How many times have I heard these comments from you . ."Sir, walang libro sa library!!!" . ."Sir, ang mahal ng libro!!!" . . "Sir wala kaming makuhang refrence" . (and the dreaded) "Sir, wala ako mabiling textbook !!!"
The last accreditation visit (where SMCL received an approval for their level 3 accreditation from PACUCOA), opened my eyes to the realization that you cannot really fight city hall. After so many years of arguing for the student's bankbook and the fact that real quality books are truly expensive, I have finally accepted the fact that PACUCOA will always require textbooks for each subject. My friend and colleague Dean Inigo sad it very succinctly . . "Theat is the price of education"
Textbooks will always be a requirement . . but how can one allow textbooks to be required when you know fully well that only about 20 percent of your class will have the money to procure them? (Indeed, even the cost of having the things xeroxed would be pretty prohibitive) . .
Enter the SBA Online Library.
The internet has a wealth of information and materials that can be be used as replacements for actual physical textbooks. I have been downloading a lot of them and they are indeed textbooks . but in electronic form. By exerting a small effort, teachers can actually locate a textbook online and send it (lock, stock , page and cover) to his students. He can even chop it up into bite-sized pieces (chapter by chapter) to save his students the printing and internet costs. VOILA!!! YOU HAVE A TEXTBOOK,
This blog is experimental . . . but I plan to keep it up in compliance with the PACUCOA recommendation of requiring textbooks for all subjects.
To the SBA Faculty and students. This is your library . . . I would appreciate comments and suggestions on how to make this more functional.
Just write to me at drvic.manabat@yahoo.com or at dean_sba@smcl.edu.ph
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