Current Projects
Right now, I want to finish Upward Bound. I want to improve my English skills and I don't have any projects except this Biography. I have many goals to achieve before school starts again. I want to improve my writing skills in this program and I will do my best to succeed. I also want to work after the program is over. I have more goals to achieve and I hope I will be successful.
Favorite WWW site: http://www.2hawaii.edu/crossroads.html
This is lyrics of crossroads by Bone and Thug-N-Harmony. They are my favorite singers for the summer. I think their music gives good example to the public. The lyrics has real life stories and also, they use appropriate language for the public.
Biography
My biography is about my country. I wanted to show others that the Philippines is a great place to have a vacation and to live in. I was raised in a poor family. I didn't get what I wanted and needed when I lived there. I know the feelings of others who don't get what they want or need. People have to work hard to get basic met. Now, I want to learn more about my native country. Because I live in America, I have forgotten what I have learned from the Philippines. Below, there are pictures and clips taken from Encarta where tourist go.
Philippines
The official language of the Philippines is Filipino, formerly spelled Pilipino, which is based on Tagalog. The country lacks a common language, however, and English is commonly used for educational, governmental, and commercial purposes. Spanish, formerly an official language, is spoken by a dwindling minority of the population. About 80 languages and dialects are spoken in the islands, of which about ten, belonging to the Austronesian language family, are of regional importance.
Education
Education in the Philippines is free and compulsory for children of ages 7 through 12. Although Filipino is taught and, in the lower grades, local dialects are also used, English is the main language of instruction. Almost 90 percent of the adult population is literate. [1]
History
The first humans in the Philippine Islands are thought to have come from China and the Malayan Archipelago some 250,000 years ago, during the Ice Age, but few remains from that time have been discovered. Afterward, other peoples migrated to the islands, among them Negritos, who probably arrived about 25,000 years ago. A Mongoloid people from Southeast Asia followed about 10,000 years later. All are thought to have reached the islands across a land bridge that no longer exists. Larger groups of people from the regions of present-day China and Vietnam arrived from about 7000 BC to 2000 BC. The largest migrations to the islands, however, probably occurred after the 3rd century BC. The last arrivals were people from the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago. These migrants brought with them their iron tools and a technology that included glassmaking and tie-and-dye weaving. [2]
Interest/Hobbies
I'm a 9th grader at Nathan Hale High School and I am 16 years old. I always try my best in school so I could get a scholarship in UW. I like to play volleyball and softball. If I don't have anything to do at home, I play piano, listen to music, or clean the house. I like to be busy all the time because I don't like to be bored. I like to watch basketball. My favorite player in the NBA is Gary Payton and Michael Jordan because they are professional players. They know how to have fun in the court. Below, it is the picture of Gary Payton.
[1]"Philippines, Republic of the," Microsoft® Encarta® 96 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. © Funk & Wagnalls Corporation. All rights reserved.
[2]"Philippines, Republic of the," Microsoft® Encarta® 96 Encyclopedia. © 1993-1995 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. © Funk & Wagnalls Corporation. All rights reserved.