Mr Generous

Who is this Mr. Generous that I am talking about and why is he so generous?

Okay readers, I call this man generous because he was willingly share his knowledge with me and my classmates. During an hour session, he had deliver the lesson on effective argumentation. He explain precisely o argumentative writing, the elements of good arguments and how to argue effectively. After he finished explaining the lesson, he asked us to do some exercises. Through the exercises, i am able to identify the claim, data, warrant, backing, rebuttal and qualifier. Other than that, this generous man also provides an argumentative checklist so that we can grade a passage accordingly. Lastly, he treats us with KFC snack box!

Thank you Mr. Vahid Nimehchisalem (T_T)

Merry Maid

My classmates and I have discussed the issue in one of the short story in order to give us the gist on the position paper.

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The title of the story is

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Merry Maid by Dr. Jayakaran Mukundan

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During the discussion, Dr.Jaya distributes the handout on quotes. These quotes is related to the themes that can be found in the story. The following quotes are the most suitable quotes that I think directly related to the story.

1. Jealousy

"Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own" -Harold Coffin

2. Possession

"A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor" -Alexander Smith

3. Time

"Man talk of killing time, while time quietly kills him" -Dion Boucicault

4. Superiority

"Great ambition, the desire of real superiority, of leading and directing, seem to be altogether peculiar to ma, and speech is the great instrument of ambition" -Adam Smith

5. Vanity

"Vanity is so secure in the heart of a man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this or you who read this. -Blaise Pascal.

Precious

Claireece Precious Jones

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By reading this beautiful name, the reader might get the idea of a beautiful girl with a beautiful life. However, the reality for Precious is really opposite to that. She leads a poor life where she is abused sexually by her own father, being beaten by her own mother, and illiterate.

This movie is about Precious and her hope.

"dont lie to me, love aint ever done anything for me, it beats me down."

The sentences that had been uttered by Precious brings me close to tears.

From a teacher perspective, the first thing that a teacher needs to do is to make them feel loved by you. The teacher herself need to show the affection towards the students so that they will believe in you and open up to. As in the story, Ms.Rain had done a good job because she kept telling Precious how "precious" she is and make her believes that she is able to be loved.

Documentary

Freaky documentary on teachers

with the theme of

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"50% of teachers quit within their first three years"

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The first sentences shown on the screen really scares me. In that instance, I think I will contribute to that possible 50%.

This documentary is about four teachers with different challenges that they need to overcome. One of them having problem in teaching itself. He is inexperienced teacher who kind of awkward in teaching because he never teach before. So, he end up being bully by his students and go through the hard experience in getting his students attention.

Other than problems with teaching, these teachers also experience the problems with their peers (another teacher). This increase the tension among these teacher, and later affects their relationship with their love one.

From this documentary, I found that you need to have brave heart in order to be a teacher. It wasn't as easy as it may seem, because there are lots of challenges that you need to face. A teacher also need to have faith in their students so that they will achieve what you wanted them to achieve. One more thing that hinder some teacher from quitting is;

The Passion;

to be a teacher.

That is the one thing that i never have (T_T)