Being a first year high school student in UP High is not that easy. There are lots of pressures, and hardships. You have to chase the time! In my elementary years, I always waste time. But now that I'm in high school, I have to make sure that no time is wasted. Even though sometimes, I am tempted to waste it.. In UP, there are lots of events. It's my first time to some of the events. I can really say that it's very enjoyable in UP. Even though there are lots of pressures, there are also lots of enjoyment.
One of the biggest event that I can't forget is our KYSD. I have already experienced teaching my classmates in the elementary years. But not the whole one hour. During my elementary years, I was only assigned to report about a certain topic of the book. Not like now in KYSD, that I discussed the whole chapter! I can't believe if I can do it! But I did! Teaching a number of students is not that easy. I was one of the teachers in Science A. Actually, I am applying for Science C, but Madame Gallo told me that it is good for me to apply in Science A. I hesitated because in Science A, it is chemistry. I told her that I can't understand chemistry very well.. But she told me that we are already in Biology. I finally agreed because I love Biology. Teaching and explaining in front of the class, not all are listening to you, is not easy. It's very uncomfortable to explain seeing someone not listening. And besides, I have to make my voice louder and have to write all the important details in the blackboard. And because you are the teacher, you have to explain very well the topic, which is hard to do. How can you explain very well if in front of you, while you're talking, they're also talking? Even though I'm trying my best to explain very well, still they can't understand because others are very noisy. I really experienced a hard time. I have realized that if it's hard to be a student in UP high, it's harder to be a teacher in UP high. Because they are the ones who are trying to do their best of the best to teach us! Even though when you look at them teaching it's just easy. But it's not! Because I myself have experienced it. And also in times of examination, we can say that they're very lucky because they are only making the test. But we have to understand that they themselves have experienced that in their school days. But even though it's very hard to teach students like me, also enjoyed teaching them. At least I have the experience, which I will never forget. Perhaps next year, I'm going to apply more subjects to teach. Hoping that next year, it will be better and the students will have more respect and good attitude towards us. And hoping that they will apply so that they can also experience.
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You are right. Being a student is challenging. But fun. And, being a teacher offers more challenge. For one, a teacher needs to be a student at the same time. I'm glad you were able to realize a few good things about teaching and learning. :-)
I notice that you are fond of using expletive constructions. Expletives are those filler words that stand in the place of the original subject in a sentence. For example:
It is important that we go to school early.
There are three reasons for the delay.
"It is..." and "There are..." are common expletive constructions, and--take careful note--we must try avoiding them because they are unemphatic and weak sentence constructions.
Compare those two sentences with the following:
Going to school is important.
Three reasons exist for the delay.
Here are live examples from your entry:
"I have realized that if it's hard to be a student in UP high, it's harder to be a teacher in UP high."
You can recast that sentence into a more emphatic one like:
"I have realized that if being a student in UP High is hard, then being a teacher in UP High is harder."
Also, try to write complete sentences. Check if your sentences have subjects and predicates. Using phrases or fragments is sometimes okay, but ONLY for emphasis.
:-)
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