Underestimating Half-day
Prysten Summer Andal
Attending school in half-day leave may leave students unaware of the consequences behind it.
Half-days is least noticed by the students today. Students think of it as an offense that will not get them to any trouble, but if they would be in one, it would be easy to get out to. Half-day cases mostly involve students who are not present by the morning periods, but will be present by the afternoon periods.
A statement about half-days is presented under Miscellaneous Provisions, Students Attendance, Article 1, Section 9, page 30 of The Pupil's and Student's Handbook of Information depicts "In the case of high school students, half days are not allowed unless extremely necessary and with prior written communication done the day before. Verbal permissions will not be entertained and accepted"
The statement denotes that half-days are not allowed for high school students. Students planning to attend classes on a half-day better think twice for the statement itself shows a strict impression. To be able to go for a half-day, a student must present a written consent a day before the student will be attending the class half-day. A student who are not able to satisfy the written consent but continues to attend the school on half-day will not be accepted even with a verbal permission. The student would eventually be absent for that day. A student must keep watch of his/her absent record for it may affect the student's daily participation and may decrease productivity and performance of the student. Three records of tardiness are equal to one absence. The underestimated activity (half-day) can be a reason for one student to be excluded from the enrollment list (ten straight absences can drop a student automatically without notice).
To make your living easier here in the michaelinian community, know the rules and regulations. Every statement about every single activity must be kept in mind to avoid violations around the campus. Keep a clean record, do your best to maintain it.
Half-days is least noticed by the students today. Students think of it as an offense that will not get them to any trouble, but if they would be in one, it would be easy to get out to. Half-day cases mostly involve students who are not present by the morning periods, but will be present by the afternoon periods.
A statement about half-days is presented under Miscellaneous Provisions, Students Attendance, Article 1, Section 9, page 30 of The Pupil's and Student's Handbook of Information depicts "In the case of high school students, half days are not allowed unless extremely necessary and with prior written communication done the day before. Verbal permissions will not be entertained and accepted"
The statement denotes that half-days are not allowed for high school students. Students planning to attend classes on a half-day better think twice for the statement itself shows a strict impression. To be able to go for a half-day, a student must present a written consent a day before the student will be attending the class half-day. A student who are not able to satisfy the written consent but continues to attend the school on half-day will not be accepted even with a verbal permission. The student would eventually be absent for that day. A student must keep watch of his/her absent record for it may affect the student's daily participation and may decrease productivity and performance of the student. Three records of tardiness are equal to one absence. The underestimated activity (half-day) can be a reason for one student to be excluded from the enrollment list (ten straight absences can drop a student automatically without notice).
To make your living easier here in the michaelinian community, know the rules and regulations. Every statement about every single activity must be kept in mind to avoid violations around the campus. Keep a clean record, do your best to maintain it.
Is it Another Martial Law?
Jason Benedict Aquino
Could you imagine one day that while being coped up with your monitor screen, you are being bothered by those newsfeeds regarding people who were arrested because of using internet in expressing their opinions regarding a social problem? Can you visualize seeing yourself alike with those people? As for me, it is not merely impossible to happen. Know why? It is because of a newly-passed law called "Cybercrime".
According to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, Cybercrime Prevention Act was enacted by congress to address legitimate concerns about criminal behavior on the internet and the effects of abusive behaviors. Cybercrime Law gives the administration the chance to arrest those people who violate through the internet. Copyright infringement, plagiarism, cyber bullying, and libel are some of the punishable actions included in the said law.
People used to download and watch movies in the internet but with the effect of Cybercrime Law, it was banned. he use of abrasive words contrary to our administration is also prohibited. Thus, Cybercrime Law caused a lot of stir among netizens like in Facebook and Twitter. Many Facebook users changed their profile pictures into black to make an internet protest against Cybercrime Law. Their reasons? They said that this law is like an Internet Martial Law wherein the people's freedom of speech was deprived.
Many would disagree but what can we do? In my own opinion, this law has its advantages and disadvantages. The best thing we could do is to put trust on our administration to make this law a very effective tool for utilizing our countrymen to become more aware and wise enough in using the internet. As time goes by, something will change.
This change can be a productive or a negative one. For this to become productive, it must start first with a positive outlook to pursue more. And that is what we need to do nowadays. Let us just hope this could help in the betterment and growth of our nation.
According to Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda, Cybercrime Prevention Act was enacted by congress to address legitimate concerns about criminal behavior on the internet and the effects of abusive behaviors. Cybercrime Law gives the administration the chance to arrest those people who violate through the internet. Copyright infringement, plagiarism, cyber bullying, and libel are some of the punishable actions included in the said law.
People used to download and watch movies in the internet but with the effect of Cybercrime Law, it was banned. he use of abrasive words contrary to our administration is also prohibited. Thus, Cybercrime Law caused a lot of stir among netizens like in Facebook and Twitter. Many Facebook users changed their profile pictures into black to make an internet protest against Cybercrime Law. Their reasons? They said that this law is like an Internet Martial Law wherein the people's freedom of speech was deprived.
Many would disagree but what can we do? In my own opinion, this law has its advantages and disadvantages. The best thing we could do is to put trust on our administration to make this law a very effective tool for utilizing our countrymen to become more aware and wise enough in using the internet. As time goes by, something will change.
This change can be a productive or a negative one. For this to become productive, it must start first with a positive outlook to pursue more. And that is what we need to do nowadays. Let us just hope this could help in the betterment and growth of our nation.