OnMyWay Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 In our area, classes are very easily suspended when a few raindrops fall. Several days have been cancelled due to predicted heavy rains, and in most cases, those rains never came about as predicted. Our Freeport schools close according to the directions of the mayor of Olongapo. In most cases, the rains are not so bad that anyone would be endangered. It is just rain. So, after weeks of monsoon rains, we finally have sunshine the last few days! And at 7 AM, we got word from our private school that afternoon classes are cancelled. The Olongapo mayor made the announcement at 7 am, apparently at the direction of DePED. This is to "honor" Family Week. So working parents, at the last minute, have to rush to make last minute arrangements to pickup their kids, and / or, take the afternoon off, so that they can have some last minute "quality" time with their family. However, after a bit, we find out that most government workers, nationally, get off at 2 pm today, "so that they can have dinner with their family". Acting Chief Justice Antonio T. Carpio also announced that work in all courts nationwide will only be until 2 p.m. today. So if that case you have been waiting months for is scheduled for this afternoon, forget about it! Private workers, you can forget about it too! This was all just announced this morning. Pure insanity! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tukaram (Tim) Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 Welcome to the Philippines ha ha I see this stuff all the time. I smile and keep going 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted September 23, 2019 Forum Support Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, OnMyWay said: This was all just announced this morning. Pure insanity! Agreed... From what L tells me... everything at DepEd is an "emergency" - nobody plans ahead further than 24 hours or even less... She attends "emergency" meetings at 5 pm on Fridays that announce "mandatory" attendance for teachers on Saturday for some activity that someone failed to previously announce... insanity is, indeed, the only word for it! I have to add another comment here OMW... Part of your tour topic title says "and no work for the government this afternoon!" Need I say more? Edited September 23, 2019 by Tommy T. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 Same up this way today. Screw the kids' education. Tossers ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary D Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, graham59 said: Same up this way today. Screw the kids' education. Tossers ! Give the kids a proper education and the could end up brighter than the teachers, can't have that. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Gary D said: Give the kids a proper education and the could end up brighter than the teachers, can't have that. What I have seen with some of the teachers here that would not be difficult. Edited September 23, 2019 by sonjack2847 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary D Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 25 minutes ago, sonjack2847 said: What I have seen with some of the teachers here that would not be difficult. It sort of happened in the UK with the teachers just getting their teaching certificates turning out degree kids. Now the teachers have degrees to to sound professional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie1 Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 3 hours ago, graham59 said: Same up this way today. Screw the kids' education. Tossers ! Same here in Dumaguete, got a phone call at 3.20pm that the kids were let out at 2pm, priceless! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted September 23, 2019 Forum Support Posted September 23, 2019 1 hour ago, sonjack2847 said: What I have seen with some of the teachers here that would not be difficult. Sorry, SonJack, but I don't agree with your comment. Yes... From what L tells me (she is a high school teacher here in Davao) there are a lot of lazy and worthless teachers. No argument there. And yes, they are not trained nearly as well as in Britain, USA, Canada... But, even the good ones suffer because they are expected to teach curriculums without proper materials or equipment. Computers, textbooks, visual aids? I don't think you can blame the problem totally on teachers. I am not being defensive for L or other teachers, but just relating what I see and hear here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expatuk2014 Posted September 23, 2019 Posted September 23, 2019 Same here in los banos the sister is a college teacher she was told at 2.15pm ! No previous info given ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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