11-02 HUMSS CLASS BLOG

In this kind of situation, it’s very hard to study or focus on our school works because we all know that it’s our first time to experience this type of situation. Even though there are lots of challenges, I’m still glad that i manage to survive with the help of my classmates and beloved teacher, Ms. Pingol. Since we are grade 11, we can all read and write, but tackling this subject really helps me a lot. Ma’am Pingol elaborated to us what is the importance of reading and writing. She explains those difficult topics well in a way that we can simply understand it.

It has made everything complicated since the pandemic started and this kind of set-up began. Many of them have struggled, lost their work, had trouble studying from a distance, became stressed and depressed. In fact, distance learning doesn't really work for me. I've had a hard time transitioning and adjusting to the current standard. Once classes started, I was a little uncomfortable with my classmates and friends because I never had the opportunity to meet them individually and to see who they really are. It was extremely hard for me because I'm used to the kind of system where I can connect with different people directly, I'm used to the kind of setup where I can contact them face to face and not just online. Yet my former teachers, relatives, and family helped me deal with this kind of situation, they kept cheering me up, they kept complimenting me, and they believed in me. But as time goes by, I've learned to adapt to the new world that I have. I'm no longer uncomfortable with my peers, I can talk to them easily now, and what's nice about that, I found new friends. I'm very grateful to the people I have in my segment right now, and they're one of the reasons why my high school is getting better. Healthy stuff started to happen since I met them. My friends also have a small time to have a bonding at the safe area and its really good to have a bike with your bast pals since day one.I know it's really complicated and difficult to read online, but it's the only way we can learn. The government can plan to apply online distance learning next semester because the pandemic that is taking place across the world has not yet finished. If we insist face to face with the classes, it could be the cause of a more dangerous situation, it could exacerbate the situation we have right now. Before we introduce face-to-face lessons, we must first make sure that we are covid-free and that everyone in the Philippines is vaccinated because it is for the welfare of everyone.

Hold on! As far as I can remember Reading and Writing has always been my favorite subject since then. It is known to be called “English Subject” back in elementary and high school. For me, it was always been my favorite time especially when it comes to discussions and recitations maybe because speaking English has always been my thing. Now going back to what I can sum up about reading and writing is indeed a lot. With all Honesty Reading and Writing taught me a lot of things. It taught me how to construct my grammar correctly and to also widen my knowledge about some pronunciation to the words that is unfamiliar to me. It even taught me to do things like working on outlines which our Teacher, Ms. Kat gave us and it’s really a big help at this young age. As a matter of fact, Reading and Writing is essential especially to those people who are having a hard and difficult times in Reading, and Writing essays and such.

Honestly, I would say that helped me the most is Reading different kinds of Stories and Writing a resume, including the genres of reading and writing. Since I was a little girl my mom used to buy me fairytale books and activity books which I can spend the whole day by doing that and reading. My mom used to work as a call center agent and every time she went home she always spare some time teaching me how to speak fluently in English and even accents in different parts of the world. I was and still a bookworm up until now. It’s one of the things that I’ll surely treasure the most. But speaking about the crisis that’s been happening in our world right now, at some point it made me do things or even discover things about myself which I have no idea on. I became interested in doing essays all the time and reading inspirational quotes before I go to bed. I just like it that way. Makes me want to Continue my Life and just being happy and joyful all the time. 

Experiencing crisis is a serious matter in our life. But at some point I was thankful in a way where we discover ourselves and know how to value our life while God is still giving us a chance to. For me as a student, My overall experience in online learning may be two things. It may be good and bad. Good, in a way where I can value my time and trying new things here inside the house. By helping my family members in doing chores and doing my projects and homeworks with much time and space. Without occupying everything but having a plan and a task to when we’ll be my free time in doing those. On the other hand, Bad because I sometimes or often get bored. I miss how we used to live and go outside normally. I miss going out with friends and sharing deep connections with them. Sometimes I’m at the urge of breaking down because I overthink a lot. I also miss performing in school and inside the class. I miss doing those activities and groupworks with classmates and friends and even getting to know them up close. But realizing God isn’t finish yet, I’m more excited to what he’ll do in our life next.

