ABORTION

“Seeing in a Biblical Perpective”

The Bible clearly reveals the plan of God in creation as well as His plan in redemption. Numerous verses teach us that developing a child is the expression of God’s earthly creation, namely, man, when a woman is pregnant; God Himself is forming a child within her.

Psalm 139:13-14

“For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb.  I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well”.

When does life begin?  This is the question that usually starts the abortion debate.  The Christian consensus is that life begins at “quickening” or conception. It is  a biological fact that when the union of the sperm and the egg occurs, the twenty three chromosomes of each are brought together into one cell, making up forty six chromosomes.  At that moment one cell has the entire DNA (the whole genetic determinant of our height, color of the eyes, and other characteristics), that will if not interrupted, form a human being. The child needs only food and time to grow into a human adult. As early as eighteen days following conception the human heart begins to beat, long before the mother is sure she is pregnant. As six weeks brain waves can be recorded. By the ninth and tenth weeks, the thyroid and adrenals glands begin to function.  The baby can swallow and move the tongue. Even the sex hormones are present. By the twelfth and thirteen weeks the baby has fingernails, sucks the thumbs, and reacts to pain. Perfectly formed fingerprints exists that will distinguish the child as a separate entity for the rest of life.

Such is the fate of many Filipinas today. According to a Guttmacher Institute study in 2006, one out of three women aged 15 to 44 chooses to terminate their pregnancy through abortion.

Abortion is a reality for many women in the Philippines, but many consider it taboo. The Church regards it as a mortal sin.
The government has made it a criminal and punishable offense, with no exceptions even for cases such as fetal malformation and rape. Anyone who is proven to have undergone abortion will spend six months to six years in prison, according to a law directly translated from the Spanish Penal Code of 1870.  Even though there is clear law in abortion many Filipino women take the risk and still do abortion. How could this happen?

First, from the Spiritual standpoint , abortion is  committed by many woman including the millions of young students   because the refuse to  God  or be thankful to Him, causing God to give over  to a depraved mind, letting them fall into lifestyle that few years ago they would have  found horrifying. (Rom: 28). Many young people and adults now boast about what they ought to be ashamed of.

Second, Sociological standpoint, abortion is the fruit of sexual permissiveness- the “playboy” mentality of being lovers of self. The Bible describes one of the darkest days of Israel’s history as the time when “everyone did what was right in his own eyes” (Judges 21:15)

Abortions can leave lasting emotional scars on a woman, especially if they follow a teen pregnancy. Sometimes it is best to help prevent an abortion, but it comes down to personal judgement and convictions. To prevent abortion the first thing we should do is to entrust your life to God. He will give you the faith and courage in facing this pregnancy. Do not make another mistake by aborting the baby it will only worsen your situation. The best thing to do is to face the consequences and our God give us more grace and He surely forgive us. God is Gracious.

The true Heart of the Teacher

Facing diverse classroom

We all know that each person is a unique and differ from each other. Even they are twins they have its differences. Most especially in the classroom set up. Teachers faced with the daunting task of teaching to a class of 40-60 even 70 individual students, each with their own learning styles, interests, abilities, attitudes, and family background. It is a very challenging task how can we facilitate them, give them impact and have effective learning in spite of their differences. . 

One article that I read states that “Diversity makes the classroom more interesting and exciting”. He explains that to make it more appealing to the students, teachers should honor and respect the distinctiveness of each individual. Teacher must create an optimal learning strategy, activity and method for all students. Using a variety of instructional approaches such as lectures, PowerPoint presentations, inquiry-based instruction, hands-on activities/experiments, problem-based learning, and computer aided instruction; it can help learners become more flexible in their learning.Facing and teaching diverse students, teachers need to become culturally responsive to their

students. Teacher self-reflection is an important part of the personal dimension. Honestly examining their attitudes and beliefs about themselves and others, teachers begin to discover why they are? Who they are?  And can confront biases that have influenced their value system. Because teachers’ values impact relationships with students and their families, teachers must reconcile negative feelings towards any cultural, language, or ethnic group. Often teachers are resistant to the notion that their values might reflect prejudices or even racism towards certain groups. When teachers are able to rid themselves of such biases, they help to create an atmosphere of trust and acceptance to students and their families, resulting in greater opportunity for student success. Another way, teacher must know their students.  Knowing your students means you know their family background, their status in life because it help us to understand them deeper. It will take away your prejudices you will know them (why he acts like this/that, why he is always not participative in class). This allows teachers to relate to their students as more than just “bodies” in the classroom but also as social and cultural beings connected to a complex social and cultural network.  Teaching in diverse classroom is not a hindrance to achieve learning. Viewing differences is the “norm” in the society that rejects notions that one group is more competent than another. This entails developing respect for differences, and the willingness to teach from this perspective

