The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Filipino Character: A Socio-Cultural Issue

Question 1

Good traits of a Filipino

Answer 1

Cheerful
Thrifty and Frugal
Faith in God
Close Family Ties
Respectful
Helpful
Diligent and Patient
Resourceful and Creative

Question 2

Weaknesses of Filipino character

Answer 2

Extreme family centeredness
Extreme personalism
Lack of discipline
Passivity and lack of initiative
Kanya-kanya syndrome
Lack of self-analysis and self-reflection
Emphasis on porma rather than substance

Question 3

Excessive concern for family means using one’s office and power to promote family interests. It results in lack of concern for the common good, and acts as a block to national consciousness.

Answer 3

Extreme family centeredness

Question 4

Takes things personally, cannot separate objective task from emotional involvement. Uncomfortable with bureaucracy, with rules and regulations. This may lead to the graft and corruption.

Answer 4

Extreme personalism

Question 5

Casual attitude toward time and space, manifested in lack of precision and compulsiveness, poor time management and procastination.

Answer 5

Lack of discipline

Question 6

Waiting to be told what to do reliance on others.

Answer 6

Passively and lack of initiative

Question 7

Lack of patriotism, active awareness and actual preference for things foreign.

Answer 7

Colonial mentality

Question 8

Done by tsismis, intriga. Result in dampening of cooperative and community spirit, trampling upon others rights.

Answer 8

Kanya- kanya syndrome, talangka mentality

Question 9

Tendency to be superficial and some what flighty. In the dace of serious personal and social problems, there is lack of analysis

Answer 9

Lack of self-analysis and self-reflection

Question 10

Lack of analysis and emphasis o form is reinforced by an educational system that is more from than substance.

Answer 10

Emphasis on porma rather than substance

Question 11

Weaknesses are rooted in many factors:

Answer 11

Home
Social
Economic environment
Culture and language
History
Religion
Educational system
Mass media
Leadership
Role model

Question 12

Goals proposed to develop in the Filipino

Answer 12

1. Sense of patriotism and national pride
2. Sense of common good
3. Sense of integrity and accountability
4. Values and habits of discipline and hardwork
5. Values and habit of self- reflection and analysis

Question 13

In 1998 Senator Leticia Shahani submitted to senate a report entitled:

Answer 13

“A Moral Recovery Program: Building a people, Building a nation”