I should be in college right now, but I&#39;m glad I&#39;m not.

Slayer08

@slayer08 (2377)

• Philippines

30 May 16

@tailorshift which is ironic because the additional two years are actually equivalent to a vocational course. If you guys will not continue thru college, you already have the privilege to work which I think is a good thing.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Exactly. They should view this as an opportunity, not a burden.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

It's a breath of fresh air from the curriculum we're having back then. People just don't like those additional two years because most Filipinos wanted to find work instantaneously.

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maezee

@maezee (41988)

• United States

30 May 16

That sounds like a difficult position. I do agree that college is not necessarily the only way to get ahead in life. Plus at least here its quite expensive.

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maezee

@maezee (41988)

• United States

30 May 16

@tailorshift yeah! More like tens of thousands to complete college. It is diffuclt. Sometimes the government offers financial aid but not always. Is it expensive where you are?

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Not as expensive as compared there. State universities usually have lower tuition fees (around P30K per sem, I guess?). On the other hand, private schools offer about ~P100K per sem (like the school I'll be going), which is still a hefty amount of money.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Yeah, I hear it takes hundreds of dollars to finish college there. Must be hard for the college students who are not financially capable of paying fees.

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ronc510

@ronc510 (479)

• Philippines

30 May 16

I'm sorry about that, what you learn in school is nothing compared on what you learn in the real world. K12 is a bummer

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ronc510

@ronc510 (479)

• Philippines

30 May 16

@tailorshift I hope you enjoy it though

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• Philippines

30 May 16

It's okay for me, actually. Wouldn't mind another two years of learning.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Thank you. Hoping it goes well, too.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (139672)

• Philippines

30 May 16

In fact, our country is not ready for this kind of drastic changes in educational system. In some point, it greatly affects the marginalized people for having K12. For the oldies in educational system, I am still glad that I had finished my university without having middle school,

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (139672)

• Philippines

30 May 16

@tailorshift It is easy to say right.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

We are still new to this, yes. But it doesn't mean that the change is not worth giving a shot.

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

30 May 16

do you have to transfer to a different school?

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Yes, because my school doesn't offer the track I wanted to pursue.

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hereandthere

@hereandthere (45645)

• Philippines

30 May 16

@tailorshift new school, new classmates, new environment.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

The new environment, especially. I'm quite nervous, because it would be my first time to study in Manila.

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)

• United States

30 May 16

So you've adapted the American form of schooling. It makes me curious as to how your schooling was beforehand. I've heard that America (where I am) is one of the weakest when it comes to education.

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AmberLynn

@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)

• United States

30 May 16

@tailorshift I hope it works out for you. Is it just the extent of years that changes or do you take on more testing or more projects as well?

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• Philippines

30 May 16

Thanks! The additional years are designed for us to specialize on a subject we want to focus on the future, so it's a huge overhaul of the previous curriculum that we have. Not sure if there are more standardized tests though.

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• Philippines

30 May 16

So far, the curriculum's doing well, at least. What makes me interested about it is that after the additional two years, high school graduates will have more job opportunities.

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