GAFFE for ENRICHMENT

Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong.
-Jeffrey A. Carver

Since elementary , I really had a hard time dealing with ENGLISH . I hate reading books and opening the dictionaries when I encountered unfamiliar words. There was a time when I asked my mom about the meaning of a word and she just answered me back dictionary ba ako ? “ . Every time I asked my mom about that , I already knew her answer. Sometimes I asked myself “bakit kaya hindi ako magaling sa English ? puro math lang ba ako ? “. There was also a time when my mom said that “nakakatuwa kayo , si kuya magaling sa Social Studies, si bunso sa English at science at ikaw naman sa math “ but the most beautiful part there was “so kung ang isa mahina doon , magtulungan dapat kayo “. So when I stepped in high school, I’ve practiced being independent. I’m trying to do my best to love every lesson in each subject especially in English.


It was February 22, 2011 when my teacher entered the room with papers containing our errors in our blogs. When I got the paper, I scanned it immediately thinking that I may have some errors included there. While I was checking and correcting it something came to my mind “there are still many things to learn “. Yeah! It is true that I have a lot of things to learn when it comes to writing.


As we all know, grammar is one of the most important lesson in English because it helps us to express our thoughts. And if we know how to use it correctly we can have a good conversation with others. Think of this, “How can someone understand what you are about to say, if your words make it confusing? “. Writing is also connected with this, “how can it be effective and interesting to readers if it doesn’t make sense at all ? “. Grammar is really important to us, we may find it hard sometimes but remember if we learn from it, it’s worth it ! .

More over , we can improve our communication skills through READING and WRITING. Sometimes we may encounter some mistakes but let it be our way for our improvement not just as a STUDENT but also a WRITTER .

For…

“Writing is an exploration, you start from nothing and learn as you go “