Climate Change:Its Fearful Impact and What the World Needs to Do

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 Climate Change: A Comprehensive Discussion      Among the many problems the environment is facing today, climate change has become the foremost issue. Living in a country where an average of 20 typhoons/storms visit in a year, many have observed that the typhoons have become fierce and more devastating as compared to several years ago. Take for example Typhoon Yolanda or Typhoon Haiyan in English which struck Southeast Asia most especially the Philippines in November 2013. It was one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded. It affected over 14 million people with deaths and damage to infrastructure. Studies indicate that warming ocean temperatures due to climate change contributed to its increased intensity and rainfall.         One problem brought about by climate change is global warming . Global Warming has affected the Earth through: Rising temperature - It is hot everywhere. Temperatures have reached unusual levels, Extreme weather...
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Sample narrative for application video of teacher applying abroad

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 *Made this narrative for a friend's application video when she applied for a teaching post in a foreign land. This is based on her inputs and long experience in her career. I wake up each day looking forward to another wonderful day with my students. My classroom is my "happy place". Hi, everyone. My name is Teacher____________ and I teach grade schoolers in the Philippines. Before going home in the afternoon, I prepare my classroom so that it will be ready for the following day. I want to assure parents that their kids are in good hands - my students have a comfortable room for learning and a safe second home. Being with kids not only rejuvenates me each day, but also another opportunity to touch lives through teaching. To me, teaching is not only a profession but a vocation, not duty, but service. Seeing kids "light up like an incandescent lamp" so to speak, for having just learned a particular skill, is one moment caught in time, and moments like these I rep...
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New! Sample Graduation Welcome Address Elementary GRADUATION CEREMONY deliver by pupil

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 Sample Short Welcome Address for Elementary Graduation to be memorized and delivered by a pupil Our Honorable Guest Speaker __________, other esteemed guests, our School Principal __________, the diligent teachers of _________Elementary School, School Staff and Parent Officers, our loving parents and family, friends, and my fellow graduates - Good morning! It is with great pleasure and pride to have been chosen to WELCOME you all to this memorable occasion - our Graduation Day! "What a journey it has been", as Leah Salonga aptly put it, but truly rewarding in the end. The six long years in the elementary may not be a bed of roses, rather strewn with thorns, but most importantly, we all have come out victorious. Life taught us this early the value of getting an education, so important in today's world, that through hardwork and dedication to our studies, we can...and WE CAN achieve our dreams. A small part of that dream is fulfilled today. The road ahead maybe long, but ...
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Trending words Marites,Ghosting,Job Shadowing,Off the radar,Second Guess and Filipinisms every foreign visitor to the Philippines needs to know

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  Who is Marites? Trending English words-their meaning and usage today  Filipino Slang Words or Filipinisms every visitor should know visiting the Philippines You cannot help but smile😊 when someone you know says,"Here comes the "Marites" . For sure that  someone coming will be bringing to you the juiciest and latest gossip in town LOL😀😀😀😀😀 One of the most popular Filipino slang words today is  Marites   short for,"Mare, anong latest?' which means, "Sis, what's the latest ( gossip)?"  That's the trending word today in the Philippines, and I'm not being Marites . But the following English word/idioms that I'm about to discuss caught my attention. For sometime now, I have come across these words/idioms used more often now than before. Some of them are entirely new . You find them all over socmed, in yt documentaries, in talk shows on TV, print media, everywhere. So I thought there is a resurgence in the use of these words today ...
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Critical Thinking: Tips to Develop Skill in Schoolkids - Fun exercises, games with Answer Keys, on analogies, word relationships, abstract reasoning, with maze, puzzles, brain teasers

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  TIPS TO DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING IN SCHOOLKIDS : Useful exercises and games on analogies, abstract reasoning, word relationships, with  maze, puzzles, brain teasers...with Answer Keys 👦👧👩📋📗📚💡💡🏫🏫 Introduction When ships are at sea, the man on the wheel navigates the vast expanse - from rough seas to rocky shoals, he has learnt to steer the ship to a safe destination. So do in life, one needs to navigate through life with all its challenges. With the flood of information now on the internet, the young generation, should be equipped with skills to navigate these, what better than to equip them early with critical thinking skills with simple and age - appropriate materials. Learning to think critically maybe one of the most important skills that today's children will need for in the future. It needs to be taught now more than ever, but teaching them can be a challenge for elementary school teachers - from what critical thinking is to how to incorporate it into every...
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