Gilliane's Corner

Have you ever found yourself thinking ‘What the hell am I doing here?’ after another stressful or uneventful day at school? Ever thought about just dropping certain subjects which (you think) won’t be of any help to your future career pursuits? Do you find yourself spacing out too often during early morning or late afternoon lectures and wishing your professor could just put in a little effort to make things more interesting? If you answer yes to these questions then that means you are unhappy (and most probably, not learning as much as you need to)—whether with your school, your professors or your current course does not matter. Although transferring colleges can be tricky, its definitely worth it.   I transferred to New Era University in the hopes of a fresh start. I seriously questioned if a fresh start was what I needed.   It was scary, it was new, and I was frightened.   I inwardly was wondering if I should just jump on my previous school where I ...

5/16/2018 Metro Manila, Philippines 8:00 AM The voucher program is a government’s program offered to a junior high school completers or JHS completers to allow them to pursue Senior High School or SHS (Grade 11 and 12) education in non-DepEd Schools such as Private High Schools, Colleges, and Universities; Local Universities and Colleges (LUC); State Universities and Colleges (SUCS); and Technical and Vocational Schools. Through the Voucher Program, students and their families are able to exercise greater choice in deciding the Senior High School   program which   is most relevant track for their career goals with a lot of choices to enroll in the school that they want to pursue SHS. JHS completers from public junior high schools are qualified to receive the funding aid. Meanwhile, JHS completers from private schools must apply for 80 percent of the voucher’s full value only. The voucher enables students to claim a “discount” or a deduction from the cost of t...

5/16/2018 8:00 AM  A Deaconess from the locale of Binangonan district of Rizal continued her studies despite of her age. Sister Genelyn Gonzales, a 50-year old teacher, married with three children shared her inspirational story of her life that touched my heart and soul.   In the year 1987 she studied at West Naga College in Bacolod City with a secretarial course and graduated in 1989. After she finished her 2-year course, her mother set her up to marry the man she wanted for her for the sole reason that the guy is a son of her friend.  Her mom is also suffering from a heart condition, which made her to unwillingly comply to her mom rather than upsetting her which in turn would affect her heart. Sister Genelyn and her husband moved to Manila for good in 1997 after their marriage and they start to build their family. They were blessed with three children and raised them properly. As they take on their marriage, she experienced trials that she doesn’t...