Effective teachers are those who build a good relationship to their students, we are not only teachers to them in the classroom but we are their second parents that’s why make an effort visit at home, know their way of life in that little way we can create an impact and a legacy that you are truly concern to them. I know it is very hard for the teacher to do this because of our limited time but make it our mission to them. I am sure that when we do that our students will value what we have done.  One day they will come to us saying “thank you man, thank you sir for the concern I am a professional right now and you are one of my inspiration why I am here.

TO LEARN TODAY IS TO LEAD TOMORROW

 One of the great foundations of Jose Rizal was his excellent education. He was determined to finish education with excellent and highest honor. He regarded his education as a bridge to fulfill his dreams, to help his family and to inspire other Filipinos to study and work hard. Rizal did not waste his time instead he uses every opportunity to prove that Filipinos can excel in everything. Though at first his effort did not noticed by the institution but he double his effort to gain his goal that’s why when he graduated, he received the highest honor in his time and many of his professors acknowledged his brilliant mind. This achievement did make the Filipinos proud, that’s why he challenged every Filipino to do their best, especially the young generation that they are the future of this country.

It is a challenge to us as future educators sometimes or many times we take for granted our schooling, we did not do our very best that’s why we cannot have an impact because we are too negligent in our study. When Rizal has an opportunity to enter college, he used that opportunity to become an instrument of change and create a difference especially in that time Filipinos are mistreated and abased, but his determination brought him to what he is right now and even other people have a high regard to his contribution in our country.

Let’s admit the fact that we are not all intelligent, talented, and skillful like Rizal but it is not an excuse for us to stop our dreams and become a catalyst of change. Though we are not brilliant we should strive and diligently study hard because education is one of the ways we will increase our ability and achieve what we want in our life.

Education will help us to mature not only intellectually but also spiritually, it helps us broaden our understanding and most especially a person of integrity. In our time today the person who has the authority to talk, to teach, to counsel, are the person who has achieve excellent in education, people listen to them, obey their counsels that’s why they can easily build their authority to others.

As a students, what are we doing right now, are we serious in our studies? Are we excelling in our field or we are negligence? Always remember that we are the future of our country what we are doing right now will affect our future and eternity.

WE ARE CALLED TO LEARN TODAY TO LEAD TOMORROW.

NATURE

“A God Given Gifts”

As human being we have the chance to enjoy all that nature has to offer. We can either decide to nurture it to our own benefit or destroy it. If we decide to preserve the environment, or nature for that matter, we make it better for the future generation. On the other hand, if we cut trees and destroy water catchment areas, we are creating problems for future generations.

The nature is the direct representation of the awesome love and power of God to us. A God-given gifts to us

 that’s why we are so blessed to have this kind of beautiful nature. Nature can bring a lot of beauty and truly an intrinsic part of our lives. It affects our moods.  When it is sunny and bright outside, we feel cheerful inside.  When it is cloudy and rainy, we often feel gloomy.  When there is a beautiful and starry night, the moonlight makes us feel romantic. When we wake and see a sunrise, when we walk and feel a breeze, when we gaze at the mountains and the splendor of the seas, and when the stars shine at night, we should be so very thankful to the Lord for giving us all these wonderful and miraculous things.  Learning to become more aware of nature can truly have a good effect on our in the way we look at things and in the way we feel about ourselves. It gives a number of benefits to human, one of them It serves a therapeutic medication for human soul.

