PY 100 Finals BS Bio/Chem &B SA 1-26

PY 100 Finals
Class of Justin V. Nicolas
Case Study: Esteban
Esteban was a timid student. He would smile when you greet him but he does not talk readily to anyone. He wears thick glasses and talks in a quite funny manner. He was, what most of the young people would call a nerd-looking guy. He used to study in the seminary but decided to transfer to Manila because he thought he lacked confidence. Yet, he applied for admission in UP Diliman and chose to take up Social Work. Probably, he thought that it was the next best thing to having a vocation as clergy.
In UP, Esteban’s classmates laughed at him at times because he looks weird (according to the students). He would always be isolated from his classmates except for Francis who tried to befriend him. Francis talked to him and became his group mate for most of the class projects. Esteban had difficulty expressing himself. He talks very softly and sometimes becomes incoherent. He then thought that the reason why he cannot express himself was his inadequacy in speaking English. Francis learned that Esteban wanted to take up English as a course to enhance his communication skills, but when he entered UP, he was advised to take up Social Work.
One time, Francis and Esteban reported a topic in class. When asked by his professor, Esteban was not able to answer well. Esteban felt very bad. Even if he forced himself to smile, Francis saw the frustration on Esteban’s countenance. Even Esteban’s professors found him to be not responding well to the requirements of the course. Francis would often catch Esteban in deep thought, but when he tried to talk to him, Esteban will again smile.
One day, Esteban told Francis that he wanted to find work. He wanted to earn money to buy a small television. He wanted to buy a television set so that he can watch English films and learn how to speak better English by listening to the way they speak. Later, Esteban dropped out school to pursue overcoming his weakness in communication. He said that he will just return if he had already enough savings.
Questions:
Describe the personality of Esteban. What theories of personality best fits Esteban’s situation?
Describe the personality of Francis. Which theory of personality can be used to explain his personality?
Do you think Esteban was maladjusted? Was there something wrong with him? Or his mind? Why did he want to shift to A.B. English? Do you agree with his decision? Why is he so focused on wanting to purchase a television? Is there a mental disorder related to Estaban’s condition? Explain
Using Sikolohiyang Pilipino, what values does Esteban exhibit in his pursuit to learn English?
Describe they way Francis applied “pakikipagkapwa” in order to help Esteban adjust to life in the university.

Tatay Almario: Sinner or Saint?
(Please use case only if with permission.)
Tatay Almario owned a house in Marikina. He also had a seven door apartment, but inside his house, he allowed street people to sleep for a fee of fifty pesos (P50). The people who sleep in Tatay Almario’s house were call boys, prostitutes, snatchers, pick pockets and drug users. There was a time when the place was hit by an epidemic where individuals mysteriously started dying. Most probably it was because of sharing needles and casual sex. For a while, the place became quiet but in the mid 1990’s, Tatay Almario opened his place again to street people like Maria from the previous cases.
Taty Almario was a sales man. He was intelligent and had business acumen. He would easily learn any craft such as making shoes. He bought himself a few shoe molding apparatus and made shoes which he marketed to the sisters in the convent. He often visited a priest near in a university in Quezon City. He travelled to different parts of the country to market his goods. Life was promising for him. He had a wife who later on did not work because of weak lungs. He had a daughter and two sons. His daughter Marlene lives in one of his apartments. His two son, both called “Boy.” Tatay Almarion’s life was shattered when one day, a boy showed up by their doorstep claiming to be his son. It was a shock to his family. Tatay Almario had a breakdown and started walking naked in the streets. He was picked up by the barangay people and was brought to the mental institute.
IN the mental Institute, it was discovered that Tatay Almario was schizophrenic. He would hear voices and claim that a spirit came don on him and was possessed by St. Joseph. He claimed to have a mission that is why he invites the street people to enter his house and stay there for the night. Later on, his children started using drugs. Then, taty Almario started using drugs too and allowed his wife to take drugs in order to be healed from her illness. Sometime, Mang Almario would claim to be Jesus Christ and that he has a mission to save the world. He works in tandem with Maria. Maria was in search for that Savoir who will remove them from the streets. Tatay Almario claims that it was Francis who is the pillar that will bring change to their lives.
The first ime Taty Almario and Francis met, Tatay Almario stretched out his arms and welcomed Francis as a son. He considered him as to be the one who will guide the angels in his house and bring light to the misguided souls roaming their place. Tatay Almario treated Francis as his own son because he reminds him of himself when he was young. Tatay Almario would discuss plans with Francis on how to change the world and how to save the street people from misery, to have a new life and new bliss.
Francis continued to go to the place to get to know the street people. The people in the community thought Francis was one of them. The tough guys in the area looked up to Francis and thought that he was the one who supplied drugs in the place. Later, Tatay showed Francis a piece of paper. It was a diagnosis of the mental institute telling that he was schizophrenic. Tatay then looked at Francis and made a grin, exposing his gums with his false teeth taken off. At that moment, Francis though he saw a devil. Tatay face was different and then he said goodbye. He told Francis that he was doing that so Farncis will know what world Francis was walking into. Tatay Almario used to be a straight guy but the direction of his life changed when he started associating with people whom he believed he could help. Tatay was trying to show Francis the real “color” of the world, so it seems.
One day, the children approached Francis and said, “Kuya, you’re car is like an angel from heaven.” They flocked to him as if saying goodbye. Tatay told Francis that maybe he was really St. Joseph and that the real Jesus Christ was Francis. When Francis left that day, Tatay Almario looked at him from the stairway inside his house and told him, “Huwag mo kami kakalimutan ha.” That was the last day that Francis saw that place, but he continues to tell their stories.

Questions:
Compare and contrast the personality of Francis and Tatay Almario. What theories apply to their personalities? Why did they have an urge to help people usually considered as rejects of society?
Discuss the condition of Tatay Almario. Prove whether or not he has a mental disorder. If he does have mental disorder, what possible disorders may he have? Explain.
Use of prohibited drugs is common among those who work in the streets. Discuss how the drugs become a venue for the street people to stay or meet together? What drives them to use drugs? How does drug use become a vehicle for survival? How could Tatay Almario’s life be different if he did not use shabu? Will his mental condition change? Explain why people even artists seek for a certain “high” in order to be inspired. How does this give hope to those living in poverty?
How could Francis really help Tatay Almario and the girls sleeping in his place?

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