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          "No One Stops to Say Thank You Anymore" by L.A. Wilson is an interesting article that it has a great impact towards the reader. I'm sure that most of us agree in the author's perception about today's youth behavior. His point of view is very much related with mine. Nowadays, people don't acknowledge a person doing good deeds anymore. We tend to forget appreciating simple things that has been done favorable to us. Well, we can't blame anyone since we are not obliged to do it. But come to think of it, saying thank you to people every time is a way of showing him that you appreciate what he did. And you know exactly how it feels to be appreciated. It feels very heartwarming yet we do not say such words. Maybe because we're not fund of saying it or we simply forget to say so or we're not just taught when we're still young. We can't also blame the teenagers for not being a well mannered person since they're just imitating everything that they see growing up. Their pure and young minds doesn't hesitate to assimilate things and obviously in that early stage they still can't differentiate what's right from wrong. So whose fault is it? Is it the child? Or the one who's responsible for the child's proper foundation of good manners or what we called parents?? Parents is our very first teacher. And we are first taught in our home. But sometimes the case is like this, they don't taught us those inappropriate ones yet we see it in their own actions by our own two eyes. And we unknowingly applied it that easy until it becomes our attitude. So it's a matter of a proper foundation.
          And as a matured one, we should act accordingly. We should serve as models for the young ones so that they can imitate good example as they grow. Who knows? It can be the solution for this case. It might not end the problem that quick but through time and process, step by step, we might see a world with a generation proper raised and well mannered in the future.
          Boldly and powerfully, I believe and agree to L.A. Wilson's message in this article. Manners bridges us to the people around us. Everything we do has a price. What we do has a reflection just like what we see in a mirror. It always has consequences that awaits. We are connected and accountable to each other. And this connection serves as the way we should act.
          I can now say that this writing made me to think not just twice but many times of how I should act and behave. And that things is not all about me and it does not focused on me. It made me realize to start an act to prevent a world to become a world of people who think only about themselves. And indeed, it moved me.

#2

          According to the book, good language learners are enthusiastic learners. They are willing and accurate guessers and not afraid to make mistakes. They are open to correction and utilize feedback to their advantage and seriously seek improvement by studying grammar. They have a critical sensitivity to language use. And their desire to learn is not dampened even if others laugh at their mistakes.
          Yes indeed it's true. But what if it goes like this, if the said above is the world's standard what will happen to those people who don't possess it all? Are they considered as not a good language learner anymore? And the thing is not all people have the same standard. Right? People have their own criteria and it differs from one to another. I can't convince someone to consider someone good whom I consider good since my good could be different from his good. But if I would be the one to evaluate my self then I would consider myself a good language learner. I don't have to be really good at language to be a good language learner. All I have to do is never give up to desire and believe in my self that I am. And everything would follow accordingly.

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                                                             Created with Purpose

         Each one of us differ in every single way. We vary in our desires, passion, talents and etc. There were things that we're good at and things that we're not. We are all simply unique. We have our strength and weaknesses. And just like a cellphone that was made to to speed-up communication, we, people exist for a reason.

          I am Nacy Kiah H. Pede, a freshman student of BSE major in TLE in MSU-IIT Iligan City. I'm just a typical teenager who loves technology. I also love dancing, playing table tennis, and listening to music especially when I'm down. It kinda lift me up. And also I eat a lot. It's my way of comforting myself when I'm upset, relaxing when I'm pressured and stressed and releasing bad vibes when I'm not in the mood. I read books especially novels. I think of it as a way to improve my writing. I'm a die hard fan of Taylor Swift and Nicholas Sparks. And I'm head over heels with this K-pop sensation named "Choi Minho". I would cross oceans just to have selfie with him but just like how it sounds, it's very impossible and so immature. I believe that everyone has a dark side. Even you. Right? Because we're not perfect. It's a fact. Unbelievable but in my 3/4 years of existence there was never a day I have appreciated myself. I always have a negative thoughts about me. I have so many insecurities. If I were to write my what if's and could have been's in life it would took me centuries. As I face the mirror at times, I see a person who is never enough for me. Years passed, as I realized it over and over again that even though life is unfair to me it is also unfair to everyone, so still life is fair. I have started things that I should have done before. And because of that a piece of puzzle was revealed.

          Who am I? or what am I? I really don't know yet. I could tell you a part of me like I said above but it wouldn't be enough as an answer. It's all just a part of the whole. What I know only is that life brought me to where I am today to sharpen my edges to become the very purpose of why I am existing today. And if you'd ask me what is it? I'm still clueless also. But to fulfill it I might start with the basic. As a student I'm obliged and must to study hard. Bring out the best of me in every way I can and to take all the opportunities I have while I still have the chance. Be effective and productive. And most important is to do things that can glorify his name. And I know soon he would reveal my purpose.

          Many people would think of us just as this good but remember the process hasn't ended yet. There will still be a change. We could shine in our uniqueness. And that's who we are. A creation with purpose.