Specific Topic: Psychological Stages Undergone by a Dying Person

Thesis Statement: A dying person undergoes the psychological stages of anger, denial, bragaining, depression and acceptance.

This Week’s Scoop: November 22-28, 2009

     Last Tuesday, a woman suddenly entered our room in English 2. I didn’t have the slightest clue that she was our teacher. I was surprised that she was because she looked taller in the picture in her blog.

     Well anyway, it doesn’t matter because I didn’t really get a good look at her picture so why am I complaining? Our teacher, Prof. Lynnie Deocampo was one of the most unusual and fantastic teachers I have ever been under. For one thing, she spoke in English with such fluency like she grew up in the States or something. I have a feeling this is going to be a class I won’t soon forget.

     She then required us all to speak in English in our class even to our classmates. If we were caught speaking in the vernacular we would have to sing a song in front of the whole class (tricky…very tricky). But at least I was thankful she finally came so that we could finally start classes and have a proper discussion.

     During that meeting, we began talking about concept mapping in order to ease the burden of trying to come up with a good topic to write about. She said that concept mapping is useful in deciding what topic to write about in our term paper and I agree. She also taught us how to state our specific topic. I took the liberty of copying the concept map she used as an example which was about education.

     During our next meeting which was on a Thursday, we discussed about the concept maps we made last Tuesday. The teacher gave us some helpful tips when choosing a specific topic and when writing our thesis statement like not choosing a topic that even laymen know about, making sure that the thesis statement must be connected to our specific topic, using parallelism and etc.

     And so here ends this week’s scoop. Until next time…

How I Think and Feel Towards Writing in English

     As for me, I have mixed feelings whenever I write in English. But if I have to describe these feelings in a single word, I would use the word pleasurable. i admit that I feel more comfortable writing in English than in my native languanges. It sounds hypocritical but life is complicated. Just because I prefer another language than my own doesn't mean I no longer love my country, right?

     Well anyway, the reason why I decribed writing in English as pleasurable is because it gives me the some advantages that could prove useful in the near future.

     First, it offers me the chance to express myself through writing my thoughts, emotions and experiences. Writing opens up to a world where there are numerous possibilities and where anything is possible. It is an enjoyable and stress-relieving exercise.

     Secondly, it lets me practice my writing skills. I confess that I am not a very good writer. If I had a peso every time I attempted to write something that ended in failure and disappointment, I'd probably be able to own my own house right now. Okay, that was a little bit an exaggeration but you get the picture.

     Finally, it would give me a chance to brush up on my English and to include some novel words I learned through the years and other words which I thought I would never be able to use in my entire life.

     And so I hope I can do all those things I just said and live up to the expectations of my teacher and others concerned. I also hope to learn new thigs as I continue travelling into the vast and unknown future.