Blog#6- “Life or Death”

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Choose the pain and treat it as an illusion,

Or face death that signifies a weak action.

Undergo aches or rest in peace perfection.

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Be brave enough to face a real imagination.

Life is too short to experience suffering,

Just revel with it and stop thinking ending.

To be, or not to be: that is the question:

Don’t be a coward looking for lamentation.

Life after death seems unimaginable.

Why don’t make each moment unforgettable.

Blog#5- A Farce of Mistaken Identity in Ephesus

“The Comedy of Errors” is really a humorous comedy play of William Shakespeare. The play mainly focuses on the main relationship between husband and wife, parent-child love and brotherly friendship for some serious discussion. The Comedy of Errors is not a comedy of ideas. It is a situational farce of mistaken identity with violent physical comedy. The plot of this play is just fairly simple but sometimes full of misidentification ridiculous situations.

Like in a farce, the audience is asked to believe in a world that looks similar, but mainly exaggerates and builds upon society’s mistakes. Twins used to be viewed as two separate paths which could be taken, of as a set of alternate paths. Sons were often considered to be extensions of their fathers. I really enjoyed the plot of this play even though confusions increase as the story goes on and on. For example is the two Antipholus, they are not only having trouble with their identity because their perception changed, but also because they are recognized as someone else in a strange land.

The play contains all the elements of a Shakespearean comedy. There’s a conflict, some resolution, confusion is cleared up, families and lovers get reunited, and it’s also a funny or comic one. The play is also filled with upsetting subjects. There are broken families, a troubled marriage, slavery, grief and anger and even frequent violence. It is not only the characters' confusion that is released by the final scene, it is in which the "errors" are well- explained and resolved. The simplicity, with which these problems are overcome, indicates to the theme of the play which is “Love and happiness will conquest over all”.   

BLOG#4- CHOSEN ONE?

The National Career Assessment Examination or NCAE is a test taken by high school students in the Philippines that determines their strengths in different career fields. That explains what NCAE was all about.  For me, this exam is merely a basis for choosing what course you want to take in college. It still depends on the student on what path he decides to choose. It just helps students in choosing the appropriate course for them.

                  

As what I perceive, students who took NCAE pursue the result of this assessment. But NCAE test results are only one part of the bigger picture in determining the best career fit for a student. Students shouldn't make major decisions based on NCAE results alone. Their entire school career as well as their own goals and interests should be considered when deciding on a course of study and a career. It still depends on their interests.

    

     The main goal of NCAE is to determine which careers the students are ideally suited for; students can plan a course of study that will give them the skills and education they will need for their ideal careers. Students are free to choose on what field they want to excel, on what course they think they are fitted, and on what route or path they want to walkthrough. NCAE was only a partial help for them in making right decisions that can lead them to success.

“The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware of your freedom to choose.”