lack of full disclosure

Is that a Philippine thing? Is it in our nature to conceal? For what reasons?

When a fire or an explosion hits Makati or elsewhere, and it happens in a commercial area, the exact location isn't revealed immediately, if at all. Why? SHouldn't public interest be utmost? So people will avoid the place where there's a fire, for example.

Today this came to mind after I listened to Winnie Monsod decrying Ched and the Professional Regulatory Commission's failure to make public the list of schools that have zero passing rates in the board and bar exams. Winnie pities the parents, she said, who spend precious money to send their children to schools not knowing about the school's poor performance in the professional licensure exams. Sad.

Wonder why the topic was discussed? There's a proposal somewhere that college schooling be lengthened another year. Winnie said, No. Basic education should instead be improved. I couldn't agree more.

Yesterday, I was tutoring this grade 5 boy. Gave him a world problem where the dividend consisted of 3 digits, the divisor of 2. he didn't know how to do it. Ayan, kasi nasanay sa calculator.