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Life and Times An EDTECH 101 Newsletter
Introduction By Lean Aquino
There was once a boy whose name was
Lean. He was born on the 5th of November
1994 in a place called Dasmarinas.
As a child, he never wanted to grow up.
He wanted to become one of Peter Pan’s lost
boys, who wander forever in Neverland.
What he soon found out, however, was that
growing up is a requirement of life.
Today, he mostly lives with fiction. He
loves writing; he loves fantastical stories.
Words are his best friends. His very own story,
however, is just about to begin.
My Unlikely Friend BY CHRISTEL JIMENEZ
Why unlikely? Well, here’s why.
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Why Snobs Like Joel Stein Are Wrong About Adults and YA Literature
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Manila Int’l Book Fair at SMX FROM THE PHILIPPINE STAR
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Why unlikely? Well, here's
why.
When I first met him, (I
think it was when we were still
in prep) he was the silent type.
That transcended on
until the early stage
of high school. Sure,
we were 'pals' before,
but that was just it.
You see, Lean was
very, very quiet
before. He would just write,
write and write. He didn't have
that much friends until around
our sophomore year when he
started to become outgoing. It
was such a pleasant surprise! He
started talking.
One thing led to
the next and he
became one of
my closest
friends. He began opening up
and really expressing himself.
That's when I realized that there
really is a whole lot more to him.
He's very interesting! Or
rather, he has a wide variety of
interests that make conversing
with him such a treat. Also, he
may not show it that much, but
he really cares about his friends.
During my 18th birthday, he
gave me a mixed CD of songs
that reminded him of
me and to be honest,
that's one of the
sweetest things anyone's
done for me, and I didn't
expect it to be coming
from Lean. He’s also
very persistent and he's quite a
perfectionist when it comes to
tasks. I admire him for the fact
that he was an amazing editor-
in-chief of our school paper. He
made sure that whatever we
published would
be of quality.
He may be
quite outspoken
at times but one
thing is for sure, Lean is a
keeper. He will stand up for
what he believes in and I truly
respect him for that.
My Unlikely Friend
Mr. Introvert
By Christel Jimenez
Lean may just be
the most opinionated
person I know. If we are
to base on stereotypes,
you may know him as a
shy, silent, and introvert
person, but he's more
than that. Beyond that
front of his is a vast
world that many of us
may not understand,
which is typical for great
minds like his. He has a
lot more boundaries to
cross though, but I
believe he is highly
capable of doing such.
By Angelo Del Rosario
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I suppose Joel Stein thinks he’s being
rather clever and sophisticated in his riff for the
New York Times about why grown-ups
shouldn’t read literature aimed at young adults
(something he conflates with picture books). He
sniffs:
I appreciate that adults occasionally
watch Pixar movies or play video
games. That’s fine. Those media don’t
require much of your brains. Books are
one of our few chances to learn. There’s
a reason my teachers didn’t assign me
to go home and play three hours of
Donkey Kong. I have no idea what
“The Hunger Games” is like. Maybe
there are complicated shades of good
and evil in each character. Maybe there
are Pynchonesque turns of phrase.
Maybe it delves into issues of identity,
self-justification and anomie that would
make David Foster Wallace proud. I
don’t know because it’s a book for kids.
FEATURES
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Why Snobs Like Joel Stein Are Wrong About Adults and YA Literature
By Alyssa Rosenberg
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like the Hunger Games
franchise can keep Katniss a
virgin throughout the
majority of the three books
and still communicate the
horror of surrendering your
sexual and romantic
autonomy. Harry Potter may
be the first encounter a
generation of
readers has with
the evils of
torture and
nasty class bias.
Tamora Pierce’s
Provost’s Dog
series is an
unflinching
exploration of crime and
poverty. Simply because
these novels are also
appropriate for younger
readers doesn’t mean the
ideas in them are stupid or
the prose is unworthy. Not
all things written for younger
readers are masterpieces, of
course. But there’s plenty of
bad trash, insipid prose, and
deeply stupid ideas in books
written for adults. Joel Stein
is welcome to it.
(continued) I’ll read “The
Hunger Games” when I
finish the previous 3,000
years of fiction written for
adults.
Where to begin? First,
with a bit of history.
Adolesence as we understand
is a rather new invention, and
more to the point, the idea of
literature aimed squarely at
children or at young adults is a
relatively new phenomenon in
narrative fiction.
The first
picture books
begin trickling
out in the 1600s
as a combination
of instructional
or pleasurable reading. And
the distinction between
children’s, young adult, and
plain literature doesn’t come
until 1802 when British critic
Sarah Trimmer proposed two
categories of books, one for
those younger than 14,
another for literature
specifically aimed at those
between the ages of 14 and 21,
a time when children
transitioned into formal
adulthood. In other words,
those 3,000 years of fiction
include an awful lot of writing
intended for audiences of
mixed ages, whether it’s Jane
Austen’s novels or lives of
saints, which can be decidedly
R-rated.
Second,
the ideas
that children and young adults
are only capable of digesting
mush, or that the only way to
discuss sophisticated themes is
to include explicit sex and
violence are pure hogwash.
Young people are capable of
fairly sophisticated reasoning,
of empathy, and even of
significant evil, and many of
them can rise to meet fairly
high bars as readers. A series
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Manila, Philippines - In
celebration of its 33rd year,
Manila International Book
Fair (MIBF), the biggest
and longest-running book
fair, heads back to the
SMX Convention Center,
Pasay City on Sept. 12-16.
One of the most
widely anticipated events
for students, teachers,
school administrators, and
those who love reading in
general, the MIBF
showcases the largest
collection of literature for
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Writers:
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Angelo Del Rosario
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both leisurely and
academic reading.
MIBF runs from
Sept. 14 to 18 at the
SMX Convention
Center, Seashell Drive,
Mall of Asia Complex,
Pasay City. MIBF is
organized by Primetrade
Asia Inc., in partnership
with Asian Catholic
Communicators, Inc.,
Book Development
Association of the
Philippines, Philippine
Booksellers Association,
Inc., and Publishers
Representatives
Organization of the
Philippines.
Manila Int’l Bookfair at
SMX
From The Philippine Star
Official art of the MIBF
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