What About School in the Philippines — Part 4
We had some interesting discussion a couple weeks ago about strategies for schooling children if you were to decide to live in the Philippines.
Most of the discussion sort of stopped at the high school (secondary) level. But what about those with older children … baccalaureate or higher education here in the Philippines for foreigner or [...]
What About School in the Philippines — Part 3
Another aspect of childhood education that poses a lot or problems for parents is the issue of where to get help, and how to keep the student (even those attending traditional classroom schools), on track, motivated and ready for quizzes and exams.
Back in my day, when 2+2=3 (things were cheaper then), the answer was always, [...]
What About School in the Philippines — Part 2
Today I have a real treat, a long-time blogging colleague and friend Tom Nixon has agreed to do a little guest post here for PhilFAQS. Tom is another of those nontraditional knowledge workers that I keep talking about. He runs his own publishing company, authors books based on his specialized knowledge and runs websites. One [...]
What About School in the Philippines
Many times, I have received queries about how a foreigner or foreigner/Filipino couple would educate their children if the took the big step of moving to the Philippines before waiting until the children were ‘up and out’ of the home and US schools.
First of all, let me give you a burst of philosophy and say, [...]
How Much Is A College Degree In The Philippines?
There’s a question I have been asked regarding living here in the Philippines a time or two in the past. The shortest answer is, a heck of a lot less than an equivalent school in the US. But that’s not a very specific answer, is it? Also, you can always get into a veritably endless [...]
Philippine Family Matters
Some readers may remember the blockbuster HBO series, The Sopranos. Many know I a a certified (certifiable?) Sopranos fan, maybe because so much of the show was filmed a few block from one of my boyhood home and I grew up knowing a lot of characters who could have been hired, as is, directly into [...]
They Don’t Have to be a Nurse or a Jeepney Driver
Let me start this post off by stating I surely have nothing against nursing. I have the utmost respect for a man or woman called to that profession and we certainly all need nurses, and as the US population ages we will need more and more.
However, sending a child to nursing school has become one [...]
But My Kids Can’t Get an Education in the Philippines
One of the issues that stops many families with children from moving to the Philippines is the perception that they can’t get a good education for their children there .
As a matter of opinion I feel that the Philippine public schools are, in most cases, woefully lacking. If you disagree, fine, send your kids there [...]
Recommended Reading
A faithful reader asked my recommendations on some books about the Philippines. I’m not nearly as well-read as I would like to be.
What? Me read a book? LoL. Seriously, Laurence, a very good request but not one I’m ready to undertake at the moment. I can recommend:
Culture Shock, Philippines
Culture Shock [...]
Not Yet Another Nursing School
If your Philippine experience is anything like mine, you have already been asked for advice on education and likely a time or two been asked to help fund a student in the family. In 2008, as I write this, college age kids and their parents seem to be focusing on only two things … forego [...]
The Elusive Top Ten
Well I thought this would be a relatively simple thing … a lot of people want to know about the best schools for nursing in the Philippines … and the exams that nursing students have to pass are "big news" here, so finding the top ten or so schools should be easy, no?
Well, in the [...]
Education Moves Onward
28,924 pass board exam for nurses By Mayen Jaymalin Friday, February 22, 2008
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) said yesterday that 28,924 out of 67,728 examinees passed the nursing licensure examination given by the Board of Nursing last December.
The examinees included retakers in the June [...]
She Wants To Go To What School?
You don’t have to live in the Philippines, or correspond with anyone from the Philippines for very long before the subject of schools and tuition comes up. As ‘the foreigner’ in the family it’s very common to be asked to help with sending someone to school … and it’s usually a good thing if you [...]
Top Ten Skills _Not_ To Go To School For … Part 2
Here’s Part 2 of yeaterday’s article on technoogies you mght wnat to avoid when goingto school in the Philippines. Part 1 is here:
6. C programming As the Web takes over, C languages are also becoming less relevant but C++ and C Sharp are still alive and kicking. A school that teaches only “straight” basic C is [...]