Having said that up until now the virus is still spreading to hundreds and thousands of people is giving us uncertainties. Challenges for me is a Big part of our Life. Without it we wouldn’t be the person that we are today. The thing that really challenged my responsibility as a student is my time. I’m not doing school works everyday. I have bigger responsibility inside the house and it sometimes giving me a hard time to priority my school works. We’re given tasks and home works and sometimes added with the things that our parents wants us to do is really hectic. Pressuring me about my future and stuffs is really not helpful at all. Sometimes having a problem in our signal and router gives me stress to how can I join the class with this inconvenience. It sometimes leads me being hopeless. Sometimes takes me to my Worry and Unreachable side. Leads me to being moody and it’s really not a help after all.

I hope that our blog would be notice by the HSU, in a fact that some students are having a hard time in passing requirements and such. Might lead the students not prioritizing what should be needed to prioritize. But overall A big THANK YOU to the teachers and also the administrators for not stopping in reaching us and chose to help us learn even in Online Classes. Big THANK YOU for my Beautiful and Intelligent Teacher Ms. Kat for the effort and learnings that you had given us in a short period of time. To all my Classmates leaving a messaged that WE CAN ALL DO THIS AND GET THROUGH THIS JUST STRIVE HARD AND DON’T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU FROM DOING WHAT YOU LOVE. God bless <3

“ Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.”

Despite the serious situation we have on going, for a moment there I thought online classes will be so much more than just a headache and I won’t receive any learnings on any of the courses. But gladly either most of the time it’s really time consuming and stressful for a lot of outputs, I have received much more learnings than I ever expected by the determination of most of the teachers having a heart of teaching, valuing every bit of cleverness that they share to each student.

Reading and Writing are one of the many that made an impact not just in knowledge of learning for academics but throughout a life. I learned that by reading and writing there comes an expression that it portrays within that context, learning the value of speech. Ever since, I’m not that kind of person that socialize a lot and doesn’t even know the value of speech, and so because of this course It boosted up my confidence of the way of expressing something. Actually, it’s not most of the time about the course of learnings that get you motivated but its about the way the teachers deliver the lesson and how they really want them to know the meaning of what they’re teaching. Most of the learnings are helpful but I want to highlight the Resume and Cover Letter, it was pretty hard for me to imagine things because I just do works by simple things and give that much of an effort about it. It actually helped me as a student for the reason of it gave me a glimpse of how applying for a job really works by just those papers, it also composes different type of level of speech, it needs to give a lot of effort into it and be polite in a way by those simple content.

My thoughts and feelings about the learning set-up is its pretty much quite a hard thing to do, to learn lessons when discussing it synchronously because of the whatsoever hindrances been occurring while trying to listen. Good thing that most of the teachers have a personal learning YouTube channel that even-though you have a slow internet connection, you can watch it again or learn it again. Like me, I sometimes have appointments with medical things because I’m performing to other places so its hard to provide the right time management that I need so I can do both. Just like performing you need to give value on what’s your purpose, like every concept of every lesson, find what’s its purpose why you need to learn them.

All I can say on how to maintain that determination and focus on your studies while staying chill is just have the right time management, yes somehow it can be a bit stressful at some point but having that in between gap for you to just chill and relax will totally make a difference. Have some friends that will help you in some academics and all of you just having a bonding time and fun time, set time for yourself to be happy with friends and family for you to not burn out in Academics.

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Delight is what I feel when I am preparing to the reading and writing class. Since I was in elementary school, I really love the English subject. I just feel joy and satisfaction when I am learning in this subject. Yes, we are doing class in quarantine because of the pandemic. I thought all subject in online class will make us suffer because of stress and anxiety, thinking of pandemic and class at the same time. But then, Reading and Writing makes me joyful because this subject is one of my favorite and Ms. Katrisha’s way of teaching is energetic because, unfortunately, not all of our subject gives us energy. From the activities, lessons, it is full of joy.

To be actual I love reading and writing, that’s also the reason why I am in the HUMSS class. I read many books and I also write story sometimes when I feel like it. The topic in our lessons that I loved the most was the genre of reading and writing. I am really interested in knowing the story genres because when I read a book or watch a movie, I want to know first the genre before I watch or read a book and so that I will adjust my feelings like when it’s a thriller genre I will get ready to be scared, when it’s a drama I will prepare a tissue because probably I will cry. And of course, when I write I will choose the genre of my story, a genre that many readers will love, like rom-com or romantic comedy story.

