Filipino whiz kid recognized by President Bush

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inquirer He was teased for his small built and brainy demeanor, but when the bespectacled Filipino pulled out his smarts and delivered his quick wits, the jokes turned into admiration. Ten-year-old Darren Diaz came through with straight A’s in an elementary school in the city of Alpharetta, Georgia, earning him an education award from United States President George W. Bush. Read more... (http://globalnation.inquire r.net/news/news/view_article.php?art icle_id=72151)

[pointblank]

Yep, these are the people who we should be truly proud of, those who dedicate themselves to hard work and excellence - not some beauty contestant who ends up Miss Photogenic just because her countrymen have nothing better to do with their time than log into the Internet to vote for her, not some starlet whose claim to fame are her frontal assets and numerous liasons, not some street corner brawler who runs for public office (buti nga natalo) with his only credentials being that he can slug harder than anyone in the ring.

And yes, these are the children we should strive to be raising - not those poor little five-years old girls taught to grind their pelvis in obscene copulative movements on noontime TV shows while their "proud" mothers cheer them on. We teach these kids to do the "giling" dressed in skimpy clothes, then we are scandalized when surveys reveal that so many of these little girls dream of becoming Japayukis when they grow up. Isn't that hypocrisy of the most cruel form?

[Soju6]

I’m proud of that whiz kid, I’m proud of those Filipinos and Filipinas that you were pertaining to. Including those kids who makes their mother proud by doing what they are good at. I’m also proud of Miss Photogenic (specially her).

And Mr /Miss Pointblank……I’m proud of you for sharing your thoughts, what you feel about our kababayans. Though I don't agree to most of what you said, nevertheless,
I'm proud of you for exercising your freedom to express what you feel.

[docomo]

That is awesome! Glad that some could turn the bad into something good! Definitely not a silly reason to be proud .. Congrats! :)

[la_tina512]

I admire this 10-year-old whiz kid. I'm looking forward to seeing his name in the newspapers again for whatever success/achievement he'll attain in the near future. He'll make every Filipino proud. And for every Filipino out there who excel in their chosen field that makes the headlines, MABUHAY kayo.

Pointblank: Your courage in speaking out your opinion about our kababayans is admirable. But aren't you being judgmental to some of them?

[eviLwizarD]

WOW!!!

It's all I can say, just wow.


All hail Darren!!!

[pointblank]

Pointblank: Your courage in speaking out your opinion about our kababayans is admirable. But aren't you being judgmental to some of them?

La tina, you are right - I am being judgmental. (From a philosophical point of view, every opinion any person makes is by necessity judgmental since a "judgment" is made when one takes a position - unless that statement is an acknowledged fact.)

However, I am not judging the children on TV - they are merely the sad victims of our society's skewed values. My criticism is directed at their parents, who should know better than to teach or allow their kids to do these things. I saw one of these noontime shows recently, and these little girls were gyrating their hips back and forth in movements that cannot be described as anything less than virtual sex. If we see nothing wrong in that, then I'm afraid we've gone over the edge of decency. I have nothing against children's contests - but where have the wholesome contests of yesteryears gone? Our media and TV producers should be equally condemned for propagating these obscene contests.

My personal criteria (repeat: personal - meaning my opinion) of achievements that are to be proud of is the amount of effort that a person has put into his success - not something that the person has inherited or was just lucky enough to get. A pretty girl may end up winning some beauty contest (if you can call joining a beauty contest a "chosen field"), but it is really still too early to rejoice. What should make her countrymen truly proud of her is not the winning per se, but what she does AFTER winning - how she uses her title and develops herself into an instrument for a better society in the many years after. If a beauty queen will just end up as another B-starlet embroiled in an award-rigging scandal, or broadcasts her affairs for all the tabloids to feast on - what's there to be proud of?

[Soju6]

Darren’s Mom and Dad probably is doing everything for Darren…..all he had to do is study.

Darren is not a pinoy anymore, his ways are American. Filipino Blood, yes. But he’s not Filipino anymore. Nag skul ba siya sa pilipinas? Baka nga di na marunong mag tagalog si Darren.


“Amount of effort that a person has put into his success”…. And your vote goes to Darren.

Think of the efforts, the pain physically and mentally those other kababayans (you mentioned) had to go through/ are still going through everyday.
The boxer, specially.

I like the kid, he’s smart...that's about it.

[McBONG]

Filipinos!Be proud and Laud!remove that "stigma"they putting on you!You are the great people on Earth.chin up!taas nuo!

[wind]

I'm proud to that kid and to his parents. I wish him good luck as he takes his journey to attain his goals in life and wish to see him as a successful and responsible human being, utilize his great potentials and set a very good example to other humanbeings.

[Stacie Fil]

Im proud of Darren parents, ang galing nila. They had the time and right way to support the needs of Darren.

Actually maraming darren na Pinoy, nagkakaiba lang sa magulang at environment na ginagalawan o nag-i-impluwensya sa paglaki.:confused:

I wish he would grow pure, righteous and whole. I hope to see his wits overcome all the resistance in his way and matured to be a real humane persona. :rolleyes:

Then if ever he accomplish something truely benificial to the world/mankind, he would still acknowledge that he is a real Pinoy. :cool:

Just my thoughts...;)



:)

[Hensoldt]

Bush wants his brain. :hihi:

[Soju6]

Thousands of young students in the Philippines go through lots of errands to get themselves ready for school each morning.
Like, get water from a public faucet so they can take a bath, make their own b’fast (if they have b’fast), press their own clothes. Minsan magpapakain pa ng manok/ baboy….before they go (walk) to school wearing the same raggedy pair of shoes or slipper and clothes each day. Some of them have odd jobs after school – side walk vendors, selling newspapers, sampaguita…etc. Each day they go through those tasking and still manage to stay in school is an accomplishment.
Awards or no awards. Top of the class or not - They are the ones that I’m really proud of.