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I have nothing to say, except that it’ll be our Final Examination Week next week. For this reason, I’ won’t visit and update my blog daily. I need time to review so that I’ll reap what I sow when the moment of truth comes. Pls. pray for me. Thanks.

I hope I can manage my task WELL.

Sexism in the English Language

It’s been monhs ago when we have tackled this lesson in our “English Proficiency Instruction I” class with Prof. Monje.The topic is about Sexism in the English Language which is based on the essay of Dr. Thelma Kintanar.

Why is that women are rendered invisible when we are referring to the general gender? There are several cases on which we can get simplified examples be it cliches or day-to-day conversations. For instance:

No man is an island.

 The term “man” in the sentence obviously refers to both men and women. But to the miticulous eyes of English majors, this can signal inferiority to the women race. Also, the sentence gives a misleading impression whether it talks about man alone or both men and women.

In reality, women are treated unfairly not only in the field of language but also in other factors as well. Back in history, we learned that women are not given the same benefits that the state gives it male members. For example, only men can vote in the elections. Women are only treated as prorperties, which is a form of discrimination against them.

Sexism in the English language is only one of the many products brought to us by acculturation. The challenge to us, individuals, is to remedy this kind of problem in Modern English. Both genders must be given exactly the same respect. All along, we are one and the same because we are all created by God.

The New "WWW"

Internet acronyms became handy and popular especially in chat messaging. It provides a short but stylish way of stating something by replacing the original phrase with a couple of letters which is usually the first letters of each of words in the phrase. These are some of the most common acronyms used:

LOL - Laugh Out Loud

BTW - By the Way

FYI - For Your Information

RSN - Real Soon Now

AFK - Away From Keyboard

BRB - Be Right Back

IMHO - In My Humble Opinion

IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion

GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike

F2F - Face-to-Face

But have you heard about the internet acronym “WWW”? No, I’m not talking about “World Wide Web”. I’m talking about this story.

During our “Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics” class this morning, we discussed about St. Thomas Aquinas’s Natural Law and Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Suddenly Prof. Deray, our instructor, uttered the letters “WWW” while stating an example. The whole class stopped. Then she explained the meaning of the acronym. Guess what? “WWW” actually stands for “What Went Wrong?”. We laughed as we learned the FYI. At the end of the class, we sang “Only Selfless Love”. We almost forgot that this is our last meeting for the subject on this semester. We had a couple of picture takings. We also told Prof. Deray that we’ll miss her.

It’s funny how acronyms can change a day.

What "Rob Jeremiah" Means

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