More idiot than savant

Part of the tasks of descriptive linguistics is to seek out patterns which shouldn’t be that much of an effort since humans are said to be innately equipped with capacities to seek out patterns. And the task seems to be easier with analytic languages like...

Benchmarking the graduate

The semester’s nearly done and many seniors are just looking forward to graduation. And as it’s always been, graduations are a source of academic and political conflict. I probably wouldn’t ride on the sudden surge of my good friend Ma’am...

With great power…

…comes great chances of messing things up. Never mind if I’m actually a rookie but I sat as a panel member for the defense of three undergraduate theses done by seniors. And I’d have to say it really feels different being on the other side of the...

UP or Ateneo revisited

I’m not even including La Salle here. Hehehe… Evil me. Anyway, I’m quite in a quandary here whether I have to reconsider my views. Well, you may think that since I am affiliated with UP, I will be in full support of the University. Well, quite...