Lerma: 2011

Equal Rights... Equal Opportunities...

          We are all equally created by God. Equal rights, equal opportunities. Is this phrase true to all of us?
           Before, the work of a man couldn't be done by a woman or vice versa maybe because of their culture but now it;s different, the work of a man can be doneby a woman already because of the new world surrounded by high technology. Gender awareness- this is now the new shout of men and women. We were born with our rights, grows up having different opportunities in life so we must cease it. Poor or rich, in justice, money should not be the one to manifest one's rights, the person in the power should weigh the case equally without any bias for the one in a straight path and continue to take opportunities in life. Discrimination- a word that should not exist between all of us human fot we have our own will in life, equal state in the eyes of God and we're the ones who knows our own rights.
            Rich. poor, men and women, there should be no discrimination. We are all created by God with equal rights and equal opportunities. We are the ones who are making our own avenir.

What Difference Can We Make?

Difference is part of our lives. Permanent is the change itself.

In many years of my existence, I noticed the things which had changed in our surroundings. Before, typhoon/ storm was just normal but now? Typhoon is a word which everyone is afraid of upon hearing, what's on the mind of people are floods, landslides , property destruction and even lost of lives. Before, fresh and clean air we breath but now, pollution spread and hot temperature is what we feel now. We, the people were the ones responsible for the things which had changed in our surroundings, because of our irresponsible acts we've done- massive cutting down of trees in the mountains, burning plastics, and improper waste disposal. It's now the right time for us to make the right moves. We should be responsible already in fixing what we have ruined in the name of Mother Nature. Use 3 R-Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, separate bio and non- biodegradable waste and plant trees for us to replace the trees which have been cut by the elders. Plant a tree today, Save the Earth tomorrow.

There are many waste to make difference. We're not the ones whose gonna suffer on the things we do today instead, the future generation will be the one to suffer, so, let's now move to save the earth.

EXTREME CHANGE

Disastrous phenomena strike our world badly.

Nowadays, the world experiences extraordinary catastrophes. We, the people and our irresponsible acts are the main reason why our world experiences extreme change! Global Warming is the result of massive illegal cutting down of trees, burning of plastics, using products made up by high technology, improper disposal of garbages which result to pollution and the rapid population growth. All of these contribute to the ruining of the ozone layer which protects us from the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun and these results to the abnormal increase of the temperature called global warming. Sea level rises, ice bergs in the North and South Pole are melting, and we, the people experiences extreme heat which sometimes causes death. It seems like nature revenge us for the things we’ve done into it. Storms cause landslides because of the heavy rain pour because no more trees that would zip the rain water, floods because of the improper waste disposal, storm surge and very strong wind that could ruin one’s home. And even in the middle of summer we experience typhoons, we wonder why this happens before but now? We all know that this is caused by Climate change. We are the ones who are responsible for it.

People should turn a new leaf, we should be responsible already, care for our own land, care for the future generation, use 3 R’s and plant a tree today, save the Earth tomorrow.

My Reflection(Second Gradimg)

Every end has a new beginning. First grading was done, second grading comes after it. I have many things that have learned this grading period.

This quarter is more exciting than the past because we focused on tags. We used the notepad for our hands–on activities. We knew about the two types of tags, the stand-alone tag and the container tag. In applying each tag, we should be very careful so that the effect we wanted to see in our text would be powerful. I enjoyed our hands-on activities because I know that I did all the activities given to us with all my effort and thank God I finished all of them on time.

On the cleaning matter, my group mates were all responsible and cooperative when our time comes in cleaning the computer room. No one created bad record this time. I hope that they will not change their attitudes as time passes by. I, as a leader will always be a good follower of them even though my partner, Mourice Purugganan already left us.

I could say that I understood all the lessons given to us this quarter that’s why I’ll not forget about tags for me to apply in my future needs. I would strive harder this time.

Promoting Digital Literacy Through English Proficiency

Now we are living in modern world wherein manual works are out of the new. We are surrounded by high tech things already which can we call as a short cut way on doing things in life but are these high tech things a friend or a foe?

English, as we all know, is our Universal Language. It is being use by us in communicating to other people living in other countries. High tech things are being use by us humans which makes our works easier and faster. Students like me, usually surfs the net to gather some pieces of information regarding our studies, in this way, we are training ourselves to be proficient in English because the computer programs are in English language. Computer which is connected with internet is very useful because all the reference materials which are manually used are all compiled here, all we gonna do only is to type what we are looking for and at a glance, the computer will show us what we are looking for. In this way, more things about English are being known by us but if we abuse what computer could do nothing good will happen to us.

We should use digital literacy through English proficiency in order for us to gain more knowledge. We should use our English skills in digital literacy in right way for us to move forward and for us to lift up ourselves.

My Teacher, My Hero

Even though we face the difficulties of today, I still have a dream for tomorrow. It is a dream deeply rooted through the magnificent job of a teacher.

If others ask about teachers, the image we draw in our minds is that a man or woman wearing eyeglasses, holding a stick and talking in front of the class. We are actually right but there are characteristics also that cannot be seen by our naked eyes but could be feel by our hearts. Every day, we always meet our teachers to add the knowledge they are giving us day by day but sometimes we just ignore their efforts for us instead of thanking them. They sacrifice their time for their family to teach us. They serve as our parents in school, if we have problems , they are always there to comfort us and never let us down. We owe our knowledge to them. Without them, maybe we know nothing starting from 123, ABC and now we are far away from those basic things and as we go to more difficult lessons, our teachers are always there to guide and teach us.

