POLITICAL SELF

• POLITICAL SELF - a self that rejects the individualistic view and focuses on collective welfare- for the people and country
• 1987 CONSTITUTION (BASIS OF BEING A FILIPINO CITIZEN) 1. CITIZENS at the time of the adoption of this constitution
• Those whose fathers or mothers are citizens of the Philippines
• Those born before January 17, 1973 of Filipino mothers
• Those who are naturalized in accordance with the law
• Ideal Citizen can be a person who follows the laws, protects, and takes care of the environment, and contributes to the welfare of other people.
• Violence is the use of brute force to cause harm to a person or property.
• CATEGORIES OF VIOLENCE- DIRECT/ PHYSICAL/ BEHAVIORAL VIOLENCE like war and bullying, domestic violence, exclusion, or torture.
• STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE- which includes poverty and deprivation of basic resources and access to rigths , powerless, marginalized.
• CULTURAL VIOLENCE - the violence of sexism, ethnocentrism, racism and colonial ideologies, domination, inequity, and oppression.
• Peace- freedom from oppressive thoughts or emotions.
• NATIONALISM- A devotion of love for one's country.
• PATRIOTISM-the love of one's country and its people (will be ready to make sacrifice for their own country)
• GIVE 5 STRENGTHS OF THE FILIPINO CHARACTER 1.PAKIKIPAGKAPWA-TAO 2. FAMILY ORIENTATION 3. HARDWORK AND INDUSTRY 4. FAITH AND RELIGIOSITY 5. ABILITY TO SURVIVE
• GIVE 5 WEAKNESSES OF FILIPINO CHARACTER 1. LACK OF DISCIPLINE 2. PASSIVITY AND LACK OF INITIATIVE 3. COLONIAL MENTALITY 4. KANYA- KANYA SYNDROME