#grade12stem11

I know that most of us has been imagining what we are going to be at the tender age of 5. Some of us might have even said " I'm going to become a Policeman", "I wanna be Doctor", so on and so forth. But as we grow up, our choices and goals in life change. As we become mature, we started to consider our capabilities, attitude, and even our financial aspects upon choosing our future professions. And honestly ,I am one of those people who are struggling to choose between passion and practicality of our chosen career. But whatever your choices are, as long as you are willing to commit, dedicate and sacrifice everything to it then you can do whatever you want to and be successful in life.

Having a family is a blessing. It may be that not everyone's family are picture perfect, having conflicts, financial problems and the likes, it what's make the bond of the family stronger. As we grow up, we may have witnessed the struggles of our parents, being poor that we were having difficulty on where/how to find/earn our daily expenses, or that having a bumpy relationship with our family. And with that, some of us may have promised to themselves that they should build a family like these, like that and they're not going to experience what they've been through. I think that maybe most of us, if not all, have our own ideal family. In my case, my ideal family is an upgraded version of our family today. I decided that I'm going to focus on our family since I haven't decided yet if I wanted to tie a knot with someone,someday. My ideal family is that everyone one of us has already achieved our dreams,our goals. My parents are both happy and contented of what we have achieved and experienced in life. My ideal family, to sum it up, is just to be happy and contented. We may have all of the material things we want in life but not all of us are able to achieve that happiness and contentment of what we have at the moment.

Family is the basic unit of a society. They have been always in our lives, from birth to adulthood, guiding and shaping us into what we are today. Though, as the saying says, "Blood is thicker than water", not everyone of us has the smoothest relationship with our families. Some are very much detached or perhaps don't agree with a certain family member or maybe with the whole family. It is very much important to build and establish relationship with our family. In my personal opinion, it really bothers me to the core if I'm having conflict maybe with my Ma or Pa or my siblings. Taking an initiative to build a close and good relationship with our families is a good start to have a good, if not great, relationship with them. And with a good family relationship, it reflects to having a peaceful society.

"No man is an island." As the saying goes, a person's whole identity isn't complete without establing relationship with others. We are what we are because we belong in a society where we have built our characters as individuals as we grow up. We belong into a community, a society, where we have different responsibilities and roles to accomplish with a goal to help each other when in need and also establish camaraderie to be united.

I have learned a lot and had so much fun with our lesson today. I just noticed that most of my classmates were very participative with the discussion maybe because they were able to relate and experience firsthand of being in a romantic relationship with someone. Building a relationship or being romantically involved with someone is quite normal for the adolescents as they become mature and inevitably notice someone they find suitable as their boyfriend/girlfriend because they love the feeling of being inlove and to be loved by that person they chose as their partner. That being said, everyone one of us has different love languages. You have to be sensitive and attentive to your loved ones on how to express your love for them so they can feel that you truly appreciate their existence. Being inlove and be loved by the people you love the most is the best feeling in this world after all.

@krishavanessa

We can't control the way we think most of the time. Our mental stability is determined through the way we think. Our mental health is very essential for our well-being. Not only it affects our mentality but also our physical, emotional and spiritual health. Sometimes, the way we think is also influenced by the standards of our society. We tend to overthink everything that we've accomplished in our life. We sometimes belittle ourselves because we're not able to meet the expectations from the people around us. Valuing our mental health start from within ourselves. We should stop comparing ourselves from others. We must not harbor negativity in our life but rather surround ourselves with people and things that can bring us positivity. We must let go of the things that tie us up with bitterness and unsatisfaction with ourselves. Instead, we have to have purpose in life, we must be self-accepting, have positive relation with others and the likes to become mentally/ psychologically stable and healthy.