The country has an extremely undisciplined population that has a complete lack of respect for any law, rule or common courtesy to others. It appears someone is trying to break them of that. There are going to be some growing pains that come with it. If this is the route they want to take (which I don't personally like, I prefer personal freedom over a nanny state that tells you how to act) they are going to have to be extremely strict on the rules and dish out harsh punishments to break Filipinos of their bad social habits. The only Asian countries I have been to that resemble anything to western standards are ones that have extremely strict, almost authoritarian, enforcement of the rules (Example: Singapore's $5,000 fine for smoking outside of a smoking area). Asians have a very different culture and way of looking at authority. I'm not really sure why that is, maybe because their governments have done very little to actually help those that need it most and are extremely corrupt...but it seems to persist all throughout Asia (minus a few examples where they have actively fought against that mentality).

I personally think educating through the school system while they are young will produce far better and quicker results. But maybe they are doing that...I have no idea what is being taught in the schools. Either way, you still have to try to teach those that are used to the old ways. Then, when the older generation dies off you will be left with a generation that doesn't need to be told as much to stop being such huge assh*les. What worries me is that once that younger generation takes over, will the government want to give up that control they have become used to. I believe history would say "probably not" and that authoritarian government will need to be replaced.

 

I have seen that as well but that doesn't say much for actual classroom instruction. It is absolute chaos before and after school, but you would have to be there all day every day during class to see what is actually being taught.

 

And most being taught is complete nonsense at all levels. Bring on the dancing and singing crap as this is far more important and also the many holidays and teachers days off.

 

A reasonable company in a reasonable country would install a waiting area or benches outside for their customers to wait for their transportation to pick them up if they didn't want people to sit down in certain areas. It's not just the undisciplined population that needs to learn, it's the undisciplined business owners and government as well.