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Student Complains about Cleaning Classroom, Teachers & Netizens React

A student complains about cleaning classroom, but teachers and netizens react – especially the 80s and 90s kids who also cleaned up the classrooms and school grounds back in their student days…

Student Complains after Class Told to Clean Room

“Sorry I go to school to learn, not to clean the classroom,” a student complained on social media.

Although we can’t find the main post (it appears to be a “friend only post”, not public) and it’s most likely deleted by now, a screenshot is making waves online.

Teacher Maria Lira Abando from Southern Leyte reacted to the post, sharing a screenshot of the student’s complaint, but covering the original poster’s name and those who reacted to the post.

According to the Abando, the student was identified to be from VJNVHS (Villa Jacinta National Vocational High School), but the name was, of course, withheld for privacy reasons.

The teacher wrote the open letter to the student (and also addresses the rest of the student population), explaining that children don’t just go to school for academics.

They also get to learn values, care for the environment, and even clean up their classroom, which is supposed to be their second home.

Considering that it’s a public school, everyone knows that the school isn’t likely to have a janitor who can handle cleaning up all the classrooms. Instead, like in most public schools, the learners need to take turns in helping clean up the space they occupy for learning.

The teacher also points out that many students are “masters” in love and are “perfect attendance” in dating places, but are often absent from their classes.

Many of these students spend more time with their friends or girlfriends/boyfriends, but are bored in class and often just use their cellphones.

The teacher also asked the students whether they also help out at home because that’s something that they can learn in school – and apply at their own homes, especially when they have families of their own.

The teacher added that since they were the ones using their CR and classroom, then it was their responsibility to clean these up.

A lot of netizens agreed with the teacher’s post, sharing that they have also done the same thing back in their elementary and high school days.

Janitors in Philippine Public Schools

While many public schools in the Philippines do have a janitor, it’s likely that there are only a handful of them (possibly even just one) for the entire school. Most of the time, they are unable to clean the entire school, especially if the school occupies a large lot area.

So, it isn’t surprising that teachers ask their students to help clean up their classrooms, possibly including the toilets unless they hire cleaners to do it (but usually at the teachers’ or parents’ out-of-pocket expenses).

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Woman Receives Two National IDs, While Others Haven’t Even Received One

A woman receives two national IDs – and many others aren’t happy about her “good fortune” because they haven’t even received one.

Woman Receives Two National IDs (Duplicate)

Many people view the Philippine national ID processing system as a failure because they haven’t received their IDs even after several years or that it took so long to receive the ID that their appearance already changed..

Recently, the government offered Filipinos a printout of the digital version of the ID, but you have to be the one to have it laminated. It’s just printed on paper.

But while so many people haven’t even received their national IDS (or even the printout) yet, there’s one woman who received a duplicate of hers!

Niña Lomangaya is one of the luckiest people in the Philippines as some netizens joked that she’s receiving “special treatment” from the PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) because of the two national IDs.

Lomangaya told Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo that she had received her first national ID last September 2022. She recalls applying for the national ID in July 2021. So, that alone made her a lucky citizen because it only took a little over a year for her to receive her government-issued ID.

Photo credit: Niña Lomangaya / Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo

But she was surprised when she received another ID, apparently a duplicate of the first one, on March 9, 2023.

Confused over the situation but also honest about having two IDs, Lomangaya posted about her unique experience – and this soon got the PSA’s attention.

The government agency provided an official statement to Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo. In this public statement, PSA thanks them for reaching out to the office and informing them about the situation.

The government agency explained that they are now conducting an investigation over the matter and will contact Lomangaya to address her concern.

What to Do with a Duplicate National ID?

The PSA instructs citizens to surrender the copy or duplicate in the rare chance that they might also receive a second national ID.

woman receives two national IDs — Photo credit: Bayan Mo, Ipatrol Mo

You can surrender the duplicate at the nearest PSA office or contact them through:

Hotline via 1388
Email: info@philsys.gov.ph
Facebook page: PSA PhilSys Official

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“Yaya” Ad Goes Viral over Requirement for University Diploma and Teaching Experience

A “yaya” (nanny) ad recently went viral over the requirement for university diploma and teaching experience! And while the salary is certainly quite good (nearly 3x) the standard rate, many netizens still think it’s degrading to college graduates…

What do you think?

University Diploma and Teaching Experience for “Yaya”

Being a “yaya” or nanny in the Philippines isn’t exactly considered a good job. After all, the pay is quite low and many aren’t even treated well.

Although most get free food and accommodation, many aren’t provided enough meals – and a lot don’t have the same food that their ward/s or employers eat.

Also, the nannies are usually on-call nearly 24/7, and they aren’t paid for the overtime hours they spend taking care of their ward.

Recently, there’s a nanny ad that has gone viral on Reddit. It’s reminiscent of the “yaya” ad post that required the nanny to have extremely high beauty standards.

In this new viral ad, the family offers a salary of Php15,000 to their prospective nanny. Now, that’s actually a great thing (for this part, at least)! The post declares that the nanny will work in Makati, so this isn’t an OFW posting for work abroad.

The post also declared that the nanny will be given free food and will have two days off a month.

What irked netizens is that the yaya is required to have a college degree and teaching experience! This person is supposed to be responsible for the education of a 5-year-old.

At this rate, the salary is actually good, yet many netizens felt that it was “degrading” to college graduates who are supposed to find a job within their career path.

“Why in the world would anyone need a university degree to be a yaya? It’s basically babysitting. These people who want university degrees and only give 2 days off a month amaze me with their entitlement,” one netizen commented.
“This is basically a live-in job, like you’re on-call 24-7. They have no control over their time. At least blue collar workers can get away from their job after 5pm and actually go back to their families,” another wrote.

What’s the Minimum Wage in NCR?

According to the National Wages and Productivity Commission of the DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment), the minimum wage for domestic workers in the NCR (National Capital Region) is Php6,000 per month.

Meanwhile, workers in the Non-Agriculture sectors have a minimum wage rate of Php570 per day, and the other sectors at Php533.

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Pinays Join in Breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading

Two Pinays join in breaking the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading – and they received recognition for helping the international team achieve this feat.

Isn’t that wonderful?

Pinays Help in Breaking the Guinness World Record

We are all in awe of people who are able to break world records, particularly when the feat is recognized by the experts in the field – the Guinness World Records.

Filipinas Maria Corazon Cabrera and Janine Cabrera Mendoza (Maria’s daughter), participated in the multilingual reading aloud relay broke the Guinness World Record for Multilingual Reading last February 26, 2023 at the Bib Sophia library in Schaerbeek, Brussels.

Photo credit: Philippine Embassy in Belgium

The new world record was achieved by the international team by doing the relay with 65 languages, with the team comprised of children and parents from different schools in the community.

They broke the previous record held by the Museum of Islamic Culture in Qatar for reading in 55 languages.

To ensure that the new world record for “most languages used in a reading relay” is authentic and official, the event was judged by a jury of experts, including professional translators from the European institutions as well as professors and staff from the universities of Ghent, Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve, and Antwerp.

For this event, participants were tasked to read one sentence from “Mister René,” a book written by Leo Timmers about the Belgian painter Rene Magritte.

In the reading relay, the participants had to read in these different languages, with just a maximum of 10 seconds of waiting time in between.

Aside from Filipino, languages used to read the line from the book include Welsh, Hebrew, Swahili, Akkadian, and Urdu.

It was another Filipina, Ms. Maria Alicia Reyes Amarga, who attested to the correctness of the Filipino translation that the Cabreras read during the event.