In spite of many benefits of people to nature we did not take good care of it. When you go to provinces you can see houses, building and artificial things instead plants, trees. They modernize it and change rice fields, forest to malls and factories. When we continue to cut trees abuse our forestry and oceans the next generation will no longer see the beauty of our nature.  These God – given gifts to human can vanish if we do not take good care.  We must be a good steward of these things, let us conserve water, and preserve it at all cost, so that the next generation will enjoy, appreciate and bte blessed to this God given gift.                                                               

politics Pnoy term extesion

PNOY’S TERM EXTENSION

“A Necessity or Self Interest”

President Benigno Aquino III has said he may try to change the Constitution to limit the power of the “SUPREME COURT because it is a “threat to democracy and serve a second term in office, to ensure that his political reforms will continue a stunning announcement in a nation haunted by dictatorship.

Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in one of his interview “that the president has no direct endorsement for 2016 presidential election and they are considering a term extension for President Aquino and may or may not have an election this 2016” lots of comments had been made to his statement, many concluded that is this a direct pronouncement of the term extension for PNOY.

We all know that President Aquino is one of the best presidents in our country, many people fully trust to his governance because of the economic state of our country, controversies had been exposed because of his leadership but it is not a ground to extend his term to ensure political reforms.

The 1987 Constitution restricts presidents to serving a single term of six years, designed to stop a repeat of Dictator Ferdinand Marcos's 20-years reign that ended in a People Power uprising in 1986.

There are two issues that we have to consider, first he wants to lessen the power of the supreme court  so that he can move and decide freely for our country without considering the supreme court, in analyzing this proposal we can clearly say that it can lead to another dictatorship, because there is no check and balances in the executive branch which happens in the time of Marcos.

Political Analysts Dr. Antonio Contreras said the issue to extend the term of the President and amending the 1987 constitution may divide the nation once more. Contreras believes Pnoy no longer has the support of the majority of the people as seen in the result of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey wherein his approval rating dropped to a lowt 29 percent from 49 in March.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, on the other hand, said Pnoy’s ambition of remaining in office beyond 2016 will definitely court danger and may bring chaos.

We really don’t know the innermost motive of President Aquino why he is pursuing these amendments, pushing these issues will create other big problems in the future. Are these amendments will lead us to “DAANG MATIWID” or it will lead us to DIVISION.

Filipinos in our time today are very wise, watchful and fighters of truth, they will not allow self interest motives in our government. They experienced the hardship of dictatorship, that’s why people will not allow it to happen again. Filipinos are awake that’s why they surely protect this nation to self interest individuals. Do we need another people power to block this unconstitutional  term extension for PNOY.

Latest trend of Yamaha Motorcycle

The futuristic Yamaha PES1 to go on sale in 2016

Yamaha has been testing the concept of futuristic electric motorcycles since last year, with the PES1 model making a debut at the Tokyo Motor Show, and now it seems this bike will be brought to market by 2016. Stating in its 2013 Annual Report, Yahama expressed delight in joining the revolution of electric vehicle technology: "In sports motorcycles, we are working to create new value with EV sports motorcycles, which we aim to launch in the near future, with the development of the small, on-road sports PES1, which is being developed to expand the scope of electric vehicles to the off-road world. "In addition to the advantages of being electrically powered, these motorcycles will offer the operability expected by existing motorcycle fans, together with a new riding experience."

The PES1 concept, which has been tested by Yamaha engineers already, features quick charging swappable battery packs and it is expected with only two years left of production to go, the design of the model is reaching its final stages.

Description of Yamaha PES1 Model

First, the looks: Clearly intended to convey a lightweight vibe, the hollowed-out tank and seat subsection combine with the barely-there wheels to turn the typically “dense” motorcycle aesthetic on its head. The battery is still a lump in the middle.

A double-sided LED headlight with bug screen from the Cylon school of industrial design lights the way forward, LED indicators will likely round out the rest if the PES1 makes it to production. Overall, the bike looks very finished although Yamaha labels it a prototype. By my approximation, the bike seems to be a few mirrors and turn signals away from being road ready, however.

 Front forks are upside-down types with a single front disc grabbed by an R6/R1-type radial twin-piston caliper.  A monoshock linkage system rides under the frame and battery box, which takes the place of a gas engine of course.

Yamaha hasn’t given any specs on battery capacity or motor output, but quick shots of a digital speedo show a top speed of 100 kph, or about 62 mph.

