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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 907215 [Title] => Mastery is the ultimate power [Summary] =>You are a whiz kid now, or if you’re not one yet, you could be one; but only if you put your shoulder to the wheel and pay out long and precious time working at it.
[DatePublished] => 2013-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133905 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1174371 [AuthorName] => Bong R. Osorio [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553720 [Title] => How do Filipino students rate in reading? [Summary] =>It can be safely said that reading is the true backbone of most learning. After all, everything starts with the written word — whether it’s math, science or even home economics.
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You see, we are a very complex creature, with many layers of awareness and tendencies, with conflicting forces and competing impulses, due to the many different parts, aspects and stages of our life.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133205 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348366 [Title] => A reluctant ode to biodata [Summary] => How many times have you been impressed by the title, position or even biodata of someone and then fell terribly disappointed when you finally work with him or her because he or she could not demonstrate the mastery or creativity of a field that his or her biographical credentials seem to imply and thus, you expected? In this age of information, data are paramount so that everything seems to be recorded and many have taken this dictum fanatically. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249681 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345340 [Title] => Study hammers alarming state of RP education [Summary] => An "alarming" number of students about to enter Philippines universities lacked a basic mastery of key subjects, while those entering high school fared only marginally better, a report said yesterday.
Barely any fourth year students or sixth graders achieved the 75 percent "mastery" benchmark for mathematics, science, Filipino and English languages, and social studies, the National Statistical Coordination Board said.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134083 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307128 [AuthorName] => ENTREPRENEURS HELP-LINE By Alejandrino J. Ferreria [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) ) )
Mastery
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[DatePublished] => 2013-02-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133905 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1174371 [AuthorName] => Bong R. Osorio [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553720 [Title] => How do Filipino students rate in reading? [Summary] =>It can be safely said that reading is the true backbone of most learning. After all, everything starts with the written word — whether it’s math, science or even home economics.
[DatePublished] => 2010-03-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 551404 [Title] => Low proficiency in reading comprehension may threaten global competitiveness [Summary] =>It is conventional wisdom to think that our competency in English gives us a clear-cut advantage in the BPO (business process outsourcing) industry.
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You see, we are a very complex creature, with many layers of awareness and tendencies, with conflicting forces and competing impulses, due to the many different parts, aspects and stages of our life.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133205 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096945 [AuthorName] => Fr. Roy Cimagala [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348366 [Title] => A reluctant ode to biodata [Summary] => How many times have you been impressed by the title, position or even biodata of someone and then fell terribly disappointed when you finally work with him or her because he or she could not demonstrate the mastery or creativity of a field that his or her biographical credentials seem to imply and thus, you expected? In this age of information, data are paramount so that everything seems to be recorded and many have taken this dictum fanatically. [DatePublished] => 2006-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133961 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249681 [AuthorName] => DE RERUM NATURA By Maria Isabel Garcia [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345340 [Title] => Study hammers alarming state of RP education [Summary] => An "alarming" number of students about to enter Philippines universities lacked a basic mastery of key subjects, while those entering high school fared only marginally better, a report said yesterday.
Barely any fourth year students or sixth graders achieved the 75 percent "mastery" benchmark for mathematics, science, Filipino and English languages, and social studies, the National Statistical Coordination Board said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247749 [Title] => Tomorrows employers [Summary] => Most people tend to look down on small and medium enterprises. While holding big business in high esteem, they overlook the fact that such biggies who hire MBA graduates were, once upon a time, small entrepreneurial ventures themselves.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134083 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307128 [AuthorName] => ENTREPRENEURS HELP-LINE By Alejandrino J. Ferreria [SectionName] => Business As Usual [SectionUrl] => business-as-usual [URL] => ) ) )
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