Table of contents

1. Cover page
2. 6 days policy (argumentative essay)
3. Contentment with life ( extended definition essay)
4. Burger or pizza? =P~ (comparison essay)
5. Chocolates (cause and effect)
6. Cuisines (descriptive)

Cover page

This term englcom has taught me a lot of things in which helped me with the things I’m going to take up in the future. The professor has taught me write essays with different perspective in those different kinds of fields and helped me differentiate them. Another thing i learned that it is important to write essays because it is part of the things we must do and the things we must practice upon.

My portfolio proves that i have achieved my desired learning results because i have written blogs in which i am proud of and it incorporates the things i learned this term in englcom. Another thing is that it helps me write essays that in the past left me in a struggle. 

The desired learning result that i find hard to achieve is when writing an essay together with an outline even though it is hard i proved to me that it was rather a easier thing to do but i found it hard to do in the first place but because of the things she has taught us at the end i found it rather easy to accomplish.

The four desired learning results are “Effective Communicator”, “Critical and Creative Thinker”, “Reflective Lifelong Learner” and “Service-Driven Citizens”

I would say I am a critical and creative thinker because of this term it has helped me realize that we are capable of doing more things that we have ever imagined and it because of the essays that we did this term it has helped me think of more things to accomplish and finish.

The dlr that I found rather hard to achieve is the effective communicator because in the essays that I have been doing I found it hard to write with the flow and at first I’m not really good in writing these types of essays.

The things I learned as a writer is that we can write things that we can imagine, meaning it is our own opinion that counts and that how we want our essays to come out. Another thing is that it helped me be more creative because of the things that are required for us to do in class.

I learned from writing is that we have to be creative with the topics we are discussing in our essays. We have to go with the flow of our writing not making it far from each other and the last thing is that we must voice out our own opinion about the things we are writing about.

6 days policy

6 days policy

Here in the Philippines some schools incorporate the rule that there should be at least 6 school days in a week maybe to provide the students to perform well in their studies and maybe help them learn more stuff rather faster than the ordinary 5 school days a week. One of the schools I know who incorporate this type of policy is dlsu, most of the students of dlsu go to school until Saturday which makes it rather hard for the students since they have to go to school 6 days a week, but the only bright side of this policy is that it lets that students graduate rather faster since normally courses around the Philippines are up to 4 years compared to 3 years by dlsu.

So what does the 6 days policy really do? It helps the students with their studies rather faster than normal school because of the additional day for them to do some schoolwork. Another thing is that they can help students make up time since the course they have is only up to 3 years, which is a rather fast way of taking your course.

The pros of this policy is that they can help students with their learning environment by putting another school day the students can learn more topics about their course and help them learn it faster. Another pro for this policy is that they can make the time for their course rather shorter because of the added 6 days policy.

The cons for this policy is that they can be proven hassle for the students coming to school an extra day and making them do more work for them to finish. Another con is that they have a lesser time to do their requirements making Sunday the day to do all the things they needed to do. The third con for this is that more work for the students to do because of the extra school day for them and because of that it can stress the students and make their time rather harder for them.

My stand on this argument is that I think they should take out the 6 days policy because it can be proven that the policy can be rather tiring and stressful for the students although it can shorten the time of their course still it is making it very hard for the students to learn their subjects and it is making them do more stuff and giving them little time to finish their requirements. 

Contentment with life

What does it take for us to be satisfied? Every person around the world wants to become satisfied, but what does it really take for us to be contented on what we have? Satisfaction is an act of being contented with what we have by not getting more than we should. It is an act of satisfying or state of being satisfied. Satisfaction is the fulfillment of desires to a certain object. “Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty” – Socrates (Ancient Greek Philosopher, 470 BC-399 BC).

Every person has the right to have the things he/ she wants but there is a certain limit to what we are supposed to get.  I think that we can be truly happy when we are contented with ourselves. Many people around the world wants to be contented in life but some of us think that being contented isn’t enough that’s why they to get more than the others who are just happy with what they have. In Christianity Jesus taught us that “I came that everyone would have life, and have it in its fullest' Gospel of John 10:10. Another quote from the bible is that "Now godliness with contentment is great gain." from 1timothy 6:6.

What does it really take for us to be contented one of my opinions about this topic is that we should be happy with what we have and always keep it as that. People these days wants to have anything new around the world they think that it helps them keep up with the modern times with the new technology going around. Another quote that I think that is relevant to contentment is “ everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at his or her heels.” –Bertolt Brecht.

People only have one goal in life and that is to be happy and for me I think that the best way to be happy is to be contented with what you have nothing more nothing less. People need to learn that contentment is the greatest thing that they will ever realize and that it is all that they need to be happy in their lives.

In life every person differs from their lifestyle some people are born very rich coming from a rich family living like they don’t really have a problem in the world, getting the things that they want and going through life with ease, but is it enough to make them happy for me they have all the things that they will ever need even more but it doesn’t make their lives any happier they are somewhat programmed to want more things out of life without even realizing how hard it is to live through life.

Other people are born in the lifestyle in which people do not want to have with almost hardships and problems they have to endure they strive to get what they need and they are contented with what they get everyday. So I think living in this world is meaningless if we are not happy going through it so we must think that everything we have is just right and everything we do is for the sake of it once we realize that then we can truly be happy.

Burger or Pizza? =P~

In the world today, people are always in a hurry to get to where they are heading so they prefer to eat food that are convenient for them to eat while they are going to their destination. In the food industry they make food that are most convenient for their customers. The two most convenient foods that people prefer are burger and pizza. The Burger is a type of foods that consists of a patty, lettuce, tomato and a couple of buns. The Burger began in the 15^th century and originated in Europe. In the 17^th century the Germans began to favor the “tartare steak” and in the 18^th century the Germans brought their favorite delicacies to us and then started the term “hamburger”. The second food that people prefer is pizza. Pizza began during 17^th century and it spread out throughout the world. A pizza consists of a thin or thick crust, a tomato based sauce, cheese, and a choice of meat considering the similarities between a pizza and a burger, they are both convenient to eat. You can eat these types of food practically anywhere even when you are in a hurry. Another similarity of burger and pizza is that they are both considerably fattening which are both bad for the health, but still lots of people prefer to eat these kinds of foods. The differences between pizza and burger is that the burger is somewhat a complete meal since the bun has carbohydrate, the lettuce is the vegetable, tomato the fruit, and the patty gives of protein while the pizza only provides carbohydrates and doesn’t involve vegetables. Another difference is that a whole pizza consists of 8 slices which you can get easily full while a burger is only like one fourth compared to a pizza and not many people prefer only eating one burger.

Although they are almost the same in terms of convenience they both differ in their preference due to the fact that burger gives of a full meal while pizza can get you easily full with its slices. So all in all, for me I prefer burger than pizza since it gives off a full meal and it is much more convenient for the people to eat.