Another interesting clue about the bike, it’s a phone, an NTT Docomo X phablet specifically. We featured a local tech outfit here in Portland that did the same thing with a cyber-retro CB750 and an iPhone. Other manufacturers have also shown phone-as-display tech; we definitely think it’s a coming tech trend since it allows riders to use popular phone features such as GPS and also utilize new Bluetooth-equipped helmets for music, calls and voice-control features. And since the bike probably won’t run without the phone in place, once you walk away with the phone in your pocket, the bike is pretty much secure against hot-wire types of theft. 

Will the PES1 make it to market? It looks close to production, but given designers’ tools such as rapid prototyping, CNC machining and now 3D printing of just about anything, it’s no longer a monumental effort to quickly put a nearly-ready looking prototype together.

If it does make it into production, it’s probably too small for the U.S. market as is, but it could be a hit in crowded Asian metropolises with their soaring fuel costs, tightening emissions and pollution problems.

Motorcycle riders surely awaits this PES1 because it will give them a new experience in driving a electric bike.

 Tongue twister:

Cooky cooked chocolate chip cookies in Cory’s corridor last corny nights for she was her close cousin.

Why Lord?

I know a man who learned he had cancer and was disappointed with God’s ways.  He told, “I can’t understand why God let this happen to me. I served Him faithfully. I’m not nurturing a secret sin; I’ve taken care of my body. I keep my weight under control. I don’t think I deserve this.”

His protest reminds me of those raised by Job almost 40,000 years ago. He hurled out the word “why” a couple of times,  he even listed ways in which he had been a moral, honest, kind, and loving man but God never answered Job’s questions nor did he this query as it came from the lips of a man however God did  something better. He gave the assurance that He knew why.

Sometimes I can answer the question “why” it is always good to search my heart to see if I bear some blame for my pain. I maybe sick because I did not obeyed common sense rules of health. It is also possible that my illness is the result of God’s chastening because of sin in my life. if I know that I lived disobediently I must repent. God may give me healing when I do, however I often cant find specific answers to my why questions, but God does not leave me completely in the dark. He has shown me that even unexplained suffering has a valuable purpose.

Suffering teaches us to rely on God

Suffering enables us to exercise our faith

Suffering brings rewards

We may not know which reason for suffering fits our situation, but God does.

Red blessing Received

As the wind blows, it dances

Swaying left and right

Ignoring desire full glances

Of hungry mouth without fright

Heavily laden arms

Ready to give a full

Only to be harm

Has hurt and treated so cruel

On the mindset of july

Different hues on it you’ll see

Wait until red and try the blessing of this

God- given tree

The Language Teacher

New Trends in Global Issues and English Teaching

Education is a bridge to reach success.  It is also a factor to define who are the people in the society. It is also defining our culture. That’s why educational system are searching, improving and making new trends that will help the teacher and the student to have a purposeful teaching and learning experience in our educational system.

I will focus this new trends in four specific areas where the influence of global education has made itself felt: (1) new thinking about the aims and mission of the English teaching profession; (2) new ideas about the content of English language teaching (ELT); (3) out-reach efforts by ELT associations to global issue speakers and organizations; (4) the formation of global issue interest groups within the English teaching profession.

Rethinking Aims

One key trend in the English teaching profession linked to the growing interest in education is a rethinking of basic educational goals, the "why" of English education. Many people said that TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is just teaching TENOR (Teaching English for No Obvious Reason). Meaning we teach English without purpose. We just teach it because it is in the syllabus. We just teach grammar, literature and communication with the daily routine of classroom, textbooks and test and the English teacher forget the fundamental question, What is his/her purpose in teaching English.

An American educator H. D. Brown (1990), phrases this in terms of the mission of the profession:

What are we doing for the Earth? What are we doing to save it? What are the issues? And what on earth does this have to do with you as an ESL teacher? It has everything to do with you as an ESL teacher. Global, peace and environmental issues intrinsically affect every human being on earth. These issues provide content for your content-based humanized teaching of the 90's. We teachers have a mission, a mission of helping everyone in this world communicate with each other to prevent the global disaster ahead. The 90's are in your hands.

Educators aim fostering a sense of social responsibility in students. This idea came from William Kirby, Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency. What good is it to teach our students to read if they only read degrading pornography? What good is it to teach students to write if they use their knowledge to write racist graffiti? What good is it to teach students arithmetic if they use their skills only to embezzle others?

