The Father of Filipino Philosophy

Dr. Florentino T. Timbreza

• Recognized as the Father of Filipino Philosophy
  
• 1st Filipino to author the 1st book on Filipino Philosophy (Pilosopiyang Filipino)
• Co-author of the 1st and only Encyclopedia of Philosophy in the Philippines (Ensayklopidiya ng Pilosopiya)
• 1st Filipino to present and defend a dissertation paper in Filipino for a doctorate degree in Philosophy
• 1st Filipino author to translate the Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu in Filipino language (Ang Tao Te Ching ni Lao Tzu sa Filipino)
• Philosophy Professor, De La Salle University Manila
  

QUOTE
"I look forward to the day when Filipino Philosophy shall be taught in many classrooms all over the country."




source: http://firstfilipino.blogspot.com/2007/12/florentino-timbreza.html

Mind of a lawyer VS. Effort of a law student

The ideal mind of the lawyer is the mind that easily understands and masters all the provisions of all laws and knows how to apply it in all circumstances. It is very logical and philosophical that can argue in every point of view of the cases and provisions. It does not make any logical errors when it comes to law. It is very critical in evidences and may reverse disadvantageous cases.

The ideal effort of law student is briefly defined as reading, reading, reading and reading a lot of cases, and memorizing, memorizing, memorizing and memorizing all the provisions of laws. Another thing is patience. The 80 percent of time should be allocated in reading and memorizing.

A lawyer can survive just with the "mind of the lawyer" while a law student should have both the "mind of a lawyer" and the "effort of a law student." But, a person cannot be a lawyer if s/he did not became a law student.

For a law student, the "mind of a lawyer" and the "effort of a law student" are essential and one reason is the current law curriculum and teaching style. I'll give this example when one time I was called in the recitation and asked about the details of a case which I missed to read. Even though I'm confident that I know all the provisions of the laws needed of the topic, I failed the recitation for just missing to read that one case.

On the other hand, the mind of a lawyer is important because even though a law student memorizes all the provisions of law and the details of the cases assigned, without it, that student still can't apply those that s/he memorized to more complicated and challenging case. All s/he knows is just the one verbally written on the books and the cases.

The mind of a lawyer can be obtained in born or practice. But of course, to obtain it by practice is not an easy task while those who obtained it in born are just lucky. I don't know exact formula on how to obtain it by practice.

In the case of the effort of a law student, all people have the opportunity of doing it. The only indicator of this is the laziness and the industriousness of a person. Some people find it easy and most find it hard. It needs dedication and motivation.

My Law School Sched

Monday
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Persons and Family Relations
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Law and Values
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Criminal Law 1

Tuesday
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Persons and Family Relations
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Political Law

Wednesday
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Persons and Family Relations
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Statutory Construction

Thursday
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Persons and Family Relations

Friday
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm: Legal Research
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm: Criminal Law 1

Saturday
10:00 am - 12:00 am: Political Law

At Last!!! A PSP and a DS lite!!

REDEMPTION

As told on one of my previous blogs, I failed a recitation because of missing to read one case. But fortunately, in my PERSONS class, I was called again by the professor and stood up for almost two hours. In my last recitation, I was told to seat down because of not reading a case and that means failure. And there is rumors that that professor only call a student once a semester in a recitation and I assume that I would fail that subject already because of that. As said earlier, I was standing for almost two hours in class while the professor asked me several consecutive questions. But luckily, I knew all the provisions of law he was talking about, that's why I managed to answer all the questions correctly but with some minor mistakes on the use of words but generally, that was excellent. By the way, the questions asked are some various provisions of marriage which are quite easy for me to understand. Situations like these may boost the morale of the student and redeem his pride from the grave failure that he experienced.

Taking up law school is not a joke. Talking it up just to try law school is a very stupid decision. It's either you take it because you REALLY WANT TO BE A LAWYER or don't take Law School. Taking up law without the STRONG ASPIRATION to be a lawyer is a sure failure not necessarily in subjects and in bar exam but in LIFE. In law school, failure is always in front of you. There is no way to evade it and the only solution to get rid of it is to destroy it!!!

Last and the most crucial point, now that I am in law school, I realized na wala akong karapatang IPAGMALAKI kung ano mang ang mga nakamit sa sa aking undergraudate. Walang-wala talaga ang experience ko sa undergraduate if I have to compare it with law school. Yes, I get in in to the dean's list in most of the terms and I have a relatively high CGPA but still those achievements are just a big junk of joke comparing it to my situation today. Other law students can also affirm that. I don't say that undergraduate is senseless because there are people who have good and fulfilled undergraduate experience. In my situation, Law school is the real start of College academic life. Undergraduate is a state of NO CHALLENGE for me because of the following reasons:

1. I can get a grade of 3.5-4.0 on other subjects without merely studying at all. Meaning, not taking down notes and not buying or reading the books required.
2. Even I cut almost all the meeting in a particular class, I can still get a high grade.
3. The tasks are very easy compared to law school.
4. Pressure in law school is 10x or even 20x of the pressure I felt in my undergraduate experience.
5. With my achievements right now, I have no ability to get a descent job that I want.
6. Most (but NOT ALL) of the professors in my undergraduate experience are:
a. Karamihan ay NANGHUHULA lang ng grades
b. Favoritism factor
c. Masyadong silang mabait at madali yung pinapagawa
d. Ang alam lang ay kunin ang sweldo kapag end of month
e. Baka humaba pa kapag tinuloy ko pa

Even if may grades are relatively high, eh kung ganyan naman, wala din.

Anong nang pwede kong maipagmalaki para sa sarili ko? wala pa, di ba?