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Philippines: School kindles OFW kids? knack for life
by RUBY ANNE R. PASCUA
www.ofwjournalism.net
MANILA ? IN THIS school, students are allowed to stare across the window to daydream during classes.
That?s how some students like Cathyrine Tamayo and Ginesa Patalinhog get their motivation to stay out of the streets and stay in this school called Erda Tech.
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