Marie Katrina DC.

Lim HEN 113

STC11-7M Reading and Writing Skills

Oh! One down, one more to go!

Dug-dug-dug-dug. All I can hear is the sound of my heartbeat, feeling nervous.

What could ever happen in this online class? Will I be able to cope up? Oral
communication in Context, how are we going to study and use the online platform in this
subject? Before, I’ve always wondered how will we successfully do online class in Oral
Communication. At first, I was very anxious. One of the reasons why I was anxious is that
I’m not good at public speaking or in any oral performance, second, I was a bit intimidated
to my professor since I have connection problems and we are required to open our
cameras during the discussion. Third, I find it a bit hard to meet our professor’s
expectations especially during recitations, but I had fun though. Either way, we finished
the semester without any conflicts, our professor made it easy for us to adjust in this set
up.

The subject does not really fit in this kind of platform since it is more on oral and
honestly, I was surprised that we were able to cope up and perform the given tasks well.
Not just in Oral Communication, but also in the other subjects, I had the same experiences.
To be honest, I do not have really much experience to tell with the subject last semester.
Aside from the circumstances like suspension of classes, our routine was stereotypical.
Discussion, LAS, PeTa or Quiz after, just like that. But I enjoyed my professor’s stories
since our professor’s way of teaching was based on real-life situations, or he relates our
topic in his life experiences, it was really fun. The most fun part during our class was when
me and my friends get nervous before the start of the class because of the recitation. It’s
silly because we complain together through our group chat. I’d really miss being nervous
before entering the google meet feeling pressured. But frankly, that subject was the
reason why I despise Tuesdays and Thursdays, I’m always nervous every tths because
of that. Even if I despise the subject or the TTH schedule, I have learned a lot in the
subject, it made me boost my confidence and my professor loves to give words of wisdom
even if he’s mad. I guess, I will never forget that subject!

I never thought I’ll finish 1st semester feeling happy, before the school year started,
I’m always nervous thinking what if things go wrong. I was overthinking every single day,
a week before the official start of classes. Thoughts piling inside my head thinking, what
if I do not pass this subject? I also know that I did not do well in this subject, it is my
weakness. But I realized that there will be always an instance that I’ll be going out of my
box and that there will be lessons I’ll be able to bring from my teachers. Finally, 1st
semester is done, another new chapter to write!