What Do You See?

   An economist was asked to talk to group of business people. She tacked up a big sheet of white paper. Then she drew a black spot on the paper and asked a man in the front row what she saw.

   The man answered promptly, “A black spot.”

   The speaker asked every person in the room the same question and each replied, “A black spot.”

   With calm and deliberate emphasis, the speaker then said, “Yes, there is a little black spot, but none of you mentioned the big sheet of white paper. And that’s speech.”

Christopher Newsletter

Seeing Dirt

   The estate of the Duke of Devonshire in England contains many priceless paintings and is open to the public. One day a group of people were moving through the spacious rooms admiring the paintings. One woman never spoke a word but would repeatedly go close to a picture and examine it very carefully. After the tour someone asked what she thought of it all.

   “It was perfect,” she said, with real enthusiasm, “I could not find a speck of dust anywhere.”

   How often we miss the beauty of life because we are so intent on looking for faults.

Uplift

IF I COULD ONLY DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN

           Anyone celebrating any birthday beyond seventy is repeatedly pestered with the usual question, “What was the secret of your long life?”

            An elderly nun, Sister Ruth, was asked, “What would you do if you had a chance to do it all over again?”

            She said, “As you see, I’m a nun. As such, I belong to a group of orderly, organized people who live a regular and healthy life. So that’s what I did, too. But there were times when I had my silly moments. And if I could do it all over again, I would like to have more of those silly moments. In other words, the next time around, I would not do much planning. I would leave more to chance. You know, I’m one of those people who carry around a thermometer, hot water bottle and raincoat-just in case. The next time around, I would leave all the gear at home. I would get up before dawn and walk barefoot in the dewy grass. I would take ride or two on a merry-to-round. And I would not trouble my head about what anyone else thought about it.”

            What this gray-haired Sister was saying was: “I’d trust in God more…. And leave most of the running of my life to him.”

     -Hans Dieter Schelauske

DON’T GET INTO A RUT

Whatever you do, don’t get into a rut. Following the lines of least resistance is a tendency which everybody has to fight against. It is so easy to let things slide, to go on as we been going, Our mental grooves of laziness in thought and actions wear deeper.
Our reason why we tend to travel in ruts is that we like to go along with the crowd and be popular with it. We dress alike, we eat alike, and we behave alike. The average person has no shield against ridicule. We do almost everything by the same pattern just because we are afraid of being conspicuous. Many man and woman have original ideas, but they are timid about expressing them. They know they run the risk of being commented on, if not actually jeered at. Only a few have sufficient strength of character to be themselves and let the world go hang, and it is those few who become the leaders of thought, and push civilization along.
-Louis E. Bisch

Be careful of our Assumptions and Perceptions

We make our own opinion on matters, people, and event without thinking twice on a certain issue. If we assume that things are wrong, we make reasons and certify that it is actually wrong. If we feel that a person is wrong or bad, we conclude that he/she is certified bad. But some times, this perception changes when we realize that we thought from just one side. Because we never bothered to view the other side of the story, we did not consider any reason that would possibly check the other side in order to justify.

Araling Panlipunan III -3rd Grading 2009-2010, 2

Ang pananaig ng kapangyarihang kanluranin ay naganap noong unang panahon.

Ibigay ang kaisipan sa mga sumusunod na tanong.

1. Ano ang maaring dahilan ng pananakop ng mga taga Europeo?

2. Sa makabagong panahon ng pananakop, sinong mga bansa ang kasamang sumakop?

3. Dahilan kung bakit pinag-aagawan ang Africa ng mga bansa sa Europe.

Inyong Tandaan na ang may pinakaunang sagot o comment ay magkakaroon ng pinakamataas na puntos.

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Technology and Home Economics IV, SY-2009-10

Cut flower production is hobby or a business in our place, state your interest regarding cut flower production. Choose one to answer in the following questions;
1. If cut flower production is a hobby for you, how will you produce and maintain? What do you think is your possible contribution to the community wherein you stay?
2. If cut flower production is business for you, how will you produce and market the flowers? What kind of flowers are you planning to produce and why?
3. If you have no interest in cut flower production, what is yours and how will you share and sell the idea that you think you will gain profit?

Social Issue

What do you think is essential and most important that a country must have; natural resources or human resources? Explain your chosen choice.