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ALLISON MAE T. MANGABAT 3F-PHARMACY Dr. Patricia Licuanan’s study is about building people and building a nation. For this to materialize she instigated this Moral Recovery Program. In relation to this, she enumerated and expounded on the strengths and the weaknesses of the Filipino character then from there, she worked on exposing that the strengths of the character of a Filipino has many weak points; and the weaknesses of the Filipino character is brought upon by many factors such as their way of life in their environment, culture, language, educational system, religion, economic environment, role models, political environment and mass media. Upon identifying the character of the Filipino and by acknowledging his limits and potentials, goals and strategies for rebuilding the nation could be worked on. For instance, the Filipino’s colonial mentality could be weaken by strategizing simple and specific goals like, a ‘’Sariling Atin’’ day where everyone would wear Filipino clothes and products only. Dr. Licuanan’s strategies started from the development of the patriotism of the Nation, going to the more individualistic strategies of developing self-reflection and analysis then concluding the project to develop on its own, independent of, but in collaboration with the legislature when it becomes a senate report; encouraging the development of training modules to enable people to reflect on our strengths and weaknesses as a people. In the first paragraph of the study, the events at EDSA in February 1986 was shown as a representation of unity and concern of our countrymen for one another, deep faith in God, courage, determination, and strength of purpose. Ousting a dictator was an easy part compared to the task of building a nation. Self-interest is a drawback in obtaining goals for the common good that’s why there is a need for economic recovery and to build ourselves as a people. Building a people means eliminating our weaknesses and developing our strengths. Dr. Licuanan emphasized that the analysis, understanding and appreciation of these strengths and weaknesses would be the crucial first step to the path of good change. The strengths of the Filipino character of Pakikipagkapwa-tao, Concern for Family, Joy and Humor, Flexibility, Industry and Religiosity are all very admirable and play a large role in contributing to our identity as Filipinos and yet possess so many limitations in which the author is commendable for exposing. She stated that being family-centered is to be uphold but in the extreme could be detrimental to the larger part of the community. Excessive concern for the family could result to using of one’s office and power in promoting the inter ests of the family, and in the protection of erring family members. This study made me aware of the fact that the Filipinos propensity to be optimistic could also be viewed in a negative light. The innocent laughter of Filipinos at their own problems could result to lack of analysis or reflection to manage our problems wisely and find optimum solutions to them.
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ALLISON MAE T. MANGABAT 3F-PHARMACY
from our home environment, social environment, culture, history, religion and the educational
system along with the strengths of the Filipino character. I very much agree that colonial
mentality in Filipinos has its roots in our history and the educational system. We were colonized
by the American and we thought that colonial power is superior and more powerful. Also, the
Americans set up a public school system where we learned English and the American way of life
urging us to be more proud of becoming fluent in speaking English and mass media being a
contributing factor in instilling in us that products abroad are better than those here in the
Philippines. So whenever we receive designer bags and imported products from our relatives
abroad, we use it so much and flaunt it because after all, it’s not local.
I think that Dr. Patricia Licuanan has managed to get all her points reach across to the
readers. Although the one question that I would like to be answered is, ‘how do we start?’ She
clearly stated that we should start with ourselves but we all know that not everyone has access
to the internet, to this paper that she published. Majority of Filipinos are not rich and could not
afford proper education. These people also would like to put their family first and do anything
to lift their status. Many are working as OFW’s and we cannot expect them to not acquire
goods from other countries and be amazed with the technology there. How can the
government urge the people to possess purely Pinoy products and less of imported goods when
these government officials themselves possess a lot of imported products and we rarely see
them donning things made by Filipinos. Dr. Licuanan has stated many strategies in the article
like Filipinization of the entire educational system, identifying and making known the centers of
Philippine product excellence, having an order-regalo/pasalubong project targeting Filipinos
abroad, big brother-small brother relationship wherein big companies help small companies
improve the quality of their output. These strategies for the building of our nation and
revolutionizing of our individual characteristics as Filipinos might be hard to put into action but I
have faith that this move can push through, even though it will take time. As a final reminder, I
suggest that we should coexist with the world and not just limit ourselves to this country.
Building a Nation and Building a People does not mean that we as citizens solely exist for our
country, stuck in the traditions and everything related to being Pinoy , it means that even
though we saw the greatness of other Nations, of other countries, we still think that our
country, the Philippines is an abode that we would never exchange for the world.
