How To Be A Good Filipino

Now that you know that your traits and values are important indicators of being
a Filipino. The problem now is how to truly become one and how you can be useful
to the development and progress of our country. The following are a few ways on
how to be a good Filipino:
1. Be an active Filipino citizen.
A good Filipino citizen is aware of the current events and participates in the
government programs that aim for the country’s progression and development. By
simply exercising your right to vote, you also become an active citizen. When it
comes to voting, the rich and the poor have equal voting rights - every Filipino citizen
of legal age have a chance in choosing the right leaders for the Philippines who are
genuine in helping and caring for the Filipino people.

2. Study the Philippine history.

The road of the Philippine history is long and bloody, and by learning and fully
understanding the events of the Philippines history, you will learn so much as to why
it is so important for you to love your country with your life, extend help to your
fellow Filipinos in need, and recognize abuse of the political power.

3. Support local products.

When you buy local products, you do not only support local manufacturers and
businessmen, but you also help strengthen the local economy. How is this so? There
will be more demand of local products, thus, local businesses will be in need for
more employees, which will open new job opportunities. The business owners will
also invest within the country and are less likely to leave. Supporting our local
products also displays our creativity, innovativeness, and resourcefulness.

4. Speak the Filipino language.

The history of the Filipino language was long and hard as the Philippine history. Jose
Rizal higlighted the importance of speaking a national language as a way of
displaying the love for one’s country. Speaking Filipino also serves as a unique
identifier of being a Filipino. It has been a decade-long debate whether to use
Filipino as the instructional language in school and to translate textbooks into
Filipino, however, this is still not strictly imposed.

5. Do not spread fake news and be democratic in engaging with dissent.

This period in the history of the Philippines has seen how the internet has spawned
tons of possibilities for people, both good and bad. For instance, it is easier for
Filipinos working abroad to communicate with their loved ones left in the Philippines
through the internet. Despite this, the internet has also made the spread of fake
news very common. Likewise, the internet has also made us engage in the intense
arguments with the people across the globe about our political positions, for
example. It is a part of being a good Filipino to understand and verify what you read
online, especially in social media, before actually believing in it and spreading it like a
wildfire. It is also the responsibility of every Filipino to recognize disagreement in
political views, be tolerant, and argue intelligently without having to resort into
name-calling people.