Reading and writing is like a commitment for me because it is really helpful to me, for my everyday routine like as speaking, communicating and etc. I always wanted to be a teacher of English subject to students that is also why I am really interested in this subject . To be a teacher in English is really my passion. This subject is one my inspiration to become an English Professor. At the same time, this subject develops my reading, writing, speaking and communicating skills. This subject is not just to give us knowledge but also an inspiration. And even if you’re not into reading and writing, I swear this subject will make you enjoy and of course with the help of Ms. Katrisha ,who is our professor. She added more joy in this subject.

The part of this subject that I really love is that I made friends. We are helping each other and discussing what we know to help everyone. My classmates that are my friends are so kind, helpful and caring that it almost melted my heart. I’m so touched. That is also because of the cooperation when we are having activity in our online synchronous class.

Even though we are in pandemic, Ms. Katrisha really did her best not to make us feel stressed and she really did her best to teach us in online synchronous class which is a really hard way of teaching. She’s updating us always and helped us to understand the lessons. She made this subject more happiness and I thank her for that.

         In today's time when we face the challenge of covid-19, many changes have affected the livelihoods and the education of many students not only in the Philippines but also around the world. Honestly, I don't expect to experience online class because when I say online class, I immediately think that only artists who are studying will experience it because of their work and schedule lol. It is difficult to study through online because there is a chance that you will be lazy to study when you are at home and we know that add that there is no face to face happening where we face our teachers and classmates. Our problem today is not just laziness, I myself sometimes have a very weak internet connection so you will be forced not to enter even online classes.

      For me I learned a lot from the various subjects we studied. Reading and Writing Subject has contributed a lot and helped me as a student, I thought when we first entered the online class it was very difficult because it was just writing paragraphs, essays and other writings but it was not that difficult. I know in myself that I am not that good when it comes to speaking or writing in English so even though I am slow to do it I still persevere because it is needed now and in the future. I learned to book a critique without relying on google's idea, Ms. Kat Pingol (our RAW Teacher) gave us activities where we could easily do and useful references that can only be found right inside the house. One of the activities I enjoy is doing Book Critique because I love reading books and at the same time I did my first book critique. The second is to make a Resume and Cover letter, maybe because I imagine myself that I will work and what is written there is the job I dream of, even if the other information there are just fantasy for now at least I / we know how to do proper resume and cover letter. There are many more activities that I liked, but I will not mention it one by one.

       These activities will help us and we will carry this knowledge wherever we go in the world. Making a resume and cover letter contributes greatly, to the correct content and writing of the sequence of information that will determine and convince the person assigned there to take us to the position we will enter. Social media apps and platforms are also a great help to our students during online classes. My study apps and cellphones like Polish, InShot (images and video editors) are already full, I can now use facebook and messenger to study. One of the things that helped me was the Facebook page of Reading and Writing because Mam Kat posted updates about projects, activities, Links and greetings or personal problems that could be a private message to her.

           As for teaching or explaining topics about reading and writing, we were well delivered and I like Mam Kat's method that she uploads to her Youtube Account in that way we can review the videos and we can do it again repeat whatever time we want to watch. Not only do we UMAK students  learn the way she teaches, I also saw a comment in the comment section that one student appreciates the clear and orderly explanation from elsewhere, and it is fun to think that her teachings reach other students from other place. She also gives good and good instructions to every task she gives us and he has a long time to spare I can say that Mam Kat is very considerate and understanding that students need this time without face to face.

       There are times when some of us are weak and do not have internet and such scenarios are sad but we really need to work hard and make a way so that we do not get caught up in learning even if we have a pandemic. I will leave some words that I experienced when mam taught me, it is

     And for Mam Kat Pingol, thank you very much for understanding and being a good teacher to us

There are many things that I have learned in this subject and that includes how essential reading and writing are to a student's life. As a student, the skills of reading and writing are very relevant, especially in acquiring knowledge and transmitting knowledge to others. Reading and writing are some of the many ways to expand our understanding, grammar, build vocabularies, and fluency in speaking a certain language. I also acquired knowledge that I can use in my profession in the future, such as resume, brainstorming, organizing my papers through a graphic organizer, making an outline that helps writing paper efficiently, and many more topics that can help me get through my work in a well-ordered and organized fashion.

On account of the fact that we have a pandemic, the learning set-up became quite complicated and unusual, for we cannot engage in our studies with more vigor than before. Socialization is the process through which individuals learn their culture and become fully human. Socialization is an important aspect that builds an adolescent's personality, skills, and cognitive development. And because we are currently experiencing a pandemic, socialization decreased at a fast pace.

