My Teacher

My Teacher, My Hero

        What are teachers? They have been our second mother and from them, we learn a lot of things. Different things that inspires and make us a better person. Because of that, our teachers can be considered as a hero.

One teacher that inspired me was my Mother, Elisa C. Sarmiento, who has been my teacher in school and my entire life. She knew me since preschool for she was, I think, the longest teacher that taught me. She inspired me to do my best in life, since I took the entrance exam in Cavite National Science High School. She showed her support to us exam takers and because of that, I was really courage to pass the exam. Still now, I am at CNSHS, I do my best to impress her, showing everything she taught me was worth it. Every time I visit my alma mater, I see her and she still never fails to inspire me. She is a kind teacher and when you meet her, she acts like a mother that is why every student she handles is very comfortable with her. I'll never forget the things she taught me, the things that made me a better person right now.

Words cannot express how much I am thankful to have her as a teacher. This Teacher's Day, let us let our teachers who inspired us a lot to feel the warmth and love from us students.

Blog 4.2

A warrior needs to face his most challenging choice in his life: between family and responsibility.

In Aenid, Aeneas knew their city being attacked because of the Greeks, to think that he must lead his countrymen and do a step against this war. And that decision is to leave the house and continue fighting against the enemy. Countering his choices, Creusa begs his husband to consider their family’s future if Aeneas is to be killed in that war.

Similar to this, in Iliad, Andromache pleads to his husband, Hector to not endanger his life for the sake of his wife and son. But because of Hector’s reputation and responsibility, he needs to join in the war for the sake of his countrymen and kingdom.

Both stories had these similarities having a warrior as Andromache and Creusa’s husband. They both plead to their husband not to risk their life for the sake of their family’s future. They were both concerned to what will happen and try their best to prevent bad things. But unfortunately, both of their husbands took the risk and went through the battle because of their big responsibility as a future leader. They both listened to plead of their wives but did not follow them.

     There are also differences because in Aenied, Creusa’s life led into a terrible path because she was unfortunately left behind. And also, omens were present in Aenied which is the biggest factor why Aeneas needed to go through the battle and avoid his wife’s plead while in Iliad, Hector’s thoughts pushed him. He thought of his reputation and duty that is the biggest factor for him to go on.

Blog 4.3: Two pleads.

Aeneas's tale of his travels takes up Books II and III of the Aeneid. Aeneas begins by sighing deeply and telling Dido and her court that his is a long and tragic story, but that he is willing to try to recall it for his host. He starts by describing the fall of Troy. The Greeks, aided by the goddess Minerva, construct a huge wooden horse, within which they hide a great many armed soldiers. The rest of the Greeks flee the land. The Trojans rejoice, thinking that they have driven off their opponents. 

In Troy, Hector instructs his mother, Hekuba, about the rites to be held in Athena's temple, and then he goes to find Paris, who has been absent from the battlefield. He discovers his brother at home with Helen and her handmaidens, and he sternly rebukes him for his irresponsibility. Paris admits that he has been disgracing himself, and he prepares himself to join the fight. Hector, meanwhile, goes to visit his own wife and baby son.

He finds Andromache and the baby Astyanax on the walls overlooking the battlefield. Andromache pleads with Hector not to endanger him any longer. Achilles has killed her father and all her brothers, and now Hector is her whole family; she begs him to have pity on her and their infant child.

In the other hand, Anchises does not want to live to see the fall of Troy and asks to be left behind. Aeneas declares that he will never leave his father to die, and he steels himself for battle, but Creusa begs him to protect the house if he has any hope left for their survival.

Blog 4.1 : Sympathy, Yes or No ?

 Blog 4.1 : Sympathy, Yes or No ?

Among the adaptors of Greek culture, none was more brilliant, original, or influential than the poet Virgil. He faced a formidable challenge. Everyone who encountered Greek culture recognized how much it was shaped by Homer. To write a Roman equivalent to The Iliad and The Odyssey required an ability to think, a way with words, and a storytelling capacity that would enable a poet to do for Rome what Homer had done for Greece. Few poets before Virgil had attempted this task; none had succeeded in it.

                        Virgil’s claim is that even the Greeks, the victors, would be able to feel the sorrow of the event if it were told properly from the point of view of the victims. Virgil writes a characteristically evenhanded account, so that both losers and winners earn our sympathy and respect.

