Campus Press
When educators befuddle with their English

English Plain and Simple (2214th of a series)

MY son Eduardo, who was then in third year high, got befuddled one day by a source material he wanted to use for his school report on Philippine culture. He had chanced upon it on the op-ed page of one of the leading newspapers.

'Dad, I found a very impressive report on the effect of culture on globalization,' he said. 'The only problem is that I can't seem to understand what it's saying. Can you help me? Listen: