SIR,

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IF YOU ARE GOING TO EVALUATE A SCHOOL, AND POST YOUR EVALUATION ON THE INTERNET FOR THE WORLD TO SEE, AT LEAST HAVE THE COMMON DECENCY TO DO PROPER RESEARCH AND ONLY STATE ACTUAL RELEVANT FACTS.

PHILIPPINES START IN PRE-KINDER (EQUIVALENT TO KINDERGARTEN IN NORTH AMERICA), AND THEY HAVE 11 GRADES, HOWEVER WITH PRE-KINDER AND KINDER, THEN GRADE 1, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF GRADES AS THE NORTH AMERICAN SCHOOLS, AND IF A STUDENT LEAVES THE PHILIPPINES AND GOES TO US OR CANADA, AND (FOR EXAMPLE) THEY ARE IN GRADE 3, WHEN THEY GET TO NORTH AMERICA THEY ARE PLACED IN GRADE 4 IN NORTH AMERICA. I HAVE INTERVIEWED SEVERAL TEACHERS THAT HAVE DONE EXACTLY THIS, WITH FILIPINO IMMIGRANT CHILDREN, AND THEY COMMENT THAT THE KIDS HAVE NO PROBLEM SLIDING RIGHT INTO THE NEW SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SEVERAL FOREIGN TEACHERS THERE, THEY TEACH IN ENGLISH, AND COMPARED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN AC, WESTFIELDS IS DEFINITELY SUPERIOR. THE CHOICES FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE VERY LIMITED IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND I DOUBT THAT ANY OF THEM MEET THE HIGHER STANDARD THAT MANY FOREIGNERS ARE ACCUSTOMED TO, BUT COMPARED TO THE OTHER AVAILABLE OPTIONS, THEY ARE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN THAT ATTEND THERE, AND I AM QUITE HAPPY WITH THEIR FACILITIES, TEACHERS, AND MANAGEMENT. THEY ARE NOT PERFECT, AND IN A COUNTRY WHERE CORRUPTION IS A WAY OF LIFE, YOU ARE COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A FURST WORLD STANDARD OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL...

FURTHERMORE, I WOULDN'T BE SO HASTY TO CONVICT SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE MIDDLE OF ANY COURT CASE. ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD WHERE THE SLOW CHILDREN ARE JUST FORCED THROUGH THE SYSTEM ANYWAY, I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT THE FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS HAVE ANY REAL SUBSTANCE WORTH SPENDING MONEY ON LAWYERS.

AS FAR AS CHILD-ABUSE GOES, CHILDREN HAD A LOT MORE RESPECT FOR THEIR ELDERS BACK WHEN TEACHERS WERE ALLOWED TO SPANK OR STRAP THE KIDS, I KNOW IT KEPT ME IN LINE.

NOWADAYS THEY CALL ABUSE CALLING A CHILD A "SPOILED ROTTEN BRAT" IN FRONT OF OTHER STUDENTS....

SO EVEN IF CERTAIN TEACHERS DID SPANK A CHILD OR 2, (OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT), THAT IS BEING CLASSIFIED AS CHILD ABUSE, I WOULD SPECULATE THAT THE CHILD DESERVED IT AND THAT IT WAS WAAAAAYYYYYY OVERDUE.

I WOULD GUESS THAT THE ROOT CAUSE OF A TEACHER HAVING TO SPANK A STUDENT, IS BECAUSE SOME SISSY-ASS PARENTS WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPANKING THEIR CHILD AT HOME, TEACHING THEM RIGHT FROM WRONG AND TEACHING THEM TO RESPECT, BEFORE THE CHILD ENTERS A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT... (INSTEAD OF SENDING AN UNCONTROLLABLE, DISRESPECTFUL LITTLE BRAT TO SCHOOL, WHERE HE CAN INTERRUPT AND DISINTEGRATE, THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT MY CHILDREN ARE IN)!

IN MY OPINION, THERE IS A WHOLE BIG LIST OF KIDS THAT NEED THERE ASS WHOOPED, TO TEACH THEM PROPER BEHAVIOR SKILLS AND TO RESPECT ADULTS... I WAS ONE OF THEM, AND I THANK GOD THAT I WAS AROUND ADULTS WHO KNEW I NEEDED IT (WHEN I WAS BEING DISRESPECTFUL AND DISRUPTIVE).... IT TAUGHT ME RESPECT AND SHOWED ME THAT THEIR ARE LIMITATIONS TO THE WAY I SHOULD ACT, IN PUBLIC AND IN SCHOOL.

WITH THAT SAD, IF MY KIDS STEP OUT OF LINE, (WHICH THEY RARELY EVER DO, BECAUSE THEY WERE TRAINED BEFORE SCHOOL), I FULLY SUPPORT MY CHILD'S TEACHERS TO WHACK THEM ON THE BUTT, AND SEND THEM TO THE CORNER (FOR ADDED EMBARRASSMENT), AND THEN, OF COURSE, TALK TO THEM LATER TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY DID WRONG, AND HOW TO AVOID THE EMBARRASSMENT IN THE FUTURE... THAT IS NOT CHILD ABUSE MY FRIEND THAT IS SOLID TRAINING, AND IF YOU THINK ITS CHILD ABUSE, THEN IT FULLY EXPLAINS YOUR RANT, BECAUSE IT WOULD MERELY CONFIRM THAT YOU WERE ONE OF THIS DISRESPECTFUL LITTLE BRATS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SPANKED (AND UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T).

I ALSO WOULDN'T USE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS ONGOING TRIALS (INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY), AS A BASIS TO EVALUATE THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION THAT MY CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING. AND FURTHERMORE, I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T EVALUATE THE EDUCATION MY CHILDREN ARE RECEIVING BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THEIR AIR CONDITIONERS... I MEAN SERIOUSLY???

THE SCHOOL IS NOT FAKE, THAT IS A FACT... IT IS JUST THE 'FILIPINO VERSION' OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE REQUIRED BY THE EDUCATIONAL GOVERNING BODY TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FOREIGN TEACHERS, THAT THEY MUST PROVIDE CONTRACTUAL EVIDENCE OF, BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THEIR YEARLY EDUCATION LICENSE, SO HAVE NO DOUBT, THAT THEY ARE MEETING THE NATIONAL STANDARD.... BELIEVE ME, I CHECKED.

IN CONCLUSION, I FEEL THAT WESTFIELDS DESERVES FAR MORE CREDIT THAN YOU ARE GIVING THEM, AND DOES NOT DESERVE THE DISINFORMATION THAT YOU ARE SPREADING ABOUT THEM ON THE INTERNET, IT JUST SHOWS THAT YOU ARE A SHORT SIGHTED, REACTIVE, AGGRESSIVE INDIVIDUAL, WHO IS TOO LAZY TO EVEN BOTHER TO ACTUALLY DO ANY RESEARCH, BEFORE THEY START RANTING ON INTERNET BLOGS, AS IF YOU ARE "THE GOTO GUY FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION".

MY ADVICE TO YOU, DO YOUR HOMEWORK, BEFORE YOU START BLOGGING, AND DON'T LET WHATEVER PERSONAL NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE, (THAT YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD THERE), INTERFERE WITH TELLING PEOPLE THE GOOD OLD HONEST TRUTH....

JUST MY 2 CENTS... )