Our school, Hedcen, is known throughout the whole province as a harbinger of change – a pioneer in so many things. And one of the traditions that it proudly pioneered is the PCTC, otherwise known as Parent-Child-Teacher Conference. You see, in Hedcen, grades are given and discussed between the parents, the teacher, and the students.

We had a faculty seminar this week, the bulk of which consisted of a talk by a small, frail-looking and white-haired man who so eloquently but candidly introduced himself as Pagsi (short for Onofre Pagsanghan). Mr. Pagsi, started his talk a bit strongly (as impression I got because he dove in quite fast and