Just weeks ago, we were all rejoicing about how the earth was healing. However, we were quick enough to adjust to the ‘new normal’ and had new ways of contributing to the pollution and destruction of the Earth. We may have lessened air pollution but there was an increase in land and water pollution. Deliveries…
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Hi-Lites ASHS is the official student publication of the Ateneo de Manila Senior High School.
COVID Ain’t Dead Yet
Quarantines and lockdowns might be stressing all of us out as most of us haven’t gotten a breath of fresh air since they started, but it’s imperative that we still follow the rules and guidelines set forth alongside them to further mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus. While different terms have surfaced to describe…
Reset Your Body Clock
The quarantine has affected us in different ways but if one thing is universal to our experience is it warped our sense of time, some days have been blurred together, minutes seem like eternities and hours fly by fast. This includes affecting our sleep schedule in very weird ways, like eating brunch and fixing up…
The Anti-Terrorist Bill
On June 3, the House Bill No. 6875 was passed as the man standing below the iconic Philippine Flag that hung in front of the session hall, announced “With 168 affirmative, 36 negative, 29 abstention, House Bill No. 6875 is now proved on third and final reading,” announced the man standing below the country’s symbol…
Survivor Philippines: GCQ Edition
ECQ. MECQ. GCQ. Do not let these acronyms confuse you since these all mean community quarantine but each with certain allowances and restrictions. Now that we transitioned from MECQ to GCQ, it does not mean that the pandemic is no longer a threat because it still is.Filipinos really have a good way of making things…
PRIDE AMID COVID-19: Alternative PPEs by Filipino fashion designers
Rapidly after the virus spread across the country, many hospitals faced dwindling supplies of PPEs due to the rising number of COVID-19 patients. While the government scrambled to look for PPE sources, local fashion designers took initiative in creating alternative PPEs with their personal twists. TELETUBBIES INSPIRE VIBRANT PPEs Last April, fashion designer and nurse…
BASIC EDUCATION ONLINE LEARNING PRIMER BREAKDOWN
ATENEOBLUECLOUD IN BASIC EDUCATION Structured – An online learning setup will now prioritize the student’s learning time. This is the amount of time a student needs to focus on his academics to acquire learning outcomes or results while at home. Daily check-ins, reasonable academic learning time, regular consultation periods, and non-academic days are integrated in…
R U Ok?: Checking Up On Your Mental Health
As we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month in quarantine, it’s highly likely that being kept inside our homes with little interaction with the outside world is affecting our mental health. The lack of human interaction and socialization that we are all very used to is definitely a formidable foe in terms of our mental health….
A Wake-Up Call
Ironically, everyone has noticed that the Earth is literally healing amid the pandemic. Obviously, human activities have been the problem as to why the environment’s condition is getting worse each day. Cutting down most of these activities and limiting the actions of humans surely made a big impact on it. Manila Skyline and Mt. Samat…
ECQ, GCQ, BBQ: The Impact of Words in Crisis Response.
As the country enters the summer season amid COVID-19, netizens have jokingly shared their confusion with ECQ and MECQ, saying that the next for Metro Manila will be BBQ (barbecue) due to the intense summer heat. However in hindsight, we see here how even semantics in naming policies and its communication can go either right…
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