The implication is this we cannot call our English teaching successful if our students, however fluent, are ignorant of world problems, have no social conscience or use their communication skills for international crime, exploitation, oppression or environmental destruction.

Rethinking of Content

In addition to a rethinking of goals, the "why" of English teaching, the new interest in global issues has also led to a rethinking of content, the "what" of education. This is related to the growing interest of the profession in content-based language teaching (Silver, 1991).

Content-based teaching argues that language is most effectively learned in the context of relevant, meaningful, motivating content which stimulates students to think and learn through the use of the target language.

Content educators stress that language is a means of learning about the world and recommend the use of motivating themes and authentic materials in classroom teaching. But the question, is this content is worth teaching? Does it help to meet the need for more meaningful content and address the lack of educational relevance of English in the school.This view has been voiced, among others, by the British educator Alan Maley (1992):

Global issues are real issues: the spoliation of the rain-forests, the thinning of the ozone layer, acid rain, nuclear waste disposal, exponential population growth, the spread of AIDS, state violence and genocide in Kurdistan, Tibet and Bosnia, ecological disaster compounded by war in Ethiopia and Somalia . . . the list is depressingly long. What has this to do with the teaching of EFL? English language teaching (ELT) has been bedeviled with three perennial problems: the gulf between classroom activities and real life; the separation of ELT from the main stream of educational ideas; the lack of content as its subject matter. By making Global Issues a central core of EFL, these problems would be to some extent resolved. (p. 73)

Global Outreach

In order to bring real world content into the classroom, teachers must step outside the field of English language teaching to access materials and information from outside sources.

The English teaching organization promotes global education through a series of conference workshops which introduce English teachers to experts, resources and ideas from global issue fields. and instructed English teachers on how to integrate global issues into their teaching; for example the "TESOL Day at the Carter Center" (TESOL'93, Atlanta, Georgia) where teachers attended workshops on conflict resolution by peace experts from former President Jimmy Carter's staff; and "TESOL Day at the Rainforest" (TESOL'94, Baltimore) at which English teachers were shown how to integrate ecology themes into their lessons by environmental experts. Similar initiatives have taken place in Japan where experts in areas such as peace education, human rights issues and environmental problems have addressed English teachers at JALT conferences about how best to teach these global issues in their classrooms (Casey, 1994). This outreach can also be seen in the kinds of featured speakers invited to international conferences. JALT's recent 1996 international conference in Hiroshima, for example, featured UNESCO expert Felix Marti speaking on Linguapax, language teaching, and world peace. Featured speakers at other international conferences have included US civil rights leader Andrew Young (TESOL'93), international educator and human rights advocate Mary Hatwood Futrell (TESOL'94), Vietnamese peace activist Le Ly Hayslip (TESOL'95), and cross-cultural expert Milton Bennett speaking on tolerance and intercultural understanding (Korea TESOL'95).

The invitation of international speakers to ELT conferences underscores the commitment of English teaching organizations to link English education to the outside world, raise awareness of global issues, strengthen commitment to socially responsible teaching and remind teachers of the wider social context of their classroom work.

Special Interest Groups

A final trend within the profession is the formation of global issue special interest groups within major international organizations. Its aims were defined as (1) to promote the integration of global issues, global awareness and social responsibility into foreign language teaching; (2) to promote networking and support among educators dealing with global issues in language teaching; and (3) to promote awareness among language teachers of developments in global education and the related fields of environmental education, human rights education, peace education, and development education. Through this aim other organizations around the world. Like Peace and Health Education Interest Group in TESOL Italy (1994), a Global Issues SIG within the Korea TESOL organization (March, 1995), a Global Issues SIG in the UK-based IATEFL association (April, 1995), a Global Education Study Group in the Japan Association of College English Teachers (April, 1996), plus ongoing efforts to establish a Global/Peace Education interest group within the US-based TESOL organization.In organizing these groups has enabled English teachers around the world who are involved with global, peace and environmental education to receive funds, begin projects, issue newsletters, hold workshops, obtain conference time to share their research and teaching experience, and to further promote global education within their organizations. The existence of these groups serves to validate global education as a legitimate goal of English teaching and to highlight the social responsibility of the profession.

Conclusion

The rapid growth of interest in global education within the field of English education over the past decade has helped to stimulate the profession in many ways. It encouraged a reconsideration of the basic aims of English teaching, sparked a debate about the mission of our profession, and promoted a healthy discussion about meaningful content and educational relevance.

