Informal Theme # 2.5: Make things so Complicated!

                 

                     Before, I thought Shakespeare was just good in making tragic and love stories. But after I read this one, I realized that he is such a good writer whatever genre you wanted it to be. This story for me is the most unpredictable and unique of all, because it is not just funny, it is also confusing. "Comedy of Errors" didn't use tragic scenes nor mean and atrocious characters. Didn't end up in wars or dying people, and it didn't leave my eyes filled with tears and pain. But I can truly say, this is still as different and as enjoying as Shakespeare's other plays.
                    For me, Comedy of errors is a mixture of confusing, funny and complicated acts and scenes. What else can you conclude? If you read a story of twins, a twin brother who are Antipholus of Syracuse and Antipholus of Ephesus who came to separate lives living away from each other. With another twin, Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse, who also happened to be separated, each became a slave of each Antipholus'. Surely your head will twist and your mind will go all round dancing, because the next scenes will be about the exchanged of identities of each of the twins. That will be the root of all the conflicts, misunderstanding and problems that will occur. Well, I admit, at first, I was so depressed at the same  time felt little irritated, because I really can't get along with the story while my classmates are reporting. But when I decided to read it myself, I realized it was still confusing but in a funnier way.

                    It was not just an ordinary farcical comedy that made people's thoughts interchanged, but it is also a story that leave marks in our minds and hearts about certain things. Important matters, like its moral lessons and values, especially about family. It was, and will always be an "ALL in ONE" story, that will fit in any time, situation or person who will read it. I'm hundred percent sure that, as many people cried and sighed with pain while reading other Shakespeare's plays, it is as many as the people who laughed and cried out of joy because of this amazing story. Shakespeare made things so COMPLICATED!

Informal Theme # 2.4: NCAE: Will it Help Me?

                Every year, hundreds of examinations were given for each students in different year levels. Most of them is to determine the students'capability of passing or failing their grades. Sometimes to know if they needed special attention to certain subject that they needed most help. But most of the time, to know if you can pass and comprehend next year without those red marks of line of 7's in your report cards. Well, the teacher always explains to us the purpose of the test we are taking, the reason we are given the time to think for it, and how can it help us for our future needs. But NCAE is different from the tests that we usually take, it has different purpose and effect not only in your school life but in your future aspirations. Let's see how can it help us...

                NCAE or the National Career Assessment Examination  is a test taken by high school students in our country to determine their strengths in different career fields. As early as now, students especially high school teens should think of what they want to become when they enter their college years. I believe you think that it is  just easy to decide the course you want to take up after you graduate your secondary levels. But think again, because in real life, it is as hard as stone, and as complicated as counting your mistakes in life. For example,  you wanted to become a doctor but after some months, your mind sets to be a lawyer. Or what if you don't have any ideas in making decisions and you just take up the course your parents wanted you to take, but your heart is against it. The point is, you need to know what's best for you not only at this moment but also for the next years  especially when you are looking for jobs.

                 As we all know, the course you'll take up in college will be the course you will also apply when you are hunting jobs. And so this test NCAE was to address the issue of unemployment due to workers getting misunderstood with the wrong careers. The main purpose of it is to determine which careers students are ideally suited for, and for this,they can plan a course of study that will give them skills, enough knowledge and learning. I really believe that this test will be a stepping stone not only for my college years but also in many future intentions that will be coming in my life, I'm 100% sure of that.