... low score in our own Filipino Language/Subject of 76% on her final exam!

That's too bad and very disappointing but wait when your child goes to the higher grades where she has to learn the panghalip, pang-abay, pang-uri and pangatnig. I bet you don't even remember those anymore. just too difficult remembering. Easier to memorize the subject, noun, adverb and adjective. Sometimes, it is kind of difficult teaching kinds nowadays because they have a different medium of instructions than in the past. Parents do need to be hands on with their children's education but if the accomplishment is not according to your expectations, don't be too disappointed. If I were in your shoes, I would buy her the cell phone since she has earned it with the high grades in the other subjects. Let us accept it that the Pilipino subject is really difficult.

Yes continue to support her,very nice though,that she had high score on English.Not all subjects are our favorite,even me my favorite is science that gives me a high score,than other like English is very low score or very low of knowledge about that..Thankful that your daughter is okay,knows a lot and keep it up.

Here in China, people consider the one can learn math well smart, while many people think only remember is needed for learning Chinese well. When I was a student in high school, my Chinese is quite poor, and when I became the college student, I gave up the Chinese course. Maybe Chinese is our mother language, we use it everyday so we think we must be good at it. But the fact is not that. In most cases, we can express out idea well in my own language, while we can use other language to show my idea clearly.

Well I am sorry to hear about that. Maybe she underestimated the test and thought it'd be easy, or maybe she was tired of all the studying. I hope she can make up for it this next semester and next time around, help her study for each subject just in case. Here in the USA, English (the native tongue) is easier, but other languges can be more diffiuclt. This was back when I was in school that is.

I am not a parent but my family do not worry whether we get high or low in our exams. We (By we I mean me and my siblings) do not tutor the other but help out when they need some help. Yeah, my father is strict but he can't do anything about it but be disappointed if we get low grades...and we don't care. Because we believe that school cannot truly measure one's ability to survive in the real world. Yeah, we can memorize the lessons but afterwards all "lessons" are forgotten. What we prioritize is how one can get away from the system of today and earn money for himself/herself without resorting to being employed--make money, keep it and make it work for you. I might understand you if what your concern is only her Filipino subject grade. I also can understand your daughter's dilemma in that subject considering that it's really a confusing subject. I, for one, got that as the least of all my subjects from grade school to high school. (Thank God, we don't have much Filipino in college aside for one stressful semester!) We do not use anymore in our speech the traditional Filipino language but the altered language that gets most terms already from another foreign languages. Our language is never the same from today to tomorrow because it is ever changing and very dynamic and is already confusing from spelling to even the usage of correct words. I don't know why I get the feeling that you're gravely disappointed about her grade. I think I can understand but I do not fully comprehend. Is it really important to get good grades in school? Why? "Go to school, get good grades and get a safe and secure job" is no longer applicable. It's the worst advice anyone can give the younger generations of today, seriously. I hope though that you get what you wish, that she stays in the top 5 but frankly speaking(I know I may have seemed rude. I'm sorry that is not my intention at all.) I think your child did a pretty good job of getting high grades. As long as she knows her basic MDAS(math) well and got a very good logic and is creative, she has the potential to become financially secured in the future--possibly even get herself rich. As long as she knows how to use those, she'll be doing just fine, high grades or low grades.

Both my daughters too are Honor Students but surprisingly, they are also not good with the subject Filipino. Ironically, their aunt who lives nearby, is a High School teacher major in Filipino. They both would only go to their aunt to ask for pointers if they feel there is a great need for them to do so because they recognize that a teacher has lot of things that needed to be done. Lately, I think that their Filipino grades is developing. I owe it to their free labor of helping their aunt check testpapers of her students. Though they don't formally have a tutorial for the subject, at least they could grasp some knowledge on what they are doing. Maybe, the reason for this is because the children have a notion that Filipino is an easy subject. That they are not reading and comprehending it well as they tend to answer it without thinking. But usually, if our children who belong to the top list are having a difficulty in a subject... rest assured that everybody else in the class will be having a grade at the same or lower range. I'm sure she can get her rank and be ready for getting her the reward that you promised her. And always guide your daughter, whether it's academic or extra curricular activities which is 30% of the total performance of your daughter. Goodluck!

I also noticed this at my daughter's grade too.. she is low in Filipino but good in Math and English. I am hands on as much as i can. Often times i come home so haggard and tired that i barely get to help her review i am just lucky is independent. One of the reasons i want to work at home.

Oh myyyyyyyyyyy! Even my nephews have difficulty with Filipino subject! Oh myyyyyyyy! I dont know if this has something to do with too much Barney and Blue's Clues series! Hayyyyyyyyyy...

I had this same problem with my daughter way back during her elementary days. I d not understand why she's having low grades when it comes to Filipino subject compared to other academics. She always complains that, she do not understand few words.So,I bought her a book "Panitikan" (literature) and it helps her a lot.Most of our kids in this modern time are English speaking and so sad to say that,maybe one day, our very own mother tongue will soon be a forgotten by the next generation. I wish for your daughter all the best, I wish she can still make it to the top 5.

I know what you feel and I have the same problems with my daughter. She is really doing good on her other subjects except the FILIPINO subject. On her final exams, she got a 100% score on her Mathematics, English, Christian Living, and some of her subjects, she got 2 to 3 mistakes only which is equivalent to 98% or 97%. But, I got sad of her SIBIKA (Civics and culture) because she only got 65%... I was shock and sad about her score coz her problem is she can't speak Tagalog nor understand it. I, myself hate that subject. My daughter speaks English at home and we don't watch tagalog or filipino movies here, so it is hard for her to understand. I don't know what to do about it. I don't want to force her to study filipino subject coz she don't like it.

Most children in America with another language tends to focus on English and neglect their house or traditional language. I'm Chinese and I hate to admit that I ignore Mandarin because I thought English was the dominate language here and others were quite useless. :S

My parents are hands-on to our educational standing. They won’t give us what we want if we fail because that is one way for us to learn a lesson. Study, study, study is really a must. Even if the subject seems easy, should still study about it not to be over-confident. I hope she’s still rank at the top 5 and study well next time.