The school has always been tough, but it became more complex when we used online distance learning. I had a hard time coping up with the new normal. Adapting to all online learning has been the biggest challenge this year for me. I have seen myself change and become less focused on my school work because being in a physical classroom is tremendously different from learning online. In a classroom, most of your focus is there. I can engage in the subject and concentrate more on my work or assignments, unlike virtually where you can relax and search for the answers with a flick of the finger. Somehow, learning from home became quite ineffective. I'm getting easily distracted by everything, like the noise and social media.

This online learning has affected me because I sometimes find myself not interested in doing my assignments, and I always feel lazy. During the first month, I found myself with no motivation. I even turn my assignments late, and it wasn’t because I was having trouble. It was because I had no motivation and energy to do them. I felt lost, and I think it is pointless to study because sometimes it felt like I am just passing my works and not learning at all.

My will to study is gone, but surprisingly I got back from my track with the help of my family, friends, and my special someone. Aubrey and Paula became my companion and my second family during the ups and downs of this year. We’ve got each other's back and always help one another, especially when encountering many problems in life. Although this has been a challenging time for school, my friends and family encouraged me to be optimistic about the circumstances. They reminded me to be strong and to always stand tall, especially at a time like this. We need to help each other for us to get through these difficulties together.

To be honest, this semester was a very challenging path that i will take on, especially we are in the midst of pandemic so we have to adjust and keep moving forward. Learning with this kind of situation must be very hard for us specially when we are only new to our subjects or courses. At first i find it so hard to cope up with my fellow classmates and teachers because for me, University of Makati has a high expectation to the students it gives me anxiety because i was so afraid to be left behind from my classmates, knowing that they were just in the same school in highschool while me on the other hand was different from them. It makes me feel like im alone and nobody wants me in my class.

But later on i manage to keep up with them i make friends and it gives me motivation to have a confidence when performing in class. I realize that they we’re adjusting too i just have to be brave and let my confidence go higher and make friends to them.

And of course i was very thankful that i have teachers whose very nice and very approachable. I highly appreciated them because they are also giving their best just to make us learn from them and one of it was Teacher Kat. Teacher kat is a very amazing teacher at all time i have learned a lot about his teaching especially in reading and writing because all i wanted is to enhance my reading and writing skills and also to learn the ways or the proper use of this.

The lesson that i enjoy the most was the Book and Article Critique and Resume and Cover letter. First is Book and Article Critique i enjoy this because i am that person whose addicted to books i usually read books and it’s happy to know how the author write it or how was it being made. It is important to critique a book because It allows one to build a criticism of a work: an awareness of the subject area of the work or related works. An understanding of the intent of the work, intended audience, claim creation, evidence structure or artistic style. A knowledge of the work's strengths and limitations. Whenever i do a book review it gives me the feeling of potential reader because a book review is a guide for potential readers because a book review or article review is a critical analysis of the material that describes, summarizes, and critiques the ideas presented. The purpose of a book or article review assignment is to broaden your knowledge base and understanding of a topic.

This lesson taught me about the essence of a book review and how to conduct pr create a book review. I also learned that in a book review you will learn not just the book itself but alao the author and the thinking or perspective of the author in the story. It gives me the idea of having book review is privelege for the author as wl as to reader. As the book is evaluate, the author may see errors he or she doesn’t know. It is time for him/her to continue improving their skill or if none appreciating their hardwork after finoshinh a good plot story. It also help other readers like me on having ideas of the book before reading it.

Next is Resume and Cover letter i enjoy learning this kind of topic or lesson because it gives me idea on how to make this in the future especially when i am going to apply for a job and they needed my personal information so by learning in this lesson it gives me idea on how to create a resume that will be needed for the company that i will applying on for the future. I learned that a resume is a written document created by a job applicant to outline his or her qualifications for a position. A resume is typically followed by a personalized cover letter in which the candidate shows an interest in a particular position or business and draws attention to the details of the resume that are most important. I learned that resume is not just you wanted to create it has a format and that format should be followed so that it would be easy to them to analyze it. It's more than just a document: it details your history, your talents, and your education so that a prospective employer can see how your individual experiences can contribute to the success of an organization quickly and easily. And also the cover letter when i was writing my cover letter i was so excited it feels like i am actually applying to cebu pacific airlines and i have this feeling of so much excitement in my heart because it was my dream, my dream job i wanted to be a pilot someday and having knowledge about this will help me in future because i will be able to apply this to me.

