THE background of this questionnaire has already been given in a previous column (July 1, 2009). So, I will prescind from it.

The respondents from Sta. Ana National High School (Sta. Ana Town) are made up of the following groups: I-Sampaguita (27 students), II-St. Augustne (22), III-Diamond (22), and IV-Venus (25). That makes a total of 96.

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They come from Sta. Ana and Mexico. The former identified their residences as the following barangays, respectively: San Roque (28 students), San Agustin (24), Sta. Rosa (15), San Pablo (12), San Joaquin (4), and San Pedro (1). Those from Mexico resided in Barangay San Patricio (12). The dates they answered the questionnaire were January 22, 23, 28, 29, 2009.

The multiple-choice questions that were asked were these:

1. Ang kabutihang asal ay unang natututuhan at nabubuo:
a. sa tahanan, b. sa paaralan, c. sa simbahan

2. Ang pinka-ugat ng ugali na mahirap nang palitan ay:
a. ang tahanan, b. ang paaralan, c. ang simbahan.

3. Ang gusto ko na higit na igalang ng mga tao sa akin ay:
a. ang aking damdamin, b. ang aking pananampalataya, c. ang aking opinion.

4. Ang pinka-kailangan sa mabuting pagsasamahan ay ang:
a. unawain ang damdamin ng iba, b. unawain ang pananampalataya ng iba, c. unawain ang opinion ng iba.

5. Sa tatlong ito, ang pinakamahalaga sa akin ay ang pagiging:
a. makatao, b. makabayan, c. makasimbahan.

The students responded as follows:

1. a. tahanan (91 students), b. paaralan (2), c. simbahan (3).
2. a. tahanan (68), b. paaralan (8), c. simbahan (19),
3. a. damdamin (63), b. pananampalatay (25), c. opinion (8).
4. a. damdamin (83), b. pananampalataya (3), c. opinion (10).
5. a. makatao (74), b. makabayan (5), c. makasimbahan (17).

Analysis

1. Of the 96 respondents, 94.79 percent believe that good attitude and behavior is first learned and formed at home. The rest mention the school (2.08 percent) and the church (3.13 percent).

2. Of the 95 respondents, 71.58 percent believe that the root of attitude and behavior which is hard to change is the home. The rest mention the school (8 percent) and the church (19 percent).

3. Of the 96 respondents, 65.63 percent say that, more than anything else, what they want people to respect in them are their feelings. The rest say it is their faith (26.04 percent) or their opinion (8.33 percent).

4. Of the 96 respondents, 86.46 percent believe that the key to harmonious relationship is to understand the feelings of others. The rest mention faith (3.13 percent) and opinion (10.42 percent).

5. Of the 96 respondents, 77.1 percent say that respecting human persons as human persons is more important than the other two choices. The rest consider loyalty to one's country (5.21 percent) or loyalty to one's church (17.71 percent) as the most important.

Conclusion

The majority of the respondents believe that good attitude and behavior comes from the family (the apu, the nunu), and not from church and religion (not from the "among"). See their answers to 1 and 2.

The majority also believes that feelings (and emotions) are more important than thoughts or ideas. The affective is more important than the cognitive. See their answers to 3 and 4.

Remember that the concepts of "ne" and "rugu" are about feelings and emotions. See SSP October 01, 2009. Finally, the majority gives higher value to what is natural (human nature, apu, nunu) than to what is "artificial" (in the sense of added), that is, politics and religion: gobernador, among.