with friends via messages and gifts. An average time of 30 minutes to 2 hours is spent on Facebook daily. Only recently are studies beginning to examine the effects of Facebook on physical, mental, and family health. Current studies conducted in college campuses reveal that Facebook can cause similar symptoms to drug addiction, effect familial systems and patterns contribute to upper respiratory infection, cause feelings of loneliness, depression, and narcissism, and can lead to less body satisfaction
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than 50 percent. But much more troubling than lagging enrollment rates and completion levels is that students do not learn what they are supposed to in schools. One, Filipino eighth-graders performed dismally on international tests given in 1999, ranking 36th of 38 countries in math and science tests (Table 1). Table 1. Nearly last in student performance on mathematics and science tests: Ranking among 38 countries Mathematics score & Science score & rank rank Singapore 604 (1) 568 (2) Korea 587 (2)
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subjects followed by students at various levels of education. The school or college’s teaching staff are employed to teach this curriculum, and students are periodically assessed in their progress in each curriculum subject. As they grow older, students’ achievements in their curriculum subjects are seen as important in helping them get into a good university or college, and to find a good job when they leave education. The academic curriculum has never been all that schools and colleges offer to their
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The Filipino Seafarer A Life between Sacrifice and Shopping by Gunnar M. Lamvik Dept. of Social Anthropology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirment for the Dr. Art. degree 2002 Contents Acknowledgements Part I Part II Introduction Migration – a Philippine specialty 2.1 Different perspectives on migration 2.2 The Filipinos – a people in motion 1 8 9 14 Part III Why do people go and who are actually leaving
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Chapter I Introduction Being in college is the most difficult phase of education. College students have to finish a specific number of units in order to graduate. These units are based from the subjects of the student’s chosen program. A college student does not only have academics to deal with. There are lots of other aspects in life such as co- and extra-curricular activities, social life, family gatherings and personal interests and hobbies. A college student: may be an officer or a member of
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|REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES | |cOLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT | |The Impact of Domestic Tourist in Mt. Samat, Bataan | |[Our Lady of Fatima University]
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Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction/Background of the Study Reading is an interactive, problem-solving process of making meaning from texts. It is a complex interaction between the text, the reader and the purposes for reading, which are shaped by the reader’s prior knowledge and experiences, the reader’s knowledge about reading and writing language and the reader’s language community which is culturally and socially situated. (Hughes, 2007) The reading process
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in Science Among High School Students of Columban College Barretto By: Christine May A. Torres Cristianne T. Fajardo A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Major in General Science April 2006 Approval Sheet This Thesis entitled Determinants of the Study Habits in Science Among High School Students of Columban College Barretto prepared
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Nutrition plays an important role in the present age of scientific investigation and discovery. Recent studies and discoveries in the field of nutrition have been considered among the greatest scientific achievements because of their far reaching effects on human progress and welfare. Credit is due to those investigators in the field of nutrition who made careful and painstaking studies which have given knowledge on how best to select, combine and prepare
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2012 Walking Game Culture A research conducted by: Mary Jane Francisco of L86 To be submitted to: Ms. Christina Rodriguez I. Introduction In modern times such as today, it is not unusual for people (of any age) to be seen with an electronic gaming device/game consoles such as cell phones, PSPs, computers, PlayStations etc. Humans over the years have been so inventive of ways to preoccupy themselves to avoid dull and null moments; thus the creation of video games
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