It is a challenge to us as future teachers to get out of the box or old way methodology. English teachers must have a broader perspective about the content so that he can easily relate and put ideas, principles into a real life situation. We are facing a very challenging task. This is an eye opener to the next generation English teacher that our task is not an easy task we need to think, to explore and expand our horizon so that we can effectively teach the content purposefully.

Note:

This thoughts came from Kip A. Cates of Tottori University.

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MOVIE REVIEW: "A FEW GOOD MEN"

This film will be a great influence for us, challenges us to live a life of integrity and evaluates what kind of personality, character we have.

A Few Good Men is a 1992 American courtroom drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore, with Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J. T. Walsh, and Kiefer Sutherland in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by Aaron Sorkin from his play of the same name. The film revolves around the court martial of two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyers as they prepare a case to defend their clients.

SUMMARY:

The film centers the court-martial of two U.S. Marines, Lance Corporal Dawson (Wolfgang Bodison),  and Pfc. Louden Downey (James Marshall), who killed a fellow Marine, Pfc. William Santiago (Michael de Lorenzo), at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. Santiago compared unfavorably to his fellow Marines, had poor relations with them, and failed to respect the chain of command in attempts at being transferred to another base. An argument evolves between base commander Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson) and his officers: while Jessup's executive officer, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Markinson (J.T. Walsh), advocates that Santiago be transferred immediately, Col. Jessup pushes not to transfer and orders Santiago's commanding officer, Lieutenant Jonathan Kendrick (Kiefer Sutherland)., to train Pfc. Santiago into a better Marine.

When Dawson and Downey are later arrested for Santiago's murder, naval investigator and lawyer Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway (Demi Moore) suspects that they carried out a "code red" order, a violent extrajudicial punishment. Galloway asks to defend them, but instead the case is given to Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise), an inexperienced and unenthusiastic U.S. Navy lawyer. Kaffee tries to have a plea bargain agreement with the prosecutor Captain Jack Ross but Dawson and Downey refuse to agree. They insist that they were ordered by Lieutenant Kendrick to shave Santiago's head, minutes after Kendrick publicly ordered the platoon not to touch the would-be victim, and did not intend their victim to die.

In the course of the trial, the defense manages to establish the existence of "code red" orders at Guantanamo and that Dawson specifically had learned not to disobey any order, The defense also suffers setbacks when a cross-examination reveals that Private Downey wasn't actually present when he and Dawson supposedly received the "code red" order. Eventually, Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Markinson reveals to Lt. Kaffee that Col. Jessup never intended to transfer Santiago off the base but commits suicide rather than testify in court.

Without Markinson's testimony, Kaffee believes the case lost and closes having come to regret that he fought the case instead of arranging a plea bargain. Galloway, however, convinces Kaffee to call Colonel Jessup as a witness despite the risk of being court-martialled for smearing a high-ranking officer. Jessup initially outsmarts Kaffee's questioning but is frightened when the lawyer points out a contradiction in his testimony; Col. Jessup had stated that he wanted to transfer Santiago off the base for his own safety but if he ordered his men to leave Santiago alone and if Marines always obey orders, Santiago would have been in no danger. Under heavy pressure from Lt. Kaffee and frightened by being caught in one of his own lies, Col. Jessup finally snaps, extols his own importance to national security and ultimately confesses ordering the "code red" in front of the court. As he angrily justifies his actions, Col. Jessup is arrested. Lt. Daniel Kaffee won the case.

Afterwards, Dawson and Downey are cleared of the murder charge but found guilty of "conduct unbecoming a United States Marine" and dishonorably discharged. Dawson accepts the verdict but Downey does not understand what they had done wrong. Dawson explains that they had failed to stand up for those too weak to fight for themselves, like Santiago.

This film challenges me how to stand and handle the truth even though the truth is blurred. The truth always stand for itself we cannot hide the truth forever. That’s why iIt is a reminder to us to live with integrity especially the society we are in. Not all people can fight and stand for the truth because there are few good men who are willing to sacrifice to stand for the truth and for God. I hope you are one of the few good men in this corrupt society.

“BE THE LIGHT and MAKE A DIFFERENCE”