Topic 5: Review on the subject Critical Literacy

Question: You have almost completed this semester, so, how do you view Critical Literacy now? If you have any comments and suggestions, please do so as it helps for for the betterment of the course as a whole

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After approximately 4 months studying Critical Literacy, I can say that Critical Literacy is indeed a tough subject. No wonder there are so many grievances from the seniors saying that we need to be mentally prepare to face this subject in semester 4. The assignments require us to be very thorough in reading and analyzing articles. Not only that, we also need to come up with facts and evidence from other sources. So I think that is a very challenging tasks for the students that doing this subject.

The tests are also quite hard although it is an open book tests. Because as I said earlier, this subject requires students to have a really good reading and analyzing skills to have the most accurate answers for the questions. If they do not have the skills they would not even understand what the questions want. 

However, despite of the difficulties, the outcome that the students will get is very helpful because it improves our way of thinking, reading, and analyzing contexts. So overall, Critical Literacy IS challenging subject yet a very worthwhile subject to be learn as it helps people to have better understanding skills that will be beneficial to their studies and in their journey as a human in this world. 

Topic 4: Body, Mind, and Spirit

The body is the greatest possession, the mind is the greatest treasure and the spirit is the greatest companion. 

• How do you view above statement

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In my opinion, the statement 'body is the greatest possession' means that our body is the most valuable thing a person can own in their life. People who was born perfect parts of body like pair of legs and hands, two eyes to see, ears to hear should take care and appreciate it because some people were born with disabilities. The disabilities limit their movements to do daily routines and make it hard for them to complete tasks. So body can be considered as the greatest possession because not all people have the chance to have smooth movement in their daily life.

The next statement is, 'the mind is the greatest treasure'. From this statement, I can relate 'the mind' as our knowledge. and 'treasure' as something that people always seek in their life. So the mind is the greatest treasure because knowledge can be obtain in many ways and there are no limit in knowledge as long as the person have the will to seek it.

The last statement is 'the spirit is the greatest companion'. I view this statement as the spirit in each person determined the person behavior. So the closest companion of a person is their own self. In other word, a person greatest influence is their own self.