KNOW THE ROPES

ENGLISH. It helps us communicate and live life to the fullest. In fact, we used the English language in finding a decent job. It helps us to communicate with people from another countries.
The very first English phrase that I encountered was "good morning." I always hear my teacher say this every time he walks inside the classroom. Don't you find this very interesting? For me it is. In my high school life, speaking in English is important. Teachers want us to have a conversation with them using the international language. It is widely used. At first, I struggled to interact with others using this language because I was afraid to commit wrong grammars but as days passed, I've realized that it can be learned. Imagine if no one knows how to speak English, isn't it communicating would be extremely difficult? That's why we must! English also teaches you to communicate and process things more accurately. If you want to advance in the professional world, you must have proper English and good speech. In order to obtain a good career an advancement as well as respect from your peers you have to be literate and well educated.
Learning English was always an interesting yet tough experience for me. English did attract my attention and I was so excited to learn.

CHEMERGY

What can you take from Chemistry? The benefits it gives us people.
CHEMISTRY. It is a blessing in disguise. It focuses on the problems that humans perform in our society. It helps us in our daily lives. Some people thinks that chemistry also has disadvantages but for me, it doesn't care because it is really a help that we need. The simple fact is that chemistry plays an important role in every person's daily activities from the moment we were born.
First to begin with is that if you haven't notice products of chemistry are used in the morning. Most of us uses alarm clocks that give us wake up calls to start a day. The radios and televisions that we used in gathering news about everything that is taking place. Without chemistry something as simple as scrubbing a toilet without fear of severe burns or small explosions might not be possible. Chemistry is also heavily involved with the manufacturing of things such as soaps that we use in cleaning our body and medicines that we take when we are sick. Each time you bathe you are witnessing chemistry at work. Almost anything you do during the course of a normal day involves chemistry in some way. The gas and tires in cars we drive, the makeup we put on our faces, the soaps and cleaners used everyday, burning wood or other fossil fuels, chemistry is all around you each and every day.
Chemistry is a big help to us but we mustn't abuse its benefits because if in some cases it's over used, it will give a result in a country's tourism's downfall.

I'VE LEARNED THAT...

When I first met our subject ITC, I didn't know what it stands for. It was funny because it was included in our periodical test. My first thoughts about this subject was, it's just facing the computer.

The reason why the first encounter of this subject is so critical is because students learn the base of their education about computers. A subject can be your favorite because of the teacher that is concerned. I'm very thankful that our teacher is Ma'am Evelyn. Teachers are the carriers of either positive or negative behavior toward students like us. Ma'am Evelyn gives us knowledge which has become one of the basic necessities to live life today. She is a very kind and patient teacher. Without any selfishness and hope for a reward, my teacher struggled through her life to enlighten the world. She taught me how to create a blog and she even taught me how to insert tags which I thought was not possible. I've learned so many things in this grading period. I've learned that committing a mistake can be forgiven. I've also learned that not going to school makes my educational life miserable.

Without hesitation, we must learn how to stand tall to face all the problems that can be solved. Remember, God doesn't give us problems that we cannot handle.

Can P-Noy Lead our Country?

“Every Filipinos worth living for,” said the late previous president Cory Aquino. She was the first female president of our country. “Kung walang kurap, walang maghihirap,” said P-Noy. Every leader of a country takes responsibility for the development of a community or a country. Before elections, the candidates for president told us what are their platforms are but SONA is different. The state of the nation address, also known as SONA is a speech or statement of a president about the projects for the country and after a year, it’ll be a speech or address of the current president about the country’s economic status or progress. It is traditionally done by the president.

                P-Noy is our current president and he delivered his SONA on July 25, 2011. His SONA is very long but understandable. What bothered me the most when I read his SONA is the usage of symbolic words, just like the word wang-wang. I do not know what it was referring to but they told me that it is referring to the anomalities. He talked a lot about the productivity of rice grains, decreased percentage of smuggled cars and the ships made or built to use in the lurking for our seas. He is smart but why didn’t he talked about the hottest issues that our government is facing now, like the R.H. Bill or the Reproductive Health Bill? He had heard enough advices about it to make his final decision if he approves it or not. P-Noy thanking the priest and the Archbishops confused me. Does it signify that he agrees with the church? Will P-Noy disapprove the R.H. Bill? There are so many perplexing thoughts in my mind and I felt bad because he didn’t answer one of the questions that conquered me.

                I have read his SONA twice just to look for his decision about the R.H. bill but there was nothing about it. He should be talking a lot because it is the most controversial issue in our country. Is P-Noy a smart president?

MY MODERN DAY HERO

Hero. What comes to your mind when you hear the word hero? Is he a flyer? Is he strong? All of those questions can be answered, of course not. Anyone can be a hero. Even me, even you too.

