Articles Archive for July 2005


Christopher Nolan's 'Batman Begins'

July 22, 2005

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I wasn’t sure I would enjoy it. There’s been so much hype that my expectations had gone so high. Yet, from previous Batman experiences, I knew that chances were I’d just get another one of those made-for-movie cartoon kind of thing complete with caricatures for Batman’s enemies.

I was so glad to be proved wrong. Batman [...]

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Connie Veneracion


12 year elementary and high school program?

July 6, 2005

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Bad idea. My column in The Manila Standard.

UPDATE on July 12, 2005 at 1.36 p.m.

Here’s the full text of the column.

When I first read about DepEd Secretary Florencio Abad’s proposal to extend the 10-year elementary and high school programs to twelve years, I shook my head in disbelief. My first thought was What an utterly [...]

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Connie Veneracion