And yes, we become a better readers and writers by doing a lot of reading and writing but it is more essential if we study the proper ways to use it the proper ways in reading a text, article, books and etc. We should always know the proper ways how to write an article and book and we should not forget that by learning reading and writing it can help us in the future or maybe someday we can be a better person as well as better writer and reader. It was so amazing to learn all the topic here in reading and writing with the help of Teacher kat and her teaching skills i able to understand the topic and the lessons we had. Patience and interest in learning this would be helpful for us and make us a better writer and reader. In this course there are things that will help me enhance my ability in reading and writing it gives me more knowledge about it that i can use especially i’m a fan of reading and writing.

I am happy and grateful to learn this course because Teacher kat delivers it well and she is more approachable than the other subject teacher like even though she is busy she still manage to reply whenever we need her guidelines or when there are thing that we’re confused of. She was also a jolly person. She always teach us with a smile on her face showing that she was really dedicated on teaching us some lessons. I was very happy to be taught by you teacher kat i hope to meet you soon and to thank you in person. You’re beautiful inside and out maam! Continue inspiring students and giving so much knowledge to them.

I am ending this blog of mine with my favorite quote. Since then it was my favorite quote whenever there are things that i have to do or it was hard to do i always thought the idea of “strive for progress not perfection” because When you focus too much on perfection, you start worrying at every step. Your focus shifts to the possible criticism and failure. You become the roadblock of your own progress; but you strive for progress you start to succeed faster. And “Perfectionism is not the quest for the best. It is the pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do, will ever be good enough that we should try harder.” -Julia Cameron and of course a picture of me smiling because i am deeply happy to become part of your class Teacher kat and i am so happy to learn anything from you! Kudos to your sacrifices and efforts on teaching us Teacher Kat! Hope to meet you soon stay pretty!

Even before online classes started, I've always imagined that learning in a online platform is quite a gruesome task to do. But then along the way, I realized that it's not so bad after all. Yes, there are some limitations and challenges in this new set up, nevertheless with the help of our dedicated teachers and the eagerness of us students to learn, we continue to adapt in this new normal.

Reading and Writing is one of my favorite courses this semester. I learned how to create effective and articulate essays, that helped polish up my poor writing skills. Other than that, having advanced knowledge in creating a resume, is also one thing I'm glad to learn in this class, hopefully I may be able to use it in my professional career. I also learned the importance of acknowledging other peoples work, and to avoid plagiarism, when writing any form of literature. This course also helped me go back, to my long forgotten hobby of reading books. I got so caught up with online class, that I sometimes forget to have a quality time with myself. I do that by reading books and simply letting time pass by.

There are times that I encounter problems in online classes. It's either I get disconnected due to poor internet connection or I feel exhaustion, and reluctancy to work. Still, I don't let these obstacles influence my learning. I often think about the situation all of us are in, and I'm reminded that certainly, I'm not alone in this struggle. I solely think about the reason why I'm studying—to be successful, and fulfill my goals in life. Then I resume on making progress again.

Me: Need to study and finish requirements.

Brain: No. I'm Tired. ಠ_ಠ

Teacher Kat's laid back schedule in our class in the submission of requirements is an advantage for me, because I get to utilize my time management. Everytime that a new video lesson is posted, I always get excited to learn! I value the time and effort our teacher gives in creating quality video lessons in Youtube. This way we can easily replay parts of the lecture that we don't understand. Teacher Kat always stimulates my inquisitive mind, whenever we meet in a synchronous session, we experience new activities, and of course have a lot of fun with it!

I also appreciate all the feedbacks I get from teacher Kat whenever I pass my requirements, it's a reminder that there's always room for improvement. I love that she always reminds us to take care of our health, and to not pressure ourselves too much. Our class with teacher Kat, is something that I look forward to, since it's super engaging all the time. We are very fortunate to have a considerate, understanding, witty and pretty teacher!

Overall, online classes for me promotes collaboration between students and teachers. At the same time, us students are in full control of our learnings. But if I were to choose which I prefer the most, online class or the traditional face to face classes, I'd still go with the traditional one. Performing in a traditional classroom setting is way better than a digital set up. One way or another, both modes of teaching and learning each have their own advantages and disadvantages.

