tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340724039962264725.post6903583713772899531..comments2024-02-04T18:37:13.385+08:00Comments on TheToiletThoughts: There's nothing like this in the States!ventocoseusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03349884105705205809noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340724039962264725.post-20366181364406707212012-08-05T15:10:27.527+08:002012-08-05T15:10:27.527+08:00No offense taken, really.
Actually, you have a po...No offense taken, really.<br /><br />Actually, you have a point with what you said. Learning other languages can become a strong point when it comes to global competitiveness. However, I am still looking for probability that if we had used our language to build our own industries, our own "economics", would that make a change?<br /><br />Well, what I would say with the "parents" point, is that yes, we might tend to know something about our language as we grow up, but there is a parent, once, who said that "Ayoko, ayokong matuto ng Filipino ang anak ko." so, she just kept teaching and talking to her child in English. Sorry for generalizing at some point, but I think that that attitude robs the child with his/her right to learn one. If they will learn it from the outside, why not learn it first from the inside, right? But still, as you said, there will come a time that they will learn the language.<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by, idol. Point taken. :Dventocoseusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349884105705205809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6340724039962264725.post-57323934089500843102012-08-04T22:32:03.670+08:002012-08-04T22:32:03.670+08:00i may disagree with you "just a little bit&qu...i may disagree with you "just a little bit". nationality is not defined by the language we speak. i think it is defined by the acts we do. if given a choice, do we have to stick with our native tounge and be poor forever or learn a new language so we can have a future job in BPO industries? the fact is, we are not japanese nor koreans. they have their own culture and whether we believe it or not, our own culture is partly a culprit of what we are now. so we need to adapt to survive. we can't blame parents if they are doing this so their kids will have better job options in the future. <br /><br />..and mind you, english is also our native language. we just refuse to believe it because (subconsciously) we don't want to remember that the US invaded/colonized us before.<br /><br />permit me to cite an example: when we were kids, we were thought to speak in tagalog strictly even though we are in an ilokano country. but did it prevent us from learning the ilokano language? definitely no. i learned to undertand and speak it outside the house because i need to adapt to my environment. because im partly ilokano too. and i love and embrace it. same with these children. they will learn their filipino language whether they like it or not. and if they refuse to like and use it, then i agree with you that this is the time that we curse them to high heavens.<br /><br />just my two cents though. mabuhay! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com