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Significant learnings  from English 1 [pt. 2]

SEMILLA, Chriziane

        The activities given to us are very essential. We learned how to communicate effectively and it deepened our knowledge in this course. Especially, the subject-verb agreement which I've been struggling for years, the proper use of words and phrases, reading and understanding long texts, of course, paraphrasing and quoting words from someone. Truly, many students are struggling in English but with the help of our dear professors, we can hone ourselves.

PLACENCIA, Nicole

        I learned a lot of things in English class. We learned the basics, mostly writing and communication but on a different level. Learning how the Library works. Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism and giving respect and credits to the original authors. How to construct grammatically correct essays/paragraphs and to spot grammatical errors. Ma'am Lintao taught us techniques on how to skim and scan, she basically taught us techniques in every lesson/topic. Which I think is a very effective way to prepare us for the future. Communication also is one of the things I learned in English class. A proper way to communicate without causing misunderstandings. Ma'am Lintao let's us perform and apply what she taught us to get a better understanding of it, and we are thankful for that.

BALBAGO, Rosselle

       I feel this semester, only the first of many I will endure, was a successful one.  The objective of the course was to make us better ones in english. and I certainly have improved. However, I feel I should have taken my high school English class more seriously.  The teacher graded rather leniently, which attributed to my lack of effort.  The amount of work required to get an "A" paper in my high school was about equivalent to the work required to get a "C" paper here. It was a very difficult adjustment for me.  I went  through high school what I now know to be not-so-good papers, but received good grades for them.  Then, I thought they were good because of the grades I got.  Now, I find myself working over twice as hard for half the grade. Even though i am not so good in english I pursue myself to give my best.

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{WORK!WORK!WORK!}

         As I am walking inside the UST campus, I can see that I'm getting closer to Beato Angelico building. When I saw this,different emotions build up within myself. I'm happy,excited and nervous at the same time. I knew that from this moment,my sleepless nights will begin wherein I'm cramming in order for me to finish stuffs. At first, I'm very excited of the things that will come in my way. I'm very anxious during my first meeting with my professors.Not because of their physical appearance but because of the pressure and expectations that they're putting us through. It is our first time to use t-square, tech pens, triangles and etc.  Our first plates were very easy and it makes us look forward more. When we're already on the middle of the semester, It becomes more challenging. It comes to the point when we are still awake during 1-2 in the morning just to finish our plates, scale models and such.

          “Plates”. It is so GR-RRR! An architecture student must be very careful when it comes to this. You should be careful and you must have exact measurements. Each of the architectural stuffs has its own purpose. You must be sure of the form that you're doing like in isometric,otographic and such. There is an irritating part wherein if the tech pen will blot or the if tools are not in the right place.Obviously I need to start all over again. For the reason that this scenario will ruin my projects. But despite of all these things, I'm still enthusiastic for all the things that I've learn.

         Projects.  The first thing to do is to know the expectations of your professor. Next is you must be pefectionist on the thing that you're doing. It will come to the point wherein you will have sleepless nights,will have a cut from the cutter,got bruises because of the glue gun and will have a paper cut.

         But despite all of all these things I learned how to become responsible and I know how to divide my time for all the things that I have to accomplish. This may be hard but It's very rewarding to learn something new and improve my abilities as a student.

                                                                                         -- BALBAGO, Roselle