Hi Jeffery,

Well, you told me stop saying dree instead of three.
If it's true,that's how they pronounced "three",
I won't disagree with you. But I don't say dree instead
of three.

In my previous post, I said some Chinese are really good
teachers but I think Filipinos can teach better because
we are more master in English than them because English
is one of our official languages.

And I also said we can even teach better than
"white-skinned teachers" but you know "white-skinned" is
so ambiguous because it refers not only to Americans,
British, Canadians, Australians, and so on. I think you
know that some white-skinned teachers in China don't have
a degree. Chinese schools hired them because they can
speak English very well but it doesn't mean they can teach
English effectively.

I think you know that the ability to speak English
fluently and the ability to teach English effectively
are two different things.

I firmly believe that to be a good teacher in any
subjects one should have a lot of qualities. First,
he/she must be knowledgeable with the subject. For
example, an English teacher should be fluent in both
written and oral English. In addition, he/she be able
to teach grammar, spelling, punctuation marks and so on.
Second, a teacher must love his/her job otherwise he/she
will not be an effective teacher. Third, a teacher
must be patient and understanding towards the students.
Fourth, a teacher must care for the students' welfare.
These are some of the qualities that any teacher should
have and most Filipino teachers have these qualities and
we have more good qualities that make us different from
other nationalities.

If you say you can teach Tagalog better than Filipinos,
I won't disagree because I don't know you in person.
You might be right. But you only studied Tagalog for
12 years. I think to learn a Foreign Language
and be fluent in it you need more time. I think twelve
years is not enough.

I'm 25 now. I start learning English since I was 4 or
5 years old. FYI, English is our medium of instruction
in school. During my time, all our subjects in elementary
and high school were in English except our national
language, Tagalog. But when I was in college all my
subjects were in English. So, I can say I'm master and
know many things in English.

I hope this is my last post to defend my countrymen but
unless you and others will stop I will continue
to fight for my country and my countrymen.
I hate argument but I don't let people underestimate
our capability.

PEACE!!!!