"Technology is a tool. The talent to utilize it makes the difference." - unknown

Actually, when I was in high school there's a subject called English where I enhance my learning in english language at the same time I got some knowledge on how to use correctly the words on it. Entering the Senior high school and knowing that there's a subject called Reading and Writing and guessing what's this subject for. While having a study in this subject, I literally realized that it focuses on our skills, enhancing our vocubolary and improving our mindset when it comes to english language. Reading and writing has been helping the students not only in their acads but also in the way of thinking for their vocubolary, in the way of expanding their knowledge in the world of literature.

The learnings that helped especially that Ms. Pingol our teacher in this sub gives us a long deadline so that we have a enough time to do pur tasks in every subject. The learnings that really helped me is doing the position essay because it improves on how I think in this kind of situation and doing some research so that I know what would be the next big thing I would step my feet on it. This pandemic tough us many lessons especially coping in our life, surviving, and saving the food what you have but as a student, reading and writing helps me to improve my knowledge even if only I'm at our house. Every lessons in our subject is very easy to understand at the same time you can go watch it again and again because of the tutorials that Ma'am posted in her youtube channels for her students.

The lesson that I really admire in this subject is doing the resume because we all know that this kind of thing will be one of the needs to be an employee of your future job. Also that, I see myself in my future job because of doing the resume. The importance of the resume because it offers a page which shows your top skills and qualities in that specific job or position. On the on the other hand, employers make hiring decisions and help you get your first interview.

Actually, coping up with the new normal in having a class which called the online class is hard as rock in first because we do not have our own wifi and the signal of globe in our area is not that good so there are times that the signal was not good in result of not attending to my class and being late in passing our requirements. At first, I do not have any plan on enrolling in this semester year but I'm regreting of the 1 year because my dream would be delay if I do not study this pandemic. Online class is hard but I'm motivating myself that no matter how hard it is I must fight for my dream because I do believe that no dream is easy to get, a dream is really hard to get but if you have the perseverance of doing it then congratulations. I do have some very close friends that has been encountering feeling like me but as a friend I always lean on my shoulders to them, I always help them in their acads so that there problems will be ease. Online classes gives us really tough times but always remember that this kind of problem has an ending so do your best in fighting in this situation and when the time comes that this pandemic has ended, I tell you that you will be proud of yourself for fighting and putting yourself together. On the other hand, I'm really thankful and blessed to have a friends like Nics Cuerdo and Aubrey Ferrer because wr help each oyher in different tasks or schoolworks, we help each other if one of us goes in a reporting, we help each if one of us doesn't get the lesson in which our teacher teach us. In result, our task become easier because we help each other.

The subject of Reading and Writing is an essential skill to our lives as it provides us the opportunity to gain knowledge through learning information about the world around us, as well as improve ourselves. It also helps us to understand information and to increase our intelligence.

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Well, my assumption about this subject is dull because I'm the type of person who doesn't like to do essay or anything about writing, okay? I really love reading, but writing? No. Because I am the type of person who likes to imagine but it is difficult for me to write or tell the things I imagine. But believe me or not, this subject became my favorite. Why? It is because we have a teacher who is good at teaching and she has an enjoyable way of teaching. It helps me to develop my skills, motivates and helps me to improve my works in writing essays, critique, stories and especially in school paper works. As I said, I am the type of person who is not good at writing stories but because of this subject, I've learned how to describe the sceneries, stories and everything that I have in my imagination and it helps me to share my thoughts and ideas. Also, reading and writing helped me improve my grammar in English language. It helps me discover and understand the meaning of unfamiliar words that will help me to widen my vocabulary.

Online class is very challenging for us, it is in trial and error phase. I read a lot of student's problems about online class, like mental and emotional health struggles along with suicides and self-harming are on the rise especially among our youth and also, not everyone can afford to buy a device for online class and poor internet connection, which effects transmission quality, lectures are not clearly audible. But because of the help of our understandable teachers, they know that we are having difficulty in online class. They created a way for us like uploading video lessons and the way how they discuss the lesson. I like the way that Ma'am Kat asked us first if how are we? If we're okay? You can see she is really concerned with her students. Video lessons help us to understand more in our topic and to make school work easier for us. Also, my favorite topic is book critique, it helped me to better understand the purpose of the book and what good lessons can be learned from the book. Second is text features, it also help me to understand the importance of what I read. It will guide and help readers to fully understand the book itself.

