Monday, June 18, 2007

Ignorance and Innocence

There is a fine line, I believe, with these two words; which is somehow mistaken to be one as the other and vice versa. As I see it, the difference lies in the level of knowledge of something; that is, the degree of knowledge of a certain object subjected to the consciousness. Ignorance, I believe, is partial knowledge of something (but doesn’t deny the fact that one knows something about that something, but not of it as a whole). On the other hand, ignorance is total deficiency of knowledge about a certain object.

To further illustrate the difference: an educated man from the province visited the city. While waiting for someone who would show him around, he decided to buy a drink from a ‘palamig’ stand across the street. Knowing that he is already so thirsty and tired, he immediately crossed the street but was halted by a policeman. The ‘promdi’ (man from the province) asked for his violation, and the policeman bluntly answered him with ‘jaywalking’. Is this case a case of ignorance or innocence?

We cannot deny the fact that the term innocence is best described in the likes of infants and kids, or at some cases, with those who are deprived of sanity. But would that deprive a sane man of innocence as well? If so, then, those who are proclaimed ‘innocent’ at courts are thus otherwise? Furthermore, then, that means every man who is in good mentality are ‘at fault’ all the time?

What’s my point in this blog, then? Actually, this is just a reflection I had when I had the chance to know more about the metropolis. I can say that I am ignorant…yes, ignorant of the places where I have been into these past few days. I partially know these places; therefore I cannot say that I am innocent about these places where I have been into.

But hey! It’s a great thing I finally knew about those stuff!

Sunday, June 03, 2007

School Stuff

The Coming Semester…

I just enrolled myself for this coming semester in my school back in Canlubang, and somehow sadly, I only have 19 units for this coming semester. I just hope I can add more to these when we have the chance, coz I really wanna finish this school year.

But clearly, I can say that this semester will be interesting. Why? Check my schedule:

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

7:30 am

PHL 111

8:30

PHL 107

PHL 107

PHL 106

9:30

PHL 109

PHL 109

10:30

HPL 103

LTN 121

PHL 106

HPL 103

11:30

12:30 pm

1:30

LTN 131

2:30

3:30

4:30

HPL 103: History of Western Philosophy II (Modern Philosophy)

LTN 121: Church Latin 1

LTN 131: Philosophical Latin 1

PHL 106: Rational Psychology

PHL 107: Philosophy of Religion

PHL 109: Applied Ethics

PHL 111: Filipino Philosophy


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the school year is about to begin soon, after a week or two, and along with it, are the usual conditions/situations that I believe some of us would fall into:

1) the usual ramblings about summer escapades, and with it, those ones that were unable to accomplish

2) the complaints of having sunburns and other sickness, which can be used as alibis for not attending the first day or week of class

3) the depression knowing the summer is over and the period of plunging one’s head back to the books have started anew (this time, is much worse!)

4) and lots more…

these maybe the negative ones, but we cannot deny the fact that there are also positive happenings that transpired during the summer vacation, right?

so, for those who still have the rest of the vacation in their sleeves, take pleasure in it…once gone, you’ll regret you wasted it (if you really did).