• Mary Joy P. Alvarez

  Author

The only constant is change! Indeed, every individual of the world remains inevitable to
change in any happenings to all walks of life. Thus, humans as we are gradually adjusted and
adapt to change either resulted to negative or positive outcomes. Perhaps could either make or
break an individual.
In our country, the Philippines, one of these remarkable changes that reflect our Filipino
values or morality was the degrading status in the spirit of our nationalism. Throughout the 20th
century, our views of life have drastically changed. In our country nationalism was developed
because of a long period of colonization, colonial rules and oppression. When liberalization
imbibe and learned by our heroes was brought to the Philippines, awareness for democratic
living, freedom and the love of country and fellow Filipinos were given emphasis and was
inculcated on the minds of everyone that freedom and independence must be given importance,
preserve and be taught to children and to the next generation.
It is stated on the core values of the DepEd curriculum that Filipino children must be
equipped of nationalism (Maka-Bansa). Nationalism is the attitude that a member of a nation has
when they care about their national identity and their actions when seeking to achieve or sustain
national unity and independence (Miscevic, 2005). Every Filipino must know the value of the
independence and the love to our country. Lukban (2015) quoted Abueva (1990), that one must
have the idea of its past, as seen through its history, the lives of its heroes, its painting and
culture, dance, literature, history, drama and music. One way a citizen of our country can show
his or her patriotism and nationalism is to know the Patriotic Oath, recite it and live with what
was stated in it.

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