Basilio, Alyssa Bernadette A.

BK2: The Lives of Others

Self-reflection is important for students because it helps in developing themselves as
independent learners that can be capable of learning and regulating the things they learn online
and in school. Expressing my thoughts in the paper helps me in relieving the stress, trauma, or
emotions I felt during that day; just like what I do in Wattpad, I have my book which is not
published because that’s the only way wherein I converse with myself on what happened and my
takeaways on why it happened. Writing has been used as a way of expression for those
individuals who cannot express what they feel verbally. It has been used to also track records of
important events that are now considered as history for us.
Virginia Woolf’s diaries took time during the wars in London around 1917; she filled 26
volumes for nearly 30 years, usually sitting after tea and writing down a day, or as is often the
case with mental illness, talking about events that ranged from weeks to months. Observations of
her people, places, and books are sometimes snappy and prejudiced, often ironic, and concise.