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=The Impacts of Modernization of Generations in Preserving the Filipino Culture and Identity=

Modernization happens when a traditional agrarian society became a modernized based on trade and industry and also due to the rise of different technologies. But it has its positive effects and negative effects on the society especially for the preservation of culture and identity of the people in a certain nation.

According to Manuel L. Quezon's Speech held on August 19, 1938, "The Filipino of today is soft, easy-going. His tendency is towards parasitism. He is uninclined to sustained strenuous effort! He lacks earnestness. Face-saving is the dominant note in the confused symphony of his existence. His sense of righteousness is often dulled by the desire of personal gain. His norm of conduct is generally prompted by expediency rather than by principle. He shows a failing in that superb courage which impels action because it is right, even at the cost of self-sacrifice. His greatest fear is not to do wrong, but of being caught doing wrong. He is frivolous in his view of life. His conception of virtue is many times conventional. He takes his religion lightly. He thinks that lip-service and profession are equivalent to deep and abiding faith. He is inconstant; he lacks perseverance; the first obstacles baffle him, and he easily admits defeat. The patriotism of many Filipinos of today is skin-deep, incapable of inspiring heroic deeds."

We are becoming Modernized because we are following new trends of today. We wanted to have the best and be the best. But as we are indulging with those things, we are burying in the ground our spirits of being a Filipino. We are now forgetting our own culture just to blend with what is "in" nowadays. we are also forgetting to act like what a Filipino used to act. Is really modernization helping or destroying us?

Advantages and Disadvantages of Modernization
Modernization has also good adverse effects on the people and the economy of the country.
 * We discover different kinds of useful technologies that help us in our everyday living
 * We can connect with people all over the world through the internet
 * We discover thing never seen before
 * Through modernization, we are able to blend and cope to the trends the world has set through times
 * We are able to find may ways to make something better
 * Modernization has found many ways to improve the education system of the country
 * Modernization also found ways to help people with regards to health problems

But as modernization takes place, there are things that are much affected by it. Modernization takes part in making the Filipino culture disappear as days went by. As people follow trends and what the world offers, they forgot to be a Filipino. Patriotism is now on extinct. Filipinos lack in love of their country. They patronize what they think is beautiful that doesn't honor our countrymen and our country. Another thing, with the rise of technologies, many Filipinos forget to preserve the values taught to them by their ancestors like pagmamano. Before, people get together as form of past time. Go out for picnic as their social life. But now, people are pampering their selves with online websites. They interact with other people through social networking sites. They gratify their satisfaction by playing online games instead of playing local games.

The Difference of Today's Youth from the Older Generations
According to Gigi Zulita from Zamboanga City: The youth before were conservative and reserved. Today’s youth is strongly influenced by new technology, becoming wild and having low morals.

Due to the rise of technology, youth of today have more access to the world. They have the ability to explore what they wish to know through the Internet. And because of this, the youth's of today forget to act the way they need to act. This give way to the youth of today's generation to be materialistic. As Edgar Artates from Parañaque City stated that "Today’s youth tend to value material things more. They are quick to demand freedom and their human rights, while the older generation centered more on moral values, good manners and respect for others."

Philippines ' Traditions And Icons that are Disappearing Soon
According to FilipiKnow, there are 9 Icons and traditions that may disappear soon:
 * 1) Traditional Courtship - Panliligaw is nearly to extinction. Before, a boy should court the family of the girl before he could court the girl personally, but now, some boys, court through texts, chats, video calls and more by using different kinds of social net working sites.
 * 2) Traditional Games - It is sad to know that children find more entertainment in playing games online rather than playing traditional games to bond with other friends.
 * 3) Pagmamano - Pagmamano is the way of the young to show their respects to the elders by kissing the hands of the elders.
 * 4) Calesa - Calesa is also known as horse - drawn carriage. Most calesas can now only be found in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.
 * 5) Jeepney Art
 * 6) Filipino tribes and their culture - they are much affected by modernzation because some tribes are now getting extinct. Some of them move or migrate to the cities to find bigger opportunities and the thought of easier life.
 * 7) Spirituality
 * 8) Pan De Sal
 * 9) Endemic Wildlife - due to rise of infrastructures, the habitats of many animals are destroyed. Some people tries to kill animals for their skin, used for clothing and accessories.

Reflection
"To insure the accomplishment of this task of national spiritual reconstruction, we shall formulate and adopt a social code—a code of ethics and personal conduct—a written Bushido—that can be explained in the schools, preached from the pulpits, and taught in the streets and plazas, and in the remotest corners of our land. We shall indoctrinate every man, woman, and child in its precepts. By every means and power at my command, I shall strive to enforce its principles and to require that they be so universally and constantly observed, that our children may breathe it in the air and feel it in their very flesh. Every Filipino is a part and an objective of this great national movement, the success of which depends upon his own success in building up his character and developing his faculties.

This undertaking—the regeneration of the Filipino—constitutes the paramount interest of my administration. My most cherished ambition is to see it realized. It is the greatest prize that I can crave for my life. I call upon all the teachers, the ministers of every faith, the political and social leaders, and particularly upon you the young men and young women to be at the vanguard of this crusade.

Every official of the Government will have to cooperate, and ignorance of, or failure to live up to, the rules of conduct established, will be a bar to public office. There will be some superficial men, self-appointed guardians of democracy, who would brand this movement as the first step towards totalitarianism. Let us not heed them. It is the concern of democracy to raise the character of the people to the highest peak, for democracy itself can only survive and be effective to promote the common welfare, if the people are intelligent, virtuous, and efficient. We have attained our freedom, but our spirit is still bound by the shackles forged from the frailties of our nature. We owe it to ourselves and our posterity to strike them down."

- Manuel L. Quezon

Let us try our very best to regenerate the once lost values of the Filipinos. Let us be us once again. Let us try not to forget the things that we are used to. It is said that A Filipino Will Always Be A Filipino. It runs in our blood. Don't ignore it. Remember these words of wisdom, "' CONSERVE WHAT WE HAVE AND PRESERVE WHAT WE STILL HAVE'"