KENNETH A.

OLIVA STEM 11 – EULER

READING AND WRITING
MODULE 5

PRACTICE TASK 3: APPLY now!

___F____ 1. A teacher should make it a point to motivate her students.
___B____ 2. Everyone is required to wear a mask.
___C____ 3. There’s a pencil on the floor.
___E____ 4. We should fight for what is right; you should not keep yourself in silence.
___G____ 5. I would like to thank my boss and the young fellas for selecting me for this honor.
___B____ 6. I was his princess once upon a time.
___A____ 7. The man who stole my wallet was forced to do such thing because of poverty and his
mother died two days ago.
___F____ 8. A person of perseverance is always willing to do his best to achieve his goal.
___E____ 9. We are willing to take the risk for I know that this is what is ought to be done.
___G____ 10. Hey Sir, when should we submit our project?
LEARNING CHALLENGES

RESTRICTING THE UNNECESSARY

The moment my aunt hears the background sound of the Mobile Legends game, she will
immediately shout, “Turn that off, or else you’d have no phone at all!”. Hearing that for weeks and
weeks can be highly frustrating, especially when I’m done with all my school activities and have nothing
else to do. I’m a responsible student and would prioritize doing the activities rather than playing games.
My aunts know that, but still, they put up this annoying rule that takes away my only source of
entertainment, especially since I am the only child in the house with no one else to talk to.

My aunts have been doing this for quite a while now, and I still don’t get the point of doing it. Even
though they only want what’s “best” for me, it still feels that their definition of “best” is not turning me
into someone I can fully express my potential as a student; instead, it’s making everything turn for the
worse. I’ve recently been feeling less motivated to complete my tasks as I have nothing else to look
forward to that day. It’s been the same routine ever since I got my new phone. Every night, I keep
asking myself, “Am I not good enough for them?” “Don’t they trust me?”. I started to feel doubtful of my
skills because they made me think that I don’t have the capability to be a great student without having
some fun on the side. They believe that anything fun is a hindrance to my studies.

Parents don’t get that having phones and playing games doesn’t mean that the child blatantly
forgets their responsibilities. I was never the type of student who set aside their academic responsibility
for some short-lived entertainment. But they don’t understand that - they don’t understand that taking
my phone away whenever I try to play games during the weekdays is not helping me to balance
everything in my life at all. Doing schoolworks takes a significant toll on my well-being, and if I don’t
balance it with a little bit of entertainment from playing games, I would practically go insane any time
now.

Everything in life needs balance, and that includes us, students, to have the right to enjoy what
we love to do. I hope that my aunts realize that restricting me from having my only source of
entertainment makes everything worse. It ruins the balance of academics and joy that is crucial for
developing minds like mine. And remember, parents, that it wouldn’t hurt to let your child enjoy things
such as playing mobile games. Healthy communication and boundaries between the parent and the
child are the keys to having a fruitful relationship with each other.