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Here are samples of the errors Academic Supervisor
Antonio Calipjo Go of the Marian School of Quezon City has exposed.
A book says: “Learnings for
make benefit glorious nation of Philippines.”
He describes a book, Hiyas sa
Pagbasa, which was “approved under the Second Social Expenditure
Management Project (Loan Number 7118-PH) and the Third Elementary
Education Project (Loan Number 4108-PH) of the Philippine Government
and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),”
as “the one, the only, textbook used in the subject Filipino by
all Grade 5 pupils of all the public elementary schools since
1999.”
He said “this book shows no
sign of having been written and evaluated wisely and well. Yet, it
has been in use since 1999, with not one individual coming out to
question its existence.” And the “DepEd has just re-ordered
69,409 copies of this book.”
In his exposes Mr. Go has
identified only two books “one coming from the old batch of
textbooks used in public schools, and one from the new set of
approved textbooks in Social Studies to be used starting in June
2007.”
He says: “I did not name the
others though I have shown their errors here, for three reasons: to
convince the public that the errors exist, that they are indeed
errors, and that the books which carry these errors really do exist.
I do not wish to invite the ire of more publishers by identifying
them and the books they have published. You see, the four lawsuits
filed against me by two authors of SD PUBLICATIONS and the publisher
PHOENIX PUBLISHING HOUSE have greatly, negatively, affected me
mentally, emotionally and physically. And all because I told the
truth: that their books contained errors!”
So, here are the sample of
errors—a fraction of more than thousands he has seen in various
books:
1. HIYAS SA PAGBASA 5 (
written by Lydia P. Lalunio, Ph.D., Francisca G. Ril and Patrocinio
V. Villafuerte )
Taong 2998 A.D.
Si Pres. Garcia ay kumita ng
unang liwanag sa Talibon, Bohol.
Walang ulap kung umaga.
Ang kahirapan ay hindi sagabal
patungong kaitaasan.
2. MASIPAG NA PILIPINO for Grade
3 (written by Grace Estela C. Mateo, Ph.D., Lydia N. Agno, Ed.D.,
Celinia E. Balonso, Ph.D., Rosita D. Tadena, Ph.D., and Estelita B.
Capiña)
Ang TRENCH ay isang makipot,
mahaba at malalim na bahagi ng karagatan sa pagitan ng mga pulo.
Dinaraanan ito ng mga barko at iba pang sasakyang pandagat.
Ang isthmus ay isang piraso ng
lupa na napaliligiran ng tubig.
Ipinagbibili ng mga mangingisda
ang kanilang huli sa mga pagawaan ng de-lata. •
3. AN ENGLISH BOOK I
Jose Garcia Villa wrote the story
“Woman With Two Navels.”
Birds hate being stared at by
people.
Quails stay together in groups
called convey. They sleep in circle. If one quail notices something
unusual, the whole convey flies away.
The Philippines has enough rain
almost equally distributed throughout the year.
The typhoon is moving in a
northeasternly direction.
Around the pool is an orientally-designed
porch.
Your parents don’t want me
around hanging with you.
Politics, which takes much time,
concerns with the affairs of government.
Most people in fishing countries
of the world are fishers.
Life is the fast rising of the
sun that shines on the earth which goes around it fast.
Life is the late realization that
life is gone and we discover it late.
4. ENGLISH BOOK II
I’m capable of being the best
me I can. (3 times )
Pray whenever you have rage with
anyone.
The city’s voice is soft like
solitudes.
There were moments of happiness
but they were fragile and fleeting like the sudden grief and
fleeting.
I dipped my tired feet into a
basin of water to soothe the ache and fret.
classical: a phrase or slogan
repeated rhythmically
colonization: art of establishing
colonies
crinkly: full of crinkles
crystal: clear ice or quarts that
is transparent
CT scan: act of examining
minutely —
knaver: dishonest person —
mutter: speak distinctly —
nausea: sickness at the stomach
—
ornamental: a person that adds
credit or glory of a society
phraser: one that coins telling
phrases
retrieve: call to mind again
shoo: drive away by saying
“shoo”
survival: act of living longer
than another person—
5. ENGLISH BOOK III
Take me to the water breaks.
Never try to make anyone do
anything.
Rizal made himself famous as a
writer.
Stars seem to twinkle because
they are very far away.
The events in a fable are
impossible to happen in real life.
5. AN ENGLISH BOOK IV
Many Filipino men and women have
brains.—
You should always address the
envelop and leave it open.
The children felt the bridge
under them falling.
He found his friend clowning
himself around.
Sometimes the elephant becomes
angry with Kim for fooling the animal around.
Topic: Sharing To Others
The dog is a tamer animal than
the cat.
God wants me for a sunbeam to
shine for Him each day.
Francis has five fine
fingernails.
6. ENGLISH BOOK V
Kiosk: a somewhat similar
structure open at one or more sides used as a bandstand. She bared
her bosom and squeezed a drop of milk into each barren ear of the
weeds.
He seemed to be waiting for
someone, not a blood relation, much less a bad blood. In
bullfighting, the bulls are not the ones which fight with each
other. It is very dangerous to face a bull that has been played
with.—“Here’s for you!” the guard said while hitting Basilio.
People are not made to float like
a bird.—
Mother Teresa was always there to
color the world of cancer patients.—Just like human beings, books
suffer and die early when treated cruelly and denied the basic
necessities in life.
7. ENGLISH BOOK VI
Fort Santiago was the fortress
used by Rajah Soliman as his protection against the Spaniards.
I don’t lay like a hen on her
eggs in the nest when there are things I can do.
Early kites were very large
leaves. The string was a piece of vine.
A flat plate is on the flower
plant.
Galileo invented a magnifying
telescope to study the moon.—
Seeing a rainbow in the sky is
like a dream that disappears that’s why a child wants it painted
permanently in the sky.—
Science is what we find out by
studying the world around us.—
Our country is not only the most
beautiful country in the East but also has the richest natural
resources.
Look at the sky at night. You see
the moon and the stars. Then you see lightning flashes and you hear
thunder before the downpour of rain. Why is the sky? And why is the
sky?
8. ENGLISH BOOK VII
Use EBONY soap for whiter skin.
Drink TURTLE’S CHOICE power
drink. Turtles are born with a shell and a bone.
We grow our hogs in our own farms
so you’re sure to get meat that is grown.
As the campers trek through the
trail at the rainboat they’ll stop now and then.
Some birds sing for the joy of
singing and others for purpose.
The mountain climber was flown
off his feet.
The national anthem sounds so
high that we cannot reach the pitch.
I succeeded opening the package
and my eyes rolled big over a ball.
The daily policeman reports to
his post in the morning. He stands straight watching the vehicles go
by. Those who stop late for the red light are apprehended.
9. ENGLISH BOOK VIII
Choke: stop breath by blocking
the windpipe. The baby was choke from eating biscuits.
Mt. Makiling is located along the
borders of Laguna and Tayabas.
Beetles eat trees. The bat licks
itself like a cat; after washing up, it flies away.
(To be continued)
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