ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Immeasurable appreciation and deepest gratitude for the help and support are extended to

the following persons who in one way or another have contributed in making this study possible.

Mrs. Delia F. Mercado, her research adviser, subject specialist and statistician, for her

support, advices, guidance, valuable comments, suggestions, and provisions that benefited her

much in the completion and success of this study.; who gave her love, care, shelter in doing this

research. Sharing her knowledge and helped in the analysis of data and its statistical

computations. And last by giving an endless helped to finish this manuscript.

Dr. Corazon N. San Agustin, Dean of College of Education, her technical editor, for her

time and effort in checking this manuscript, and for giving enough time to make this manuscript.

Prof. Lydia R. Chavez, former Dean of College of Education, for her support and words

of encouragement and also for giving a long period of time to depend this manuscript.

Prof. Ernesto P. Cads, Chairman, for assistance and words of encouragement, and for

his time and effort in checking this manuscript.

Mr. Ricky M. Latosa, English Critic, English critic, for his untiring support and

patience in editing this manuscript.

Mrs. Evangeline Cruz,Laguna State Polytechnic University College Librarian, for her

lending the necessary reading materials needed in the accomplishment of this study.

To all Laboratory High School Students of LSPU, for cooperation and for giving time

and effort in terms of providing the author all the needed information.

To kang Aiza and kua Garry, for their support and help in printing this manuscript.

Her Addickted Family, friends and classmates, for their love, moral support, and

remarkable encouragement.

To her parents, Mr. Wilson and Pilita Balbalosa, to her best friend and cousins, for

their love, caring, patients and understanding and for their support in financial aspects to pursue

this manuscript.

And above all, to our Almighty God, her constant source of strength, wisdom, love,

guidance and inspiration, and for giving immeasurable blessings, for without Him this could not

be possible.

The Author