✍️ Bustos, Jarzie Gavrille F.
The subject of reading and writing helped me a lot. One of that is the importance of having a communication that Teacher Kat taught us. For me, communicating helps me to express my own ideas and feelings, at the same time, it helps me to understand emotion and thoughts of the others like my family, classmates, teachers, and more. Having a communication with someone, we will develop affection or hatred toward other people, and positive or negative relationships will be created. Also, because of having a communication with my classmates, I made new friends. They are the ones who helps me with lessons that I do not understand and they are also the one of the reasons why I still want to continue my study because they always motivate and inspire me. These things will also help me in my studies in the future, and at the same time will help me in my dream job which you need to have a good deal, good fellowship, and good communication with your co-workers. Second thing that strikes me is from the Lesson 2 which is the Genres of Reading and Writing. On this topic, I learned more about the differences between genres. As a teenager, I really love watching movies even if it’s horror, comedy, romance, action, sci-fi, etc. This is also one of the things that helps to get rid of my problem because when I watch a movie, I just focus there and I only think about the situation and problem of the movie. It also relieves my stress when I watch a movie because it relaxes my mind and brings me a sense of relief.
In the first lesson, I already learned something which is the connection between reading and writing. It is essential to know the relationship between these two because we need to combine reading and writing for functional purposes because they draw upon similar knowledge bases. Our background knowledge helps us interpret what we are reading and also informs what we write. We already know that reading and writing are important because they are part of our daily school routines. It is important to know these things because nowadays, reading is fundamental to function in today's society as well as writing, it allows us to understand our lives. However, these two has also similarities. Reading indicates 'speaking', whereas writing indicates 'lettering'. Reading and Writing is a big help specially now in the midst of pandemic. Since we were quarantined for a few months last year, this is one of the only ways we can start learning again. By reading or writing, we can help ourselves to know or read a news. Also, when we have the ability to read books or news, we will notice the constructing of a sentences or a paragraph in a news if its right or wrong. We will also know if the source of the news that we are reading can be trusted because nowadays, there’s a lot of fake news spreading.
We all know that in this midst of pandemic, it’s difficult to study especially online because not all the time we have stable connections. There are also others who still adjusting and do not have a stable internet and spend money on load because they don’t have enough budget to produce a Wi-Fi for their online classes due to pandemic. As a student that sometimes has stable internet, I can do my requirements and things well, at the same way, it’s challenging because not all the time we have a stable connection. I feel sorry for my classmates that are having a hard time because they don't have a stable internet and I am doing my best to help them even though I'm not that good. So, Teacher Kat has a good idea to just YouTube the lessons so that it does not consume a large load and at the same time, we can repeat the topic just in case we have missed a lesson. I’m impressed and amazed by Teacher Kat’s technique, strategy and way that she teaches her lessons. Although sometimes we meet when there is an activity or questions and clarifications regarding in our lessons and requirements to her.
Like I said before, our connection is not always stable and sometimes I encounter challenges and difficulties every time there is a synchronous class. Distractions are one of that because sometimes we cannot avoid having noise coming inside or outside of the house. Second, is sometimes I do not follow the time management because of the influence of the cellphone and things that I prioritize more than studying which causes me cramming in the requirements to be passed. Third, is having a technical issue or technical problem with the gadget. Even though I have a laptop, it is inevitable to experience the so-called "lag" especially when we have our synchronous classes. The last challenge that I am experiencing is common in others which is having connection problems. In our house, almost 6 of us were connected to Wi-Fi so sometimes it slows down and causes me to have an unstable connection when we have online classes. But I do not consider all of that as a reason to stop my studies. I’m trying my best and I do not give up no matter what challenges and problems I may go through.
In the past few months where I get to spend my time with Teacher Kat, I got the chance to see how she delivers her lessons properly. She also uses her own strategy so that we can keep up with her. Her activities also are fun and I see in my classmate that we are enjoying it. So I am positively hoping for the next semester that our next teacher would do the same so that my classmates who are still unable to adapt with the new online distance learning today will manage to cope up. I also want to thank her because she does not give minus points for late requirements. I love that she understands the reason why we passed late. Teacher Kat, if you're reading this, I just wanna say thank you and we will miss you. Even though we only meet sometimes, you are one of my favorite teachers and my friends knows that. That’s why we were very sad when we heard the news that we will change teachers in the next semester. For real, I will miss Teacher Kat not only because she is cute and pretty, but also because she is kind and approachable to us.