          At points during his story, Aeneas emphasizes the irrelevance of mortal concerns in the face of divine will. Venus’s persuasion of Aeneas to not kill Helen, for instance, relies on the ultimate inability of mortals to influence their destinies.

So for me, it earns sympathy.

Curious Smile of Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, which has been acclaimed as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.  

Leonardo da Vinci had a great scientific mind, but even he couldn't have known the real secret behind the Mona Lisa's smile. The proper understanding of the human visual system was still centuries away. Still, he knew that he pulled some kind of neat trick; the painting was one of his personal favorites and he gave it to the king of France as a gift. 

The secret behind the Mona Lisa is that the "happy" part of her smile is actually buried in a low spatial frequency pattern. So if you're not looking directly at her mouth, her smile looks cheerful. But when you look directly at her smile, parts of it disappear into the background. As a result, you're never quite sure if she's smiling or not. 

Owner of the Mighty Pen :)

Pen is Mightier than the Sword

He was an example. He proved that the pen was mightier than the sword. And I think that’s why he was considered more of a hero than Bonifacio was, because he used good force and he used his brain. He proved it. He fought with his mind. A lot of books are based on his influences. He’s brave, and I think that’s what a lot of people should do. What I loved about him was the way he died, which was very commendable and very brave of him. He knew he was going to die, yet he faced it, literally.

          If I were to meet him, it would be a great honor. Seriously, the first thing I will do is to thank him. He is the reason why we have a peaceful country and have a progressive one. I want to talk to him about the effects of his sacrifices and I will tell him that he inspires every one of us to be industrious enough to take care of what he has done.

Rizal is important especially to the youth because his life was full of values that we need to have. His dreams and philosophies could be our inspiration to achieve our goals. The youth today have become rebellious, like Simon in El Filibusterismo, and in this kind of situation, we need to keep in mind the works and ideals of Rizal and prove that the youth is indeed the hope of this nation.

My top 5 Sins as a Student (5SS)

       

My top 5 Sins as a Student (5SS)

 We always say that this time, in school as a good student, we will do our best to avoid sins and stay away from trouble as much as we could. But unfortunately, we could not avoid these sins we commit. Here are just some of the six sins we commit at school. 

Number 1: Laziness 

    There are many causes for laziness, but I think one of the biggest causes of student laziness isn't laziness at all. I used to be called lazy a lot in school and it was never a matter of being 

Lazy, it was more because I struggled with the understanding and the teachers would put me down so much that I felt stupid asking questions. When you hear over and over that the answer should be easy but it isn't you eventually just give up. It's not because you're lazy at all.

Number 2: Cramming 2 the Max

     In education, cramming is the practice of working intensively to absorb large volumes of informational material in short amounts of time. It is often done by students in preparation for upcoming exams, especially at the last minute. Cramming is often discouraged by educators because the hurried coverage of material tends to result in poor long-term retention of material.

Number 3: I am not Obedient

      As a student, I admit that I belong to the not obedient ones. Why? Simply because sir Tom gives the rule of respecting your own school uniform. He gives commands on not to roll up the sleeves because it is a disgrace. And what do I do? I still roll up my sleeves because I could not bear the hotness. I know I did the bad thing so I am trying to change.

        I always get my punishment. For the boys, it’s the haircut that matters but for girls like me, this is the one that matters. Sir Tom always scolds me whenever he sees I roll my sleeves up. I promise not to repeat but as a naughty student, sometimes I still do it so I feel guilty. There’s just the Hades side in my head that persuades me to do the wrong thing.

Number 4: I'm always late

     When students come to class late, it can disrupt the flow of a lecture or discussion, distract other students, impede learning, and generally erode class morale. Moreover, if left unchecked, lateness can become chronic and spread throughout the class. Because there are a number of possible reasons students arrive to class late, considering which causes are at the root of the problem can help guide instructors to appropriate responses and strategies. Understanding the reasons, however, does not require tolerating the behavior.

Number 5: "Can I copy"

    I cannot avoid the fact that I could not understand the lesson myself. I know I can simply ask questions regarding the lesson but one need not to copy another classmate’s answer. Those devils coming out of their place and got inside my soul were so desperate, which makes me cram even more. Students like me are getting used to it so they get too lazy to answer on their own.

        One cannot simply determine the punishment at first but when a test comes, that’s also when you realized you still don’t understand the lesson. You only have grades in homework because of copying, and now, a test comes and you got to do nothing but guess for the answers.