UCSP Case Study
UCSP Case Study
INTRODUCTION
The widespread practice of Filipino Time has caused various effects to our society
and towards our reputation as Filipino. Thus, this study was conducted to be
Students. The result of this study will serve as a mode of enlightening students on
the risks and disadvantages Filipino Time can inflict on ones academic performance
School Administration. The result of this study will serve as an input to school
Community. Through the findings of this study, the community as a whole will be
informed of the negative effects Filipino Time inflicts towards our productivity and to
our character as a Filipino. This will open up to the possibility of abolishing this
Future Researchers. The future researches may use the findings of this study to
Filipino time has been a norm and part of the Filipino culture for years and has
been passed down from generation to generation. Every Filipino has the tendency of
Students in academes are one of the best examples of the Filipino society that
likely practices this habit. Hence, this study seeks to answer the following objectives:
1. To describe how senior high school students manage their time to the practice of
Filipino Time ;
3. To determine how the wrong time management affects the students academic and
personal life.
This study will focus on how Filipino Time affects senior high school students
academic and personal life. This will discuss how students manage their time to the
practice of Filipino Time that will explain why Filipinos maintained this kind of
habit for generations provided with the background and history of Filipino Time.
Through this, it will further explain the origin and character of this negative habit.
II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Filipino Time is the coined term for the embarrassing affliction of tardiness among
Filipinos Amazona (2010). It is one of the stomata of the Filipino culture where most
Filipinos tend to practice being late or to start late in any forms of events and gathering may
it be formal or informal. Many Filipinos accepted and practiced it so much that it has already
been a norm in the Filipino culture. It is also considered as a contagious habit where
situation shows how. Lets say a head of an organization needs to meet with some of his
members regularly at 1:20 pm every Tuesday. Since the head does not want his time wasted,
he would rather let his members get to the meeting place first and wait for him. Over time,
his members know he usually comes late, so they have no reason to be punctual either. As
such, instead of meeting at 1:20 pm every day, they usually start their meetings at 1:30 pm
already, because everyone has gotten used to being late. In a blog titled Filipino Time: For
Always by Mico Amazona, it is mind boggling how the general population of a certain nation
can be chronically late and yet, it has been tried and tested to be true up to this day.
However most Filipinos do not realize how crippling on their productivity Filipino time
can be and how it says a lot on the character of Filipinos. According to Brian Tan of
HangTime, with the deep-rootedness of tardiness in Philippine culture and literature, Filipino
time will always be a glaring facet of Filipino culture, and its strong network effects speaks
This kind of practice takes us back hundreds of years ago back during the Spanish
colonization period. In a blog in retiredinsamar.com, whenever there are social events and
parties, there was a need to distinguish between the SENIORs and SENORITAs time and
the Filipino Indios (or Second Citizen) time. Filipinos were required to come at a later time
during events hosted by the Spaniards, where the Spanish conquistadores and mestizos,
would all have been properly hosted and seated. The late arrival would allow for the Filipino
guests to self-effacingly say they had already eaten. They would then assimilate on the sides
of the party where they would socialize quietly and make their own connections for business
and politics. They would provide applause and dance as directed by party organizers. They
were also often used as after dinner entertainers to their colonizers. As this became carried
through time, it became tradition and culture and it was possible because of a total of 300
years of colonization. Jose Rizal also mentioned in his novels titled Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo how Spanish people gave importance in their position by arriving late in any
occasion. One good example is the Gobernador heneral who always arrives late in any event.
However, De Viana said that the negative connotation of Filipino Time has never been a
part of the nations culture. She said that this concept started during the Spanish colonization
in the Philippines wherein they often have their banquet and Spanish people always arrive
late in the reception. Because of this, filipinos always believed that the one who arrives late,
is the one whos worth the wait. During the American colonial period, they noticed that
Filipinos always arrive late and thats when they started calling it Filipino time meaning,
they give more importance to theirself than in time and in the people who wait for them.
Today, Filipino time thrives as a norm in the Filipino culture. It causes inconvenience
different aspects of the society. In an article by Excelsis Angel Ilagan titled Redefining
Filipino Time, the horrible Manila traffic and public transportation system is one of the
worse effects of the continuous practice of this habit. The lack of ability to discipline oneself
will always be a brand of the Filipino culture. As such, Filipino Time has transcended being a
mere habit of Filipinos. Instead, its become a form of branding of our people, our companies,
Research Design
This study is a descriptive study. It describes the observable facts on the negative effects
of practicing Filipino Time. The variables to be described in this study are the respondents
perception on the practice of Filipino time as perceived by the senior high school students of
Visayas State University.
This study was conducted in Visayas State University, ViSCA, Baybay City, Leyte
The respondents of this study are the Senior High School students of Visayas State
University. Grade 11 HUMSS and Grade 12 TVL-CAP students were chosen randomly as
respondents. In order to gather the data for the study, there were 10 randomly selected
students in each grade level to answer the questionnaire.
Research Instrument
The research instruments employed to collect data for this study were questionnaires and
one on one interview. The questionnaires were both delivered to the Grade 11 and 12
students. The questionnaire consisted of 7 closed questions containing some situational and
self- explanatory questions. One on one interview was also conducted on a Grade 11 and 12
students that were randomly selected to provide a more in depth data.
This study used the random sampling method specifically by adopting the fishbowl method.
Content Analysis
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The data gathered from the survey questionnaires shows that majority of the senior high
school students frequently practice Filipino Time. Based from the data, most of the senior high
school students prefer attending a particular event, activity or gatherings in about 30 minutes or
an hour late than the original indicated time. The gathered data also shows that most senior high
school students practice this habit simply because of the number of people or students that also
practice it. With a large number of people dwelling on this practice, it would seem more normal
Responses from the respondents showed that the practice of Filipino Time seems to be a
regular or a normal custom in the Filipino culture. Most senior high school students explained
that they would purposely attend an event or a gathering late for they know that the other people
or visitors involved would probably arrive late too. Another reason of the respondents is that they
do not want to arrive too early for they do not want to waste their time waiting for the other
visitors knowing they would also come late, thus, practicing Filipino time is observed.
In the school setting, Filipino time is also practiced by the majority. The data shows that
most of the senior high school respondents practice the habit in school. It can be observed mostly
in class attendance where some students tend to arrive late in their respective classes.
From the interview conducted on a grade 12 Senior high school, the tendency where a
student can attend his/her classes late is possible. This is because of some cases where instructors
or teachers also attend their classes late. As a manifestation, students would also arrive minutes
late than the original indicated time to avoid waiting too long for their instructor which leads to
lesser allotted time for the class discussion and activities that cripples the productivity of both
Time Management of Senior High School Students to the Practice of Filipino Time
Senior High School students have various ways in managing their time. But because of
the presence of Filipino Time in our culture, the time management of senior high school students
In a case discussed by the interviewees about Filipino time in the school setting, some
students purposely practices Filipino time depending on their class subjects. As explained by the
respondents, some senior high school students attend their class subjects late depending on how
important the subject is. Students consider if it is a major or a minor subject. They tend to arrive
earlier or exactly at the indicated time provided that it is a major subject to avoid missing any
From the interviewees data, the personality displayed of some instructors or teachers
towards the class also correlates on how senior high school students manage their time. Lenient
instructors/teachers are most likely the ones who tolerate Filipino Time. Students who are tardy
consider this as an advantage since toleration of being late is observed. But on strict and time
conscious educators, Filipino time is less likely to be observed on the majority that is caused by