November 7, 2009. Guam Marriott Resort. We would like to congratulate our SBCS teachers, Mrs. Cecilia C. Padios, Mrs. Maria Consuelo G. Gozum and Mrs. Arleen B. Suplido for their presentation “THE PROBLEM WITH WORD PROBLEMS IS THE WORDS!” during the recently concluded 22nd Language Arts Conference at the Guam Marriott Resort. They shared their techniques in solving Math problems with the application of the bar method, a concept of Singapore Math. This has been proven to be an effective way of solving any type of real life problem in Math. A tried and tested curriculum, Singapore Math is a growing trend in the United States and is slowly being integrated into the SBCS Math curriculum.