Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Assignment 4

1.Cite some of our Filipino values that become a hindrance to your
value formation. How do these hinder your value formation?

2.What are those values practiced before but now are considered
as obstacles to our progress and development?

8 comments:

  1. 1.Cite some of our Filipino values that become a hindrance to your value formation. How do these hinder your value formation?

    •Close family ties – It’s one of the positive Filipino values however for in some ways it hinders our value formation, like in decision making. Some of us need to go to the same school where their parents graduated. Sometimes, it’s their parents who chose what course they need to take in college. So most of the people who end up taking their parents choice did not manage to finish their studies because they are too felt lost and empty.
    •Hospitality - We tend to give everything and share everything we have to our visitors. Even we don’t have it or can’t afford to have it but we find ways to get it. Some of us need to borrow money just to have something to offer during fiestas, birthdays, weddings and other occasions. So this value hinders our sense of humility. We tend to boast or brag about things we don’t have just to show our neighbors that we live better than them.

    2.What are those values practiced before but now are considered as obstacles to our progress and development?

    •MaƱana habit – Some of us tend to procrastinate. We act later than planned, scheduled or required.
    •The value of shame – Some of us are afraid to show their true self because of the fear of rejection and others because they can’t just take constructive criticism. Like, in a school some students afraid to participate in class discussion because they are afraid that his classmates will laugh on his answers. Sometimes if we are hanging out with our friends ,we spend more because we are driven by “hiya” .

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  2. 1. The value of “pakikisama” sometimes becomes a hindrance to my value formation especially when caught up in a situation where you are asked to do something that you do not usually do but because others asked you to do it, you just do it. For example, when I was in high school, my parents always tell me to go straight home after school, but when my friends force me to come with them like in a birthday party after school, I join them instead of going home right away. Once I get home I will tell a lie to my parents and tell them that we had a practice in school that is why I went home late.
    2. Three of the values that were practiced before which I can consider as obstacles to our progress and development today are the values of “pakikisama”, “pagsunod sa gusto ng magulang” and “pagsunod sa tradisyon”. Pakikisama especially to those with bad influence may halt once development like the “tambays”. “Pagsunod sa gusto ng magulang” may also hinder development because parents might force their child to take a course or do something that the child does not like and prevent them from pursuing something that the child is passionate about. “Pagsunod sa tradisyon” closes the mind of some people to change which is necessary for development.

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  3. 1. One of the values of Filipinos is extended family living in one roof In my opinion it is a hindrance in our family especially when they are dependent of you. We could not say that they should separate from us because they are still our relatives. Secondly is the “pakikisama”, there is an instance where it is applicable in the neighborhood ,there are some people who dont care about their neighbors whenever they play loud radio, in our case. We couldn’t tell them to lower down their radio because we have this “pakikisama” value.

    2. I think the "pagbibigay" value. We Filipinos tend to give everything we could give without thinking for ourselves, there is a saying it’s better to than to receive, but sometimes other people use it overly, they don’t want to work for their selves instead they tend to think "someone will give me this one". Another is the value of sentimentality, we don’t want to let go of a thing in our possession because we think that it’s still the best for us, even though there are arising methods and ways for better improvement.

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  4. Pakikisama, because we Filipinos tend not to say or to keep feelings, specially if its bad, it is to make the relationship smooth and t avoid being the "evil" of the group, but sometime we have to tell people what we feel for a better relationship. Another is the close family ties that leads to extended family, sometimes Parents tend to "makialam" the way their sons/daughters raised their kids. It may lead to being independent or chaos.

    2.Hiya, is one, because of this sometimes we are shy expressing ideas, talents and many more, we sometimes let the chance or opportunity fly away.

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  5. 1. I can say hospitality as well. Because we tend to overdo things for others instead of putting more effort for our own sake. We normally drag ourselves to others' problems like our own and in the end we just worsen everything and can't get out of it anymore.
    2. Pakikisama. Before it is a sign of affection but now it seems it became an obstacle as we become more ineffective in everything that we do. We don't give our best because we don't want to leave our companions and friends behind the success ladder.

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  6. 1.Cite some of our Filipino values that become a hindrance to your
    value formation. How do these hinder your value formation?
    -"Bahala na"- it becomes a hindrance to my studies because it makes me lazy, always saying "bahala na" in doing my assignments and other homeworks.

    2.What are those values practiced before but now are considered
    as obstacles to our progress and development?
    -The "Pakikisama"- actually its a postive values
    because having this kind of values will makes you earn a lot of friend, but sometimes it becomes a hindrance and obstacle when making your own decisions because sometimes you must consider your friends and other activities with friends eventhough its not important just to perform the "Pakikisama". you will do also what they're doing eventhough its bad just to perform again the "Pakikisama".

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  8. 1. Some of the values that can hinder value formation are crab mentality and
    bahala na system. “Bahala na” mindset can be described as much reliance on one's fate, which weakens one will power to succeed in life. This can lead to lack of initiative to progress and it prevents one's confidence to rely on his or her skills and efforts to provide solutions to problems. Crab mentality is usually a product of envy and jealousy. Most Filipinos believed that if one can’t have, neither can you. These two negative traits should be discouraged for Filipinos to grow better lives.

    2. Close family ties can be a hindrance to our progress and development because it creates a feeling of dependency that make us unproductive. Many children who are at legal age become too dependent on the family, especially if the parents are well-endowed, they don’t want to work. In government and politics, families engage in corruption to advance and protect their interests to the detriment of the Filipino populace. Also if a family member is a violator, despite his guilt, may escape punishment as his family may use its power or money to influence the courts. A family member may be appointed or promoted due to family ties, not personal qualifications, one reason why a lot of indispensable professionals are now working abroad.

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