Why choose HUMSS FEBRUARY 26, 2017 / ALIENTAE
When we reach Senior High School, we must choose what strand we would be in, right? It’s either you choose choose academic or vocational. If you choose academics, academics, you are left with several strands including GAS,STEM,ABM and HUMSS. Out of all these 4, why would you rather choose HUMSS? If you are into humans and you want to improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills you have the right to choose HUMSS as your strand. Because as you haven’t noticed yet, people who choose this strand are aspiring to become members of the society who will be dealing de aling with a lot of people. It’s either you want to be a teacher, psychologist, lawyer or etc. This subject focuses more on language and speech but it also involves Mathematics and Science but they are not too difficult since they do not belong on the specialization subjects. Now, if you are thinking of choosing choosing HUMSS or not, it’s it’s up to you and if you think think this subject is easier than the rest, then you’re wrong. Like any other strand, this strand will not be as difficult as it seems if you have passion and happiness for this kind of subject and for the people around you.
WHAT WHA T HUMSS HUM SS I S ALL ABOUT September 13, 2016
There is so much more more than learning about people in taking up Humanities and Social Sciences. Sciences. As you may already know, kno w, the Senior High School Program offers four major tracks: Academic, Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL), Sports, and Arts & Design. The Academic track offers four strands: [a] Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM); [b] Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS); [c] Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); and [d] General Academic Strand (GAS). And since this blog is dedicated to informing students about the HUMSS strand, discussing further the other strands will not be necessary.
The HUMSS strand revolves around improving a student’s reading, writing, and speaking skills because if you haven’t noticed yet, people who choose this strand are aspiring to become members of the society who will be be dealing with a lot of people. (e.g teacher, psychologist, lawyer, etc.) Honing these skills are crucial for them to establish effective communication with people when they are working. For these reasons, half of the subjects involved in this strand focus on Language and Speech. While Mathematics and Science are still included in their daily schedules, they are not too difficult since they do not belong to the specialization subjects of the said strand. Now, if you’re thinking choosing the HUMSS strand is probably the easiest way to survive Senior High School, allow me to explain why you’re wrong. As stated above, the strand focuses on Language and Speech, which means two things: [a] yes, you won’t be dealing with way too many numbers; but [b] in turn, you will be dealing with tons of hand-outs and readings on various subjects. Like any other strand, the HUMSS strand will only seem difficult if you take it up despite the fact that your passion and happiness come from something else. But if your passion lies in learning more about people and how to deal with them effectively, then this just might be the right strand for you.
What is HUMSS? There is so much more than learning about people in taking up Humanities and Social Sciences. HUMSS stands for Humanities and Social Sciences. It is one of the strands offered to Senior High students. This strand is for learners who aim to take up journalism, communication arts, liberal arts, education, and other social science-related courses in college. As you may already know, the Senior High School Program offers four major tracks: Academic, Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL), Sports, and Arts & Design. The Academic track offers four strands: [a] Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM); [b] Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS); [c] Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM); and [d] General Academic Strand (GAS). And since this blog is dedicated to informing students about the HUMSS strand, discussing further the other strands will not be necessary.
The HUMSS strand revolves around improving a student’s reading, writing, and speaking skills because if you haven’t noticed yet, people who choose this strand are aspiring to become members of the society who will be be dealing with a lot of people. (e.g teacher, psychologist, lawyer, etc.) Honing these skills are crucial for them to establish effective communication with people when they are working. For these reasons, half of the subjects involved in this strand focus on Language and Speech. While Mathematics and Science are still included in their daily schedules, they are not too difficult since they do not belong to the specialization subjects of the said strand.
9 Reasons why HUMSS is the Worst Strand The HUMSS strand is frequently viewed as the easiest academic strand since the specialized subjects we take seems to be easy. However, not having any Math or Science subjects does not automatically mean that it's easy. As a student of the HUMSS strand, being told as "HUMSS ka lang" is really annoying because trust me our strand is not a piece of cake like what you're thinking.
Allow me to ironically enumerate reasons why HUMSS is the best strand.
1. We write A LOT Essay there, essay here, essay everywhere! Our writing skill needs to be in shipshape to meet the standards or rubric of the teacher. By writing a bunch of essays, we improve both our grammar and reasoning.
That is why concept papers to us are just a piece of cake. (just kidding) 2. Reading is our worst enemy
Writing cannot go without the unending readings that we are required to read for a certain reaction paper or performance task. This may sound pretty bad but if you looked it at the brighter side, you are being trained by your teachers for the heavier workloads in college. You will also learn to appreciate the beauty of reading journal articles, like what Peter Manicas wrote entitled The Social Science Disciplines: The American Model. It explains how the different social science disciplines reflects the social world. 3. We already know the horrible truth about the problems in the society (too bad)
Every discipline in the Social Science makes us socially aware in different aspects. For example, Political Science teaches us about the different branches of the government and the different ideologies. Pol Sci also requires us to be familiar and updated with the current conditions of the government. 4. THERE ARE SO MANY TERMS (literally)
From names, to dates, and to concepts; HUMSS got it all for you. It may be difficult to remember all these terms all together, but learning and understanding them is what keeps me interested in the subject. It is cool how these terms and names show up not only in the field of Social Science but also in Science or Math. Like in Anthropology, specifically Physical Anthropology, we learned about Charles Darwin who was also mentioned in our Science classes.
5. We can travel back time⏤ well not literally. History may seem to be the most boring subject, but trust me it ain't. Learning about the things that happened in the past is really interesting, well for me at least. Studying the past makes us appreciative of what we have in the present #hugot. 6. When you thought you've dodged math, well think again. Some of the HUMSS students chose this strand because of the fact that there is no additional Math subject, unlike STEM or ABM. Economics is here to ruin that assumption! Actually not really, we only learn about the fundamentals of Econ and not the computation side of it in HUMSS. However if you want to pursue Econ someday, be prepared for the Math.
7. Researching is INEVITABLE Since we need to write a lot of essays and I already mentioned that we read a lot, those two facts implies that we HUMSS students are required to do research intensively. Journal articles are becoming our new bffs and google scholar is bæ. Tiring as it may seem, but I know it's just a way for prepping us for more research in the near future. (and my researching skills are getting better and better by the minute) 8. It's really tiring to be time travelers and teleporters at the same time (LOL)
History may turn us back in time, but Archaeology and Geology takes us onto an unending journey. Being able to learn about different cultures without even interacting with them personally is really fascinating. We get to understand their different beliefs and traditions, which for me is the best part of it.
9. The last and probably my favorite reason of all: we know your deepest secrets (i'm exaggerating, relax) The principles of Sociology and Psychology equips us HUMSS students with the capabilities of seeing people through different lenses. The theories that we learn makes us understand each and everyone better. Like the Rational Choice Theory, that tells us that people choose those that will benefit them the most. This reason is my favorite since Psychology is the field I am most inclined to, that is why learning all of these theories gets me all excited to learn more. HUMSS may seem the easiest, but you can trust me that it is the most interesting among the academic strands (not bragging). I am hoping that after reading my article, that "HUMSS ka lang" will transform into "Wow! HUMSS ka?"
