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Philippine Holidays for 2011

According to   Proclamation No. 84 , the following regular holidays and special days for the year 2011 shall be observed in the country: A. Regular Holidays New Year’s Day – January 1 (Saturday) Araw ng Kagitingan – April 9 (Saturday) Maundy Thursday – April 21 Good Friday – April 22 Labor Day – May 1 (Sunday) Independence Day – June 12 (Sunday) National Heroes Day – August 29 (Last Monday of August) Bonifacio Day – November 30 (Wednesday) Christmas Day – December 25 (Sunday) Rizal Day – December 30 (Friday) B. Special (Non-Working) Days Ninoy Aquino Day – August 21 (Sunday) All Saints Day – November 1 (Tuesday) Last Day of the Year – December 31 (Saturday) C. Special Holiday (for all schools) EDSA Revolution Anniversary – February 25 (Friday) "Proclamations declaring national holidays for the observance of Eid’l Fitr and Eidul AdhaHijra, or the lunar calendar, or upon Islamic astronomical calculations, whichever is possible or convenient, will ...

Quietness by Amador T. Daguio

I am lovers of all quietness unechoed songs within a silent heart, a silver pond, a statued loveness where words can take no part. i love the quiet ways of memory the quiet looks to give you loving praise, the quite secrets of my misery through quiet nights and days. The quiet mountains of the earth i love, the moving clouds the sun, the dewy leaf my quiet questioning of god above, my quite, tearless grief. 

The Song of Maria Clara by Dr. Jose P. Rizal

Sweet the hours in the native country, where friendly shines the sun above! Life is the breeze that sweeps the meadows; tranquil is death; most tender, love. Warm kisses on the lips are playing as we awake to mother's face: the arms are seeking to embrace her, the eyes are smiling as they gaze. How sweet to die for the native country, where friendly shines the sun above! Death is the breeze for him who has no country, no mother, and no love!

Kuder-Richardson Formula 21

K - number of items p - proportion of the examinees who got the item right q - proportion of the examinees who got the item wrong σ 2 X -  variance or the square of the standard deviation

Kuder-Richardson Formula 20

WHERE: K - number of items p - proportion of the examinees who got the item right q - proportion of the examinees who got the item wrong σ 2 X - variance or the square of the standard deviation

Pearson's r Formula for Measures of Correlation

WHERE: X - scores in a test Y - scores in a retest N - number of examinees

Ballad of A Mother's Heart by Jose La Villa Tierra

The night was dark, for the moon was young And the stars were asleep and rare; The clouds were thick, yet Youth went out To see his Maiden fair. "Dear One,"  he pleaded as he knelt Before her feet, in tears, "My love is true; why have you kept Me waiting all these years?" The maiden looked at him unmoved, It seemed, and whispered low: "Persistent Youth, you have to prove  By deeds your love is true." "There's not a thing I would not do For you, Beloved,"  said he. "Then go,"  said she,  "to your mother dear  And bring her heart to me." Without another word, Youth left and went to his mother dear. And opened her breast and took her heart. He did not shed a tear! Then back to his Maiden fair he ran, Unmindful of the rain; But his feet slipped and he fell down And loud he groaned with pain! Still in his hand he held the prize That would win his Maiden's hand; And he thought of his mother dear So kind, so swe...

The Sea by Natividad Marquez

Why does the sea laugh, Mother, As it glints beneath the sun? It is thinking of the joys, my child, That it wishes every one. Why does the sea sob so, Mother, As it breaks on the rocky shore? It recalls the sorrows of the world. And weeps forevermore. Why is the sea so peaceful, Mother, As if it were fast asleep? It would give our tired hearts, dearest child, The comfort of the deep.

Elements of Poetry

VOICE is a word people use to talk about the way poems "talk" to the reader. •       Some other types of voice are  mask, apostrophe, and conversation. •       Mask   puts on the identity of someone or something else, and speaks for it . •       Apostrophe  talks to something that can't answer (a bee, the moon, a tree) and is good for wondering, asking, or offering advice. •       Conversation  is a dialogue between two voices and often asks us to guess who the voices are.       IMAGERY •       Representation of the FIVE senses like sight, taste, touch, sound, smell. •       Creates mental image about a poem’s subject. •   The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such        images...