My modern day hero is powerful but she cannot lift heavy things. She can take me where I want to go but she cannot fly or teleport. She can tell what I feel but she is not a mind reader. Everyone doesn't seem to consider her a hero but for me, she is. She has been here all along, guiding me through the right path where I should go. She told me what's right and what is wrong. She told me things I never knew and what are day. She knows the surface of the sun and the moon but she haven't gone there. She explained why clouds go that way, why the rain falls and why the sun rises and sets. For me, the teachers are heroes. They are not super strong and cannot even fly but they are so smart that they almost knew everything. She can take me where I want to go to the future because she gives me some advice and instructed me in everyday life, she is my inspiration. One day I can go to everywhere I want to go when I'm already professional and successful. Why do we consider other professions to be more professional and more successful than the profession of being a teacher? Is the money that you consider the lawyer's success or the doctor's? Money cannot measure success because a true success is where you had gone farther. I once knew a mother who was very proud of his son because he graduated in college as a Civil engineer and now, he has a job. Her prides are almost drowning her. All the benefits she had from her son is a blessing for her and he thanked him so much with pleasure but she didn't thanked the teacher who mentored her son everyday. Teachers are heroes and if ever I will become successful someday, aside from my parents, I will thank my teachers who supported me and filled my mind with knowledge. The president became a president because of his teacher, the lawyer is a lawyer because of his teacher and the doctor is a doctor because of his teacher. Admit it, teachers are heroes and someday I will become like them.

My hero cannot fly or lift heavy things but she can turn me into a professional someday. Face the truth that there will never be more successful than our teachers. We must be proud that we have them.

IMPORTANCE OF BREAST FEEDING

Breast feeding is a very nutritious and also delicious way of taking care of an infant. It is widely discussed by doctors and some people if it is still traditional or not any more. Mothers are used to breastfeed their babies but now, because of paucity of time, they substitute powdered milk for breast milk. Breast milk is so important for an infant. If they haven't known, powdered milk has negative aspects. It is not as healthy as fresh milks like breast milk and it is high in oxysterols. However, people with a number of diseases like hardened arteries and Multiple Sclerosis have been found to have extremely high level of oxysterols in their bodies.

There are two aspects in which breastfeeding is important, one is the nutritional aspect and the other one is the psychological aspect. The nutritional aspect may be substituted but the psychological bonding which develops between the mother and the infant does not have alternatives. Breastfeeding is already proven nutritional and was also proven to decrease expenses. Instead of buying powdered milk, why don't we use breast milk to feed a baby for it is free? Research shows that breastfeeding has significant health benefits for mothers.

Breastfeeding assists the uterus return to its pre-pregnant state faster, can help women to lose weight after baby’s birth, reduces the risk of ovarian cancer and pre-menopausal breast cancer, reduces the risk of osteoporosis and reduces the risk of mothers with gestational diabetes developing Type 2 diabetes. Babies who are fed using breast milk have lower risk of asthma, obesity and allergies. Breast milk is easy to digest, totally proven. Babies who were breast fed are rarely constipated likely to got diarrhea. Breast milk is the best nutrition for a baby till it is six months old. Breast milk is specifically designed for the immature GI system of the infant and it is easily digested. It has the right proportions of fat, protein and sugars. The sugar present in breast milk, lactose is easily digested and is sufficient for all the requirement of the baby.
So what are you waiting for? Go breastfeed your babies and they will turn out to be healthy for sure.

Dear Mr. President

                First of all, I would like to thank God for letting you sit on the President’s throne, for the last administration didn’t satisfy me. It would be such a privilege to write this letter to you Sir. Your parents are legend.

                Mr. President, I really wish that this administration will be going to make such progress. This time, the country’s finances are almost down the drain because most Filipinos experience poverty. Many women bear many children and this is one of the reasons why they can no longer afford a better life. The R. H. Bill is what they really need. Couples cannot avoid temptation and they might have sexual intercourses some time and as a result, the woman gets pregnant, not knowingly the effect of this I their life. I’m just a 14-year old girl but that doesn’t make me naïve. My eyes are wide open to see all the things happening in my surroundings.

                For the past few years, I realized that my parents are yearning for my future life after I graduate. They want me to finally graduate and find a job so that we can learn how to stand alone in life. My parents are getting old and I wish that my sisters and I will graduate soon. I wish you won’t add more year levels. It will be a big problem for poor families to let their children go to school for so many years.

                And sometimes, what confuses me is the teachers’ salary. How come other professions have higher salaries than our teachers? Why would there be a doctor or an engineer, then, if there is no teacher? I wish that someday, somehow, you will increase the teachers’ salary.

                I hope someday our country will rise and stand proud. We must all aim high, together we’ll stand and raise the Philippine flag for the whole world to see.

                                                                                                                                   Sincerely Yours,

                                                                                                                                 Divimae Joy Quias