Books Versus Classroom Teaching As Source of Knowledge

Whether in government or in TV or radio talk show forums, there are always discussions about improving child education through improving the teachers' teaching skills and providing more funding for building and repairing more classroom facilities and replenishing book supplies. Which are all good of course! But the problem is that they are not much talking about improving the students' fluent learning or reading access to books! Which I think is the most essential part of child education that they are not including much in their discussions! Reading books and the one on one apprenticeship/tutoring are far better sources of knowledge or far more effective teaching medium than classroom teaching.

We all know that the reason why those students who are so eager to always raise their hands to answer questions and solve problems on the blackboard are so confident in school and always seem to already know the answers to the subject is because they either read books frequently at home or already read the subject at home or their older relatives are tutoring them at home. So obviously, reading books and one on one tutoring are a much more effective teaching medium than classroom teaching.

Teachers must also instruct their students to always everyday read the books of their taught subjects as homework and make reading English newspapers as everyday homework too. Therefore, having a genuine 100% fluent learning or reading access to books is very very important for all students! And still, even the student's older relatives tutoring them must also be genuinely 100% fluent in reading books to be competent tutors in the first place! The tutors need to use the book as starting reference on what and how to tutor their young student relatives.

As I mentioned on other topic postings, the 60 years old and above Filipinos are still surprisingly fluent in English, but the below 60 years old adults are less and less fluent in English with each passing generation. Unfortunately the 60 years old and above who are fluent in English are dying of old age and obviously their numbers are dwindling. With that, less and less Filipino adults are competent to tutor their young student relatives because they themselves are not fluent in English or have no genuine 100% fluent learning or reading access to books that are mostly written in english.

But still if in case there are no available tutors, then the more important it is for the students themselves to have fluent learning access to books! Again, even genius people need to take a peek on a book to review their knowledge or for reference from time to time what more for average majority of people? So it's very important that for the meantime while literally all latest books sold in all leading bookstores in the Philippines and all leading English written newspapers and the PSE are not yet 100% tagalized, we must for the meantime reinstate the round the clock mandatory English exercises in all school levels or permanent language imprint method on young minds or students.

But once literally all latest books sold in all leading bookstores in the Philippines and all leading English written newspapers and the PSE are already 100% fully tagalized, then we can finally remove the round the clock mandatory English exercises in all school levels or permanent language imprint method on young minds or students. Again, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the proper way to do things is to tagalize all wealth of knowledge available on the world and PSE first before you remove the round the clock mandatory English exercises in all school levels or permanent language imprint method on young minds or students.

So that once Filipinos are no longer fluent in English like today, then they will still have 100% fluent learning access to all wealth of knowledge available on the world and PSE which are by then already 100% tagalized. That's the proper way to do things. There's really no problem with tagalizing all wealth of knowledge available on the world and the PSE and phasing out the use of the English language. Similar with the French government sincerely does.

The problem is poor planning and monumental mismanagement of the Philippine education system which really have severely contributed much to the present problems in the Philippines. Unplanned impulsive irresponsible policies kasi. Padalos dalos at malabo pang magplano. Hence, realistically and cautiously managing the education system in the Philippines will certainly help improve the future economy and productivity of the future workforce generation of the Philippines.

When managed and done properly, the Philippines can then again afford to donate a submarine and revive its blue diamonds jet fighter aerial acrobatic team. We can then catch up with our asian neighbors.