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identity-culture

A collection of 18 Posts

The SMK Diploma Certifies a Lathe the Factory Retired in 2018 post image
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The SMK Diploma Certifies a Lathe the Factory Retired in 2018

by Isabel Castro
Iligan Madrasah Grads Sit the Same Entrance Test and Get Sent Back a Year post image
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Iligan Madrasah Grads Sit the Same Entrance Test and Get Sent Back a Year

by Paolo Aquino
PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test post image
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PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test

by Isabel Castro
A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules post image
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A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules

by Paolo Aquino
Sabah Teachers Translate Bahasa Sug Under the Desk While the Lesson Plan Insists on Malay post image
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Sabah Teachers Translate Bahasa Sug Under the Desk While the Lesson Plan Insists on Malay

by Paolo Aquino
Iloilo Welding Grads Run Shopee Live for Tita and DepEd Logs None of It post image
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Iloilo Welding Grads Run Shopee Live for Tita and DepEd Logs None of It

by Isabel Castro
MATATAG Kept Araling Panlipunan at 200 Minutes. Grade 7 Teachers Took the Rest to TikTok. post image
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MATATAG Kept Araling Panlipunan at 200 Minutes. Grade 7 Teachers Took the Rest to TikTok.

by Isabel Castro
Seminyak Villa Staff Spend Sunday Off Learning Mandarin Phrases for Free post image
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Seminyak Villa Staff Spend Sunday Off Learning Mandarin Phrases for Free

by Paolo Aquino
The Schools Opened on Monday. The Earthquake Hit Before Recess. post image
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The Schools Opened on Monday. The Earthquake Hit Before Recess.

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by Isabel Castro
Angeles Has a Generation of Kids With Korean Fathers and No Passport to Show post image
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Angeles Has a Generation of Kids With Korean Fathers and No Passport to Show

by Paolo Aquino
Mangyan Kids Walk Three Hours to a Classroom Where Nobody Speaks Hanunuo post image
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Mangyan Kids Walk Three Hours to a Classroom Where Nobody Speaks Hanunuo

by Paolo Aquino
The AI Detector Flagged Her Thesis. It Also Flagged the Professor's Syllabus. post image
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The AI Detector Flagged Her Thesis. It Also Flagged the Professor's Syllabus.

by Paolo Aquino