Distance learning for me is more difficult than face to face classes, because there are times that I had experience a network problem, slow internet connection that caused me to struggle while having online class. There was a time when I felt I did not belong to our section. I felt like they were all good and smart. There was also a time when I experienced that the zoom and my Moodle account is not working properly. When I thought of these things, sometimes I can't help but to have breakdowns because I felt that I wasn't on the same pace as them, but with the help of my classmates who became friends. I was able to overcome my negative thoughts and because of that, I somehow became confident in myself. And of course, because of our understanding and amazing teacher Ms. Kat. Thank you for being a great teacher for us. The passion you have for teaching makes learning enjoyable and easy. You help me strive for my goals.

I learned many things in reading and writing, It teach me on how to compose many different important papers, I've learned how organize my thoughts and be sensitive on copying at someone's work. It helps me to identify some parts of the book and it enhance my english grammar skills. This subject is very helpful for my ideal profession.

In reading and writing all of our topics is useful and helpful but there are two most helpful learnings I learned. One is making a resume and cover letter, the reason is because at a young age I already have the idea what I should put in my resume whenever I want to apply for work and also because in this pandemic there's a lot of people who really need work, some of my family are applying a work for them to sustain our needs and since I knew how to make a resume and cover letter they don't have to pay for someone or rent in the computer shop just to make them one. I can do it for them now free and pleasant. And the another one most helpful topic for me is lesson 3, which is the brainstorming and graphic organizers because in this pandemic we all know that everyone is adjusting and new learning system is difficult for all of us. I'm the eldest child in the family and there is no one who can teach my younger siblings except for me. Making a venn diagram, timeline, life cycle is also their topics it is not hard for me to teach them because I know how to work about that. Also we're helping each other to conquer this situation by brainstorming.

Of course in the start of this semester it is very difficult for me, but as time goes by I've already adjusted and believe it or not reading and writing is one of my favorite subject not just because it practice me on my ideal profession but also the way how our prof handle this kind of situation. It is very impressive. I love how she organize our requirements, her announcements in our fb page is very understandable and the due dates she gave is very enough for all of us to comply. The way Ma'am Kat discusses our topic is very clear and I also love her ideas that instead having a synchronous classes she's just posting our topics in her youtube account which is very helpful for the students like me. I love how Ma'am Kat set a synchronous classes just to clarify our questions and make games such as bring me and jamboard, we really enjoy and it makes us forget the stress of online learnings. The way we do activities we really learn the topic she discussed. I wish that 10 years from now when I am already a teacher I can be smart and graceful just like Ms Kat.

There's a lot of challenges I've encountered in this online learning, it's hard for me to save my load and get some money for me to have it. And even the prof teach us very well there's a time that I can't do anything about our activities some, example of it is when we need to do an literature review maybe you can say that this topic is easy but I remember when I'm doing this is I am very drained and I can't compose anything even if I'm searching in the Google. All of our teachers gave us weekly activity and that time I really want to finish my literature review so I can do other activity. I tried to do but it took me 3 days to finish that task and I'm not sure if my work is accurate. Also I'm not too knowledgeable about technologies, in the start of semester there's a struggle for me in using a microsoft, I don't really know how to convert a document to pdf or pdf to document so it takes a lot of my time just to learn how to make it but now I already knew. We all know that microsoft is very useful in this kind of learning and the past week I have a lot of school works that should be edit in microsoft word but I don't know what happen on it I can't edit any file in there it says it's inactive. My classmate help me to fix it but I tried several times yet it's still not working the situation are just getting worst and I can't do anything so either I ask for my classmate to edit my documents or I will borrow my cousins laptop.

Struggles are always in there, it is part of our lives I'm still very satisfied and learned in reading and writing in this semester, and I wish that our next professor can help me too or can teach me too in many different things. We will miss you ma'am kat, keep sharing your beautiful smile to other people. May God bless you and gives you more knowledge so you can share it to your students. ❤️😘

There are plenty of things that this subject has taught me which I use in my everyday verve. Honestly, I'm not good in any English subjects, I'm not fluent in English. Sometimes I can not understand some English words but when I listen to teacher Kat, I can easily understand it. All the lessons are realistic, practical and helpful for every student. First, genres of reading and writing, this defined as a particular subject or style of literature, art, or music and this is discerned into a two-part informational text and literary text. Secondly, techniques in selecting and organizing information, this includes brainstorming. There are several types of brainstorming, such as individual and group brainstorming, and graphic organizer which also has several types. Thirdly, text structure which refers to how information is organised. There are kinds of text structure like narrative, description, classification, comparison, cause and effect, problem-solution, persuasion, and sequence. The fourth one are the properties of a well-written text. Fifth, the book and article critique and book critique which is a type of literary criticism in which a book content and style is evaluated and analysed. Also, an article critique presents a critical assessment of the article's content and may offer agreement or disagreement about the ideas written in the article. Lastly, resume and cover letter, a resume is an employer's first impression of you and cover letter showcases the familiarity with the company and their goals. This are the summarised knowledge that I learned in reading and writing subject.

