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Question: There is no cure for “crab mentality” in the Philippines.

EVIDENCE
Key Details: What did you find out?
This short-sighted, selfish and non-constructive thinking is called Crab Mentality.
Crab mentality as narrated by Kane Lawless, is a term used colloquially referring
to a person trying to leave an underprivileged-life but is kept from doing so
because of other people who hold them back for they resent that person’s
success. It is an act of keeping others from getting what they want and not
wanting others to be successful. 

Definition of Terms: What do you need to understand?

Term Definition

Short-sighted unable to see things clearly unless they are relatively close to
the eyes.

Colloquial used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or

literary. 

Unprivileged- Someone underprivileged doesn't have the advantages other

life people have. Underprivileged people usually live in poverty.

Opinions: What opinions can you form based on what you found out?
 AFFIRMATIVE: Crab mentality is a psychological thing and it’s profound
to most people the cure isn’t for everybody, and the situation really
differs from every person.

 NEGATIVE: “We cannot change others but we can certainly make good
change for ourselves.” Yes, it is common to us Filipinos to have crab
mentality because of we have been using that since we have been
colonized by Japan and a writer Ninotchka Rosca which is a Filipino citizen
and graduated in U.P. invented the Crab in a bucket. it is impossible to
 change others and we can’t dictate someone on how they will think and
act but if the change begins in ourselves eventually, we can change what
we have been entrench.

REBUTTALS
NEGATIVE: Arguments of the Affirmative Side
Argument 1: There is a cure for crab mentality.

Counter Argument 1 Rebuttal 1

 There is no cure for crab  You have said that it depends on

mentality since it’s in already in
our system. We cannot change
others on how they will think
and how they will act because it
is based on how they were
raised by their parents. Be on
that mindset or not, it will still
depend on the person.
the person, so your saying that
there is really a cure it’s just that
people are neglecting it. It will
also depend on the person of
he/she wants to be cured or not.
 Also, if you already put an end
and said that there is no cure it
means that you will just tolerate
that kind of mentality. Even in
some sickness that still don’t
have cure, doctors or specialists
will never said that there is no
cure for it instead they will say
that there’s no cure for it “YET”
since they haven’t given up on it. 
Argument 2: 
 Some mentalities can cure crab mentality.

Counter Argument 2 Rebuttal 2

 How can you make sure
that those mentalities can
effectively cure the crab
mentality if not all will
respond, based on what
you have mentioned, not all
are paying attention to it?
 it takes a good education and some
mental level for one to know how to
realistically analyze and criticize the
culture and traditions one has
experience and live with for the rest
of his life. According to the Filipino
American Psychology, each of us in
this world has a power, power that
can solve any individual issues as well
as the crab mentality. Power, the
ability to change, influence others,
and receive what one desires. 

Argument 3: Misunderstood in the meaning of Crab mentality

Counter Argument 3 Rebuttal 3

 Crab Mentality is  It’s a misunderstood, since we Filipinos are

“Pulling others worried about being equal with each other.
down” and there is We try our best to join others, but we end up
no way you can fix pulling them down. It’s not pulling others
that down; it’s trying to join others but weighing
them down.
 CONCLUSION
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rebuttals from the previous portion.

(NEGATIVE) This group believes that:

This group believes that no matter what others will say, still, there is a cure for
crab mentality. It is just that not all people are willing to accept their defeat. as
decisions are depending upon their selves and it cannot be controlled by anyone
else.

CITED “RESOURCES

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Citation 1
"Filipino crab mentality." Topics, Sample Papers & Articles Online for Free, 30 Dec 2016,
https://studymoose.com/filipino-crab-mentality-essay

Citation 2

https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-do-you-cure-mental-illness/