Monday, June 27, 2011

Manila Internship: rain, rain, go away (w4)

Kamusta Readers,

So far, this week had been the most erratic, thanks to non-stop rain.  When you thought it was over, it would start again.  Thanks to the rain, the nite run was canceled, and the offices were closed.

I only had 1 day of class observation.  Monday was a holiday in honor of national hero Jose Rizal ( turning 150 years old ), and Friday was declared Faculty Day ( which was eventually canceled because of the rain ).  During Wednesday's class, I worked with Student E ( discussed composing concerns, who focused on grammar first before content ) and Student R ( discussed brevity and redundancy ).  The writing process was reviewed, Philippine English ( especially the idiom "Green" or "Off Color" ), and plagiarism ( which will be enforced until graduation ) were discussed.

While in the office, I reread a revised article for the Center's commemorative book celebrating 30 years of Best Practices due for a September 2011 release.  I read keeping in mind the general criteria in addition to the editorial board's suggestions.  Most of my suggestions dealt with developing the section about "Problematizing the practice."

I also discussed with Secretary V the tasks for a new project that concerns data gathering about the Center's activities from the last 5-20 years.  My task involves perusing evaluations and flyers to categorize types of conference themes, workshop topics, and suggested topics.  Analysis will be made by Project Manager M.

Outside the office, I revised the UbD article I'm planning to submit.  Director N suggested that I change most of my prose from a 1st person point of view to a 3rd person point of view to achieve distance and objectivity while retaining audience's attention.  The Editing Project is finally rolling.  I helped Runner J create an outline ( so we can see the overall picture more concretely ), and we discussed the Abstract and Chapter 1 of his work.

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