Mentor: I really hope that you will consider taking our lessons seriously.
You have not been performing well in the previous examinations.
Students: (Very quiet)
Mentor: Where are your minds?
Students: (Still quiet staring blankly on the board."
Mentor: Is it because you are aware that there will be shortage in rice supply in about five years in our country due to the overpopulation problem, so, rather than learning programming you want to head back home in the countryside and start to learn farming instead?
Okay! Let's continue with our lessons.
We will try to do more programs.
Let us write a program for checking whether a string is a palindrome or not.
Do you know what a palindrome is?
Students: (Still very quiet)
Mentor:
A palindrome is a string ( or a sequence of letters ) that reads the same when you read from left to right as when you read from right to left.
Will you check your name, is it a palindrome? If your name is ANA, then your name is a palindrome.
Student: I have another example of a palindrome.
Mentor: Great! What is it?
Student; NASABAYABASAN
Mentor. I knew it! Your mind is really in the country side. Kidding aside, NASABAYABASAN is in fact a palindrome. Is it not, class.
Students: Almost everyone happily said. Yes sir!
Mentors' reflection:
August is guava season in the Philippines and it's the time for kids to frequent the outskirts where guava's are. NASABAYABASAN, which literally translates to "in the guava plantation area" is a perfect example of a palindrome from a kid who is putting theory in sync with his/her experience.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Reality-Based Joke On My shelf
Teacher: I have an announcement to make.
Students: Yes sir!
Teacher: I have disregarded the examination that you have a taken last week.
Students; Why sir?
Teacher: Every paper manifested that there was leakage...
Students: Of course not, sir!
Teacher: It is! All papers were wet and dilapidated because water leaked from the ceiling of the office. There was a strong typhoon, remember?
Students: Yes sir!
Teacher: I have disregarded the examination that you have a taken last week.
Students; Why sir?
Teacher: Every paper manifested that there was leakage...
Students: Of course not, sir!
Teacher: It is! All papers were wet and dilapidated because water leaked from the ceiling of the office. There was a strong typhoon, remember?
August 28 2011 Diary
August 28, 2011: Despite a very strong rain coupled with irreversible wind aggravated by flash floods in some neighborhood and road cuts along some routes, work was not cancelled at my work place. Thank God, He touched the hearts of those in the administration in the afternoon. No work from 1PM. Quite late!
Ironically, a few days before the life threatening typhoon, the administration issued a memorandum reminding every member of the institution about "safety" procedures. This made several gave the remark "May safety-safety nalalaman ang administration pero sa oras na kailangan gumawa ng hakbang para sa ika-sa-safety ng mga tao, salungat naman ang mga pangyayari dulot ng kanilang mga desisyon." Well, thank God pa rin, nothing bad happened aside from the WET experience. Blame it to the fact that we are just laborers. We need to work as instructed by the lords.
Ironically, a few days before the life threatening typhoon, the administration issued a memorandum reminding every member of the institution about "safety" procedures. This made several gave the remark "May safety-safety nalalaman ang administration pero sa oras na kailangan gumawa ng hakbang para sa ika-sa-safety ng mga tao, salungat naman ang mga pangyayari dulot ng kanilang mga desisyon." Well, thank God pa rin, nothing bad happened aside from the WET experience. Blame it to the fact that we are just laborers. We need to work as instructed by the lords.
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