The two lessons that really capture my interest are the properties of well-written text and resume and cover letter. I know with this text I can be a good writer and help me in the future. The properties of well-written text helps me in building my knowledge on how to use the correct and necessary ideas and its right arrangement.

For me, this new system has negative and positive effects. The negative side is that we are isolated in our home, our communications from other people, especially to our teachers, are only limited and we don't have a choice but to adapt. The positive side is that even though our communication is limited, it proves how people are naturally smart. We find different conceivable ways to communicate with teachers and other students.

                    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. 

         For these past weeks in my journey in this course, I've learned many things that made my knowledge a little better from what my initial knowledge for I've improved my grammar and construction of sentences to be more effective and powerful in constructing paragraphs. I've also learned that reading and writing isn't simply about reading and writing from what it is stated in its name, what I mean about this is that reading and writing also helped me to grasp what I'm lacking in learning different skills that this subject has to offer. This proves that this subject can provide additional knowledge to what you can add to easily grasp other skills such as learning how to analyze what it is presented to us readers and how we can understand it better by simply reading and understanding how the author constructed his thoughts regarding the story presented upon us which  helped to grasp things  first to execute tasks efficiently and also it taught me to always credit works that you borrowed to construct ideas from the source, in short preventing Plagiarism.

Source: https://themindsjournal.com/benefits-of-reading-regularly/

         The important things that I learned from this during this pandemic is to thoroughly analyze anything and to do it patiently after you analyze what you’re about to do, like for instance the pandemic made our lives very difficult to adapt each day the virus out there continue to spread but we can prevent it from continuing to spread by following safety protocols such as washing your hands regularly, social distancing, wearing a facemask and faces shield and etc. No matter how difficult it is to stay home in a long time, we must follow it to for our own safety and other’s sake as well. 

  source: https://www.themedicalcityclinic.com/staying-safe-and-well-at-home-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

             The things that I found difficult in this new normal of online classes are having a stable internet connection, having a device to use for the online class and also having to rely on videos to learn by myself since sometimes our teacher has their own problems as well so they can’t teach us in certain times.  

          Finally, my thoughts on this new normal of learning is that teachers must be considerate to other students since it’s really difficult to have a stable connection in this times especially this pandemic. Not all of the students can access good internet connection, for instance there’s a long quiz of test that’s only accessible for 1 hour in that specific day, they must increase the time cap to whole day since students might disconnect while doing these long tests that take the majority of their grade. 

Reading and Writing is one of the most interesting subject for me as a student. Because, it allows me to further improve my skills in terms of analyzing different informations and identifying its purpose, as well as writing an essay and many more. The things that I have learned in Reading and Writing are very important since it enables me to articulate concepts accurately and more effectively to others, also it helps me in conducting various ways to deliver ideas, emotions, and thoughts.

In the process of my learning in Reading and Writing, I was able to thoroughly understand the different genre forms and it helped me recognize the different types in order for me to quickly adjust my reading style upon each genre. Another thing that I have learned is about brainstorming and graphic organizer, when it comes to brainstorming it allows me to connect with different people and formulate a creative idea. Graphic organizer has helped me in projecting various ideas and information for better approach.

Moreover, one of the main learnings for me in Reading and Writing is all about sentence and topic outline. Because, this serves as a guide for me to improve my writing skills in terms of organizing and providing logical order, as well as creating ideas in such a manner. This makes it a lot easier for me to write an essay or a thesis. Also, text patterns and text structures are mainly considered for me as this allows me to recognize

the various text types and their distinct features. Patterns are very helpful to construct such context to ensure its accurate meaning and provides better understanding.

Apart from all of the lessons I have learned in Reading and Writing, the most helpful lesson for me as a student is about Position Paper. Because, I can apply this specific lesson in my other subject such as in politics and governance when it comes to debates, to elaborate different views and compromise a specific point. I have learned how to gather a subject matter, developing own dispute, and establishing my own paper. This helps me argue with my claims whether of its validity and its concision of incorporating key informations.