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thecapitol |The Official Publication of MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL | Vol. 8 • No. 1 | August - December 2024 | Oroquieta City • Region X
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Teachers vs Matatag by JEZELLE BOMBIO
EVOLVED LEARNING. Mrs. Aihrolyn Claire Gutierrez teaches students in accordance to the new MATATAG Curriculum. Photo by JESSIE BESIOHAN
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eachers from MONHS have raised concerns about the insufficient time alotted for teaching, with some subjects facing time shortages, extending class times to one hour.
CAMPUS CRISIS Studes demand tighter security, alarm safety concerns by CHRISTIAN ANGELO PASTRANO
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tudents from Misamis Occidental National High School (MONHS) are questioning the effectiveness of the recent security measures, in fear of crimes recurring, believing that the actions taken by the school administration have been inadequate.
Expressing their disappointment, students demand tighter security after MONHS Coordinating Principal Julieto M. Indonto announced at a PTA meeting the implementation of new safety measures: students are now required to wear their school IDs, and a school guard has been stationed at the Annex area to prevent further incidents. On behalf of the students, Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG) President Aldryn Kwek emphasized the need for stricter measures, where he suggested implementing a “Wear Your Uniform” policy to easily identify outsiders. “The school’s cyberspace is already vast. If there are outsiders, they have high chance to easily escape as it’s difficult to identify them due to wearing civillian,” Kwek said, stressing that students should feel safe attending school. Indonto, however, explained that forcing
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students to wear uniforms isn’t feasible due to the importance of student autonomy, especially for those whose families struggle with financial difficulties. ALARMING CRIMES On September 11, 2024, an 18-year-old male intruder was arrested after being spotted entering the Annex building, searching for a specific student due to a misunderstanding, this situation escalated when the intruder was found holding a knife, alarming students. Meanwhile, the intruder was released from police custody after a briefing and ever since his arrest, security guards have reported no further sightings of him or his companions on the MONHS grounds. In a separate incident, while MAPEH teachers were away for the Provincial Meet,
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a bag containing a voice amplifier and other valuables was stolen from the Sports Coach’s office. Students near the creek found some of the stolen items, such as a T-shirt, notebooks, and keys, however, the bag and other items remained missing. After further investigation, the suspect and the remaining missing items were still not yet found, despite that, teachers remained grateful that some of their belonging were retrieved, “We’re thankful to the students from the Annex building who really found our things, at least, there are still some remaining,” they expressed. In addition, wires and appliances were stolen from the supply office, and senior high school teachers reported missing valuables, including earbuds and money.
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Monhs students criticize AI detectors’ bias by ALFEIYA OMANDAM
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The implementation of the MATATAG Curriculum for school year 2024-2025 requires both students and teachers to adjust with the 45-minute class period across all Junior High School levels, making it difficult for them to cope with lessons. Additionally, teachers faced workload struggles from the 45 minutes per subject schedule, stating that the average six classes they’d teach per day usually increase to eight due to the extra 15 minutes. MONHS teacher, Aihrolyn Claire D. Gutierrez, expressed catching up with the time schedule of the new curriculum, “It’s not enough, especially to those teachers travelling distant classrooms. It takes about 5-10 minutes to get to the Main Campus from the Annex building, teaching time would further be shortened and won’t be able to accommodate the full 45 minutes.” The new curriculum has also tightened the schedules of the students and their time answering written works, resulting in them suffering from piled-up activities and increased stress, leading to a sense of pressure. “Makabitin gyud kaayo ang 45 minutes time nga gihatag. Sometimes, we can’t finish discussions in our class, tapos during quizzes, we don’t have enough time to answer which affects our daily discussions and lessons,” Lhord Kian Pialago, a grade 10 student, said. Even after this, MONHS continues to adjust with the MATATAG curriculum through further seminars for Grade 7 teachers to address struggles and challenges before its full implementation to other grade levels in the next school year.
earners raised concerns after discovering while checking their essays that AI detectors were misclassifying their work AI-generated, following findings from a recent Stanford University study.
The students learned from the study that non-native English writing, such Dela Rosa, along with other students, is worried that the system’s biases as TOEFL essays from a Chinese forum, was flagged nearly 98% of the might unfairly target their efforts to improve their English writing. time, while essays from U.S. eighth-graders remained largely accurate. The study reveals that AI detectors rely on a measure called “perplexity,” “Ga-use ko’g AI detector sa essay nako and surprisingly, it says AIwhich gauges the complexity of word choices. Texts with simpler, more generated ang essay nako. Alarming kaayo kay basin mahitabo sa uban common words are flagged more often, putting non-native speakers, like tapos tarong ka nagtrabaho,” said Koleen Dela Rosa, a grade 12 student at those at MONHS, at a disadvantage. With unreliable results, students fear MONHS. the technology could lead to wrongful accusations of cheating.
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