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CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE EXCERPT OF MANUEL L. QUEZON

"National strenght can only be built on character." This is what Manuel L.Quezon states on his excerpt.The filipinos today are soft easy going.The filipinos today and on the past have big differences especially to their cultures. Nowadays filipinos are disrespectful to their elders. When talking to cultures we have a very big gap that separates us from our ancestors. An example would be saying good morning, good afternoon ,and good evening to the person they meet. The Philippines can only be a great country when each indivudual living in this world will respect and give importance to the cultures that our dear and sisters left behind. The difference between our culture doesn't matter as long as we cooperate and help each other.Now we can see that those cultures is starting to fade away because some of us forget it. Not knowing that their cultures has great contribution for the progress of our country.Without our past we are not what we are now .We change for the  worst not for the better. Before, filipinos help each other without expecting anything in return. But today, the only help people that they think can also help them or they can benefit from them. Filipnos are religous before that they go to church every sunday or two to three times a week. Now ,they only go to church when they have new in them. There are so many traditional filipino games. Children go out side their houses to play with their neighbors children. But now ,because of technology these games has been slowly fading. Children at a very young age know how to use thesetechnologies. They prefer to stay inside their own houses and play using their gadgets instead of playing outside with other children. If weare to preserve our culture we must continue to create it and live with it. Inorder for our nation to progress.