Without teachers there won’t be doctors, nurses, engineers and other experts. They are the mothers/fathers of all the difficult profession.They could never be surpassed by us for they are the ones who gave knowledge to us.

We owe our teachers for who we are today and what we’ll be tomorrow. We, the students write our own future through the help of our heroes, our teachers. We should thank them for the knowledge we have. A salute for all the teachers!!!

My Unbeatable Heroes

Who do you consider as your hero? Why did you consider him/her as a hero?
Every person has their own idol or hero.I consider my parents as my heroes because of their hardships and sacrifices for me and for my siblings to study. They are the ones who are guiding me in my everyday life, they never let me down. Even though other people do not accept me for who I am, they are the ones who always accept me and the ones who discipline me for the wrong things I am doing. I am giving my best in my studies to fulfill my dreams for them. I want to have a better life someday to make them happy and proud. I admire them for what they are and who they are.
Though they can't fly just like the other heroes, I consider them as my unbeatable heroes because they will never be beaten in my heart. no one can replace them because of the love and care they are showing me and I thank God very much for having them.

End Of The Beginning

Gaining knowledge and wisdom are the main goals of an individual in attending classes, and in the first grading of this school year I've already learned many things especially of being in the eldest year of secondary.

I've learn to be a responsible leader especially when our group in ICT IV is the one which is the cleaner. I have also learn to gain my self confidence, and I learned this when we had our reporting about the internet architecture and most especially I the knowledge about the different things which we had tackled in this grading period.

Being a student, we encounter many troubles in our studies which we call our problems.There are also problems which I have experience especially time pressure because when our teachers are giving us assignments or activities time is not enough for me and also for my fellow students to do it nicely.In cleaning the computer room where we are having our class, I sometimes face some troubles because some of my groupmates are not cleaning.

I did address my problem in time pressure by means of time management and I think it is nice to have a schedule for my activities to balance my time efficiently.I have also did my move regarding my problem on being the cleaner group because I've already tell my groupmates about the cleaning matter.

Moving on I will continue my good start of this school year and will double my efforts to surpass what I have done on this grading.

SONA

Every President of the republic of the Philippines has its own SONA or the State Of the Nation Address for them to express their thoughts and plans for the progress of our country, it is also their time to make their report to their countrymen what they had done for the country's progress.

The 15th President of the Philippines, President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III delivered his second SONA on July 25, 2011. He was very proud to report to us about what he had done for our country's sake. In his SONA, he talked about lessening the number of imported rice by our country because when it is not use it will just be rotten, farming is one of the Filipino's common occupation which proves that we do not need much rice to be imported. He also touched about the lessening number of Filipinos who are suffering from hunger because of his "dagdag trabaho" program. Most of all his main topic is about the corrupt officials which he called as the wang-wang officials, he said that he will not tolerate what they are doing. I'm very happy for his accomplishments because these serves as the basis that we are moving forward already. I also felt dismayed because he didn't talk about education which is needed by me and my fellow youth living in this country.

President Aquino should be the model of his fellow public servants, they should have unity on thinking for the goodness of our country. Work hand in hand for us to move forward.

Isulong Ang Breastfeeding: Tama, Sapat at Eksklusibo

While the mother is feeding her baby with her breast milk, caress is the only feeling that can be feel which can't never be felt by none.

Mothers carry their babies for nine months, so, they want to have healthy lifestyle and body. Breastfeeding is very helpful for babies especially for the newborn ones. Breast milk of mothers contains the complete nutrients needed by babies for their growth and development. Nutritious foods should have been taken by mothers before and after giving births for their babies for them to ensure that the breast milk they will be giving to their babies will help them in maintaining their good health. With the theme: "Isulong ang Breastfeeding: Tama, Sapat at Eksklusibo", mothers should engage their selves in breast feeding because it nurtures the babies growth and development and contributes a lot for the financial aspect, if mothers will buy commercial milks for their babies, they will not save money for commercial milk brands are expensive and they are not if the nutrients present in it are powerful as the nutrients in mommy's breast milk. So , the breast milk which is exclusively for babies should be taken good care for them to suffer its goodness.

Breastfeeding for babies is one way of showing the love of the mother which helps them having a healthy body and will have a brighter future without undue sickness.

A Letter For A Leader

Dear PNoy,

It is my pleasure to write a letter for you. I would like to greet you a great day. I know that you have a lot of things to do because of the responsibilities we entrusted to as the president of our country, Philippines but still, I am hoping that you'll find time to read this letter.

I know that economic crisis is what our country's facing on nowadays. Many employees are being fired by their employers and because of that many Filipinos are suffering
from poverty. Many Filipinos die also because of their hungriness as the result of poverty, they could no eat three times a day and couldn't buy nutritious foods for their children. Being a student is hard, we encounters many struggles in schooling. Many schools don't have sufficient number of books to be given to their student, we the students need books in order for us to study effectively not that one book will be going to shared by two or more students. Other youth also wants to be sent in school but because of poverty, their parents couldn't. We need effective leaders that will complete your administration for us to raise our low lying economic condition.

Mr. President, many youth want to reach their goals in life but poverty becomes the big hindrance from them to reach it. We trust you and I and my fellowmen believes that you'll be going to be the role model of the other leaders of this country. I am expecting that you've not like the other leaders who are known as corrupt officials. I am hopping for your powerful move that will change our country's faith.

Thank you very much.

Truly yours,

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