Lesther

Lecturer, UP Diliman | Researcher | Development Professional

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#Agenda | Bulilyaso ang pagkaka-anunsyo ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos na nahuli na si Zaldy Co sa Prague.

Ayon sa isang eksperto, kahit anong paglilinaw ay sablay pa rin ang Palasyo. | via @rachelivvvv

#FloodControlScandal

https://t.co/zNdRI17o4N

[Toñet @tonetjadaone]

my fave Kanto roundtable so far!!! ❤️
Inang x Direk Joey x Direk Joel
8pm laterrrr @ AWKP youtube https://t.co/lX6MfJ2hPI

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どんな #ポケモン会えるかな ？

#ポケモン30周年 #PR @poke_times

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Ang alam ko may joint memo na ang DPWH at NEA to relocate utility posts after road widening. So bakit hanggang ngayon, andami pa ring poste sa gitna ng kalsada?

I almost crashed into one today (muntik na talaga). Seriously, ilan pa bang aksidente ang hihintayin bago ito ayusin?

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@tonetjadaone 2 things siguro:
1. Most surveys ended in April pero major endorsements and shifts happened May 1–10.
2. Younger voters likely underrepresented or underweighted sa methodologies nila.

Survey firms should revisit talaga their methodologies.

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@rapplerdotcom I think 11:51 AM

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@IanIslander3 @DeusXMachina14 @QuingAndre The admin-backed bets, I guess, are scrambling now to lock in local machinery, cutting deals, reviving old alliances, just to outmaneuver the Duterte bloc. The 2025 showdown isn’t really just politics; it’s a turf war din talaga.

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@Janemei19 @xtianorhoy Scores matter, of course. But rankings aren’t the only way to know if you’re learning or improving. Growth isn’t always linear or comparative. Real winning is mastering the skill, not just beating someone else at it

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@bloopers2469 @xtianorhoy Okay with competition, but let’s not pretend rankings = learning. Ang kailangan ng bata ay curiosity, grit, and good feedback not fear of losing. Rankings can push, yes, but they can also crush. Let’s reward growth, not just who comes first.

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@Janemei19 @xtianorhoy I agree that competition can be good but let’s not confuse rankings with real learning. We should reward effort, yes, but also growth, collaboration, and resilience. Studies have shown than rankings do more harm than good, especially when they narrow success to a single number.

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@forddyyyyy @xtianorhoy I reviewed the citations you shared—it seems you didn’t read the full papers (or just lifted from ChatGPT?). Loeb discusses test-based accountability, Haidt on overprotective environments—not ranking. I hope we don’t sacrifice academic integrity just to prove a point.

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@forddyyyyy @xtianorhoy Ur argument assumes that de-emphasizing acad competition caused poor global performance. I’ve done educ research for the gov’t, & not once did findings point to that. In fact, the root issues are systemic-funding, equity, and more, but not de-emphasizing competition

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@forddyyyyy @xtianorhoy There’s no evidence that avoiding forced ranking creates “weak” (whatever that is) students. In fact, studies show that supportive learning environments foster resilience, not entitlement. Unless you can cite research to back your claim

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@greatlordking18 @xtianorhoy I agree with your observations, and that those issues do occur. But, I argue that forced ranking doent lead to better learning outcomes. The real challenges are far more systemic—budgets, pedagogy, inequities etc. Forced ranking may, in fact, exacerbate them

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@lebenkunstler It’s actually based on studies, so that’s me being realistic. In fact, what’s less grounded in evidence is the argument that forced ranking will yield better results.

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@Vin97865198 @xtianorhoy I’m not against teaching students about competition—life already does that. But education should also foster empathy, collaboration, and resilience. And as mentioned, life teaches us too that no one succeeds alone. Success is rarely a solo act.

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@Nunugandagorang @xtianorhoy Correct but the key difference in my argument is that multiple students can achieve the same level of excellence.I’m not against recognizing achievement;I’m against the idea that only one person can be ‘Top 1,’ and so on. Many students can excel and our system should reflect that

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@anzypanzywanzy @xtianorhoy 2/2 The issues are far more systemic—rooted in pedagogy, institutional challenges, poverty, health, and other structural factors. Unless there’s clear evidence showing a causal link between not ranking students and academic decline, the argument doesn’t hold.

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@anzypanzywanzy @xtianorhoy 1/2 While I agree that we are facing a learning crisis today, but I’ve conducted research on educ for the gov’t, and at no point did our findings identify the absence of forced ranking as a cause of mediocrity.

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@viltrox1113 @xtianorhoy You’re framing it as if competition is the only thing that drives the world. I’ve worked in both the private and government sectors, and I feel like you’ve missed a lot of other important dynamics—like collaboration, empathy, and shared responsibility.