Pulling your own strings (2 of 5)
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“There is no such thing as work-life balance. There are only work-life choices.”
I learned this statement or assertion from two well-known...
Pulling your own strings (1 of 5)
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
“The medicine that can cure us may also be the poison that can kill us.”
WHEN Doña Teodora warned her son, Jose...
Context be damned
“…Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us…” –Neil Postman, from his book Amusing Ourselves...
‘You are all winners’
I WOULD often hear this declaration before the announcement of winners. And this kind of encouragement — or motivation — is mostly given to...
Learning about personal responsibility
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
THE DRUDGERY of daily work can dissipate one’s energy or passion to serve. And if we include office politics and family...
To graduate with honor(s)
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
FOR THE past couple of weeks, one of the trending topics on social media was graduation. Such an event created debatable...
Unlearning as learning
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
THIS MAY sound counterintuitive. And maybe, even not possible. It is like making a list of things to forget—and reminding yourself...
Learning as healing
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
THERE IS this book by FJ Sheed entitled Theology and Sanity. It was an old book, first published in 1947. I...
The Supreme Debates 2024
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
In today’s column, allow me to share the message of Mr. Patrick Philip P. Casianan, Division Chairperson, The Supreme Debates 2024...
Judging debate competitions (4 of 5)
BY EDISON MARTE SICAD
Contextualizing debate competitions
Debate competitions mostly, if not always, happen in a school setting. So far, I haven’t judged a debate match...