Sample Essay : Dialogue

Dialogue 

Jack  : Hi auntie!. How are you?

Aunt : Hi Jack!. I’m fine, thank you. You look handsome my boy.

Jack : I heard Uncle Tom was not so well. Did you bring him to clinic?

Aunt : No. You know how stubborn he is right?

Jack : Yes I know.                          
                                                                                                       
Aunt : What course are you taking now Jack?

Jack : Oh, I’m taking TESL now. Means that, I will become an English teacher soon.

Aunt : Glad to hear that. Now you are in what semester?

Jack : I’m in semester 1 of degree program. So, overall I have been there for two years.

Aunt : Oh, I see. How many years more?

Jack : Only 3 years more auntie. After that I will be graduated as an English teacher.

Aunt : Good. I’m proud of u. By the way, who is your tutor?

Jack : Mrs. Maudie. Do you know her?

Aunt :. Yes, she is one of my classmates. Are you staying inside or outside the campus?

Jack : Oh, no wonder. I’m staying outside. My friends and I rent an apartment.

Aunt : Really?. Where is it?

Jack : It is located at St. Joseph Avenue. About 10 minutes travel from campus by car.

Aunt : Did you bring your own transport there?

Jack : Yes. I bring my car along. It is easier for me to travel.

Aunt : Wow!. I’m quite surprise. Usually your father objected.

Jack : Yes, but after discussing about it he gave me the green light but with a condition.

Aunt : What is the condition?

Jack : I need to inform him wherever I go. He said it is a compulsory.

Aunt : That’s because he cares about you my dear. Come inside, it is start to rain now.

Jack : Is always raining here?

Aunt : Yes and it is always raining cats and dogs here.

Jack : By the way, do you still hurt because of the incident?

Aunt : Jack, there is no point to cry over a spilt milk. Just let it be.

Jack : I feel sorry for you.

Aunt : Jack, actually I feel glad. He went there for a very good intention.

Jack : What do you mean?

Aunt : Your cousin went there to help the victims of AIDS.

Jack : Really?. Such a noble hearted guy.

Aunt : Yes. I’m so proud of him.

Jack : You are so lucky to have him as your son.

Aunt : Thanks Jack.

Jack : Auntie, its getting late. Better if I make my move now.

Aunt : Okay Jack. Drive carefully and send my regards to your parents.

Jack : Okay auntie, I will. Take care.

Aunt :  You too. See u again!

Literature : To Kill A Mockingbird

“To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee is mainly reflects about the American’s society during late 1930’s. During this time, the black’s life was in misery. It is because; the whites were very racist and never accept the blacks in their community. The whites never trust the blacks and they discriminate them. So, in this novel, the major theme is racism and followed by the theme of empathy and bravery.
     The theme of racism in this novel is not only just for the whites towards the blacks. There were also the racism between the blacks towards the whites and between the whites and whites.  First of all, the whites were always being prejudiced to the blacks. The whites were also never trust the blacks. It seems that they already had a mind set about the blacks. As example, Tom Robinson, who is a black man was accused for raping Mayella Ewells, who is a white just like that. He was convicted purely because of he is a black man, and the accuser is a white. So, it is clearly shown here that the blacks cannot do anything to defeat the whites. The other example is the juries in the court during the trial. All the juries were whites. This is show the inequality and injustice of the society towards the blacks although it is clearly shown that Tom Robinson was not guilty. The society also showed their racism by dividing the town to black’s area and the white’s area. The next racism is between the whites themselves. The example of this racism can be seen in chapter 12, page 173, “… The tribe which Burris Ewell and his brethren consisted had lived on the same plot of earth behind the Maycomb dump for three generation.” This line shows how the upper class of the white’s society looking down at the Ewell’s family, who is also whites just because of they are poor and live at the dumpsite. It makes the Ewell’s family as same as the blacks. Then, the racism of the blacks towards the whites can be seen in chapter 12, page 158. The line quoted, “Lula stopped, but she said, “You ain’t got no business bringin’ white chillun here – they got their church, we got our’n. it is our church, ain’t it, Miss Cal?” shows that the blacks also didn’t like the blacks. It also showed that they were also dividing their church. It means that, the whites have their own church and also the blacks. There were also racism happens in our Malaysian’s community long time ago. It happens between the 3 major races in Malaysia that are Malays, Chinese and Indian. Luckily, this problem was solved and we can live in this peace and safe environment here.
The other theme discussed in this novel is empathy. Empathy can be defined as identifying with another person's feelings. In this novel, the empathy was showed by Atticus. It is because; he agreed to defend Tom Robinson, who is a black just for the sake of justice. Example of the empathy of Atticus is quoted in chapter 20, page 17. The line, “I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to putting a man’s life at stake.”, shows how Atticus being empathy towards Tom Robinson. The next example of empathy was showed by Scout towards Boo Radley. After Boo saves the children's lives, Scout can direct her empathy toward a real person, not a spectral presence. It is because; she learnt firsthand sacrifice and mercy. The line quoted in chapter 31, page 373, "Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives. But neighbors give in return. We never put back into the tree what we took out of it; we had given him nothing, and it made me sad”, shows the empathy of Scout to Boo. It is because, Boo is actually is not as bad as they think before. Boo who is actually a very nice person, but being misjudged by the society. The empathy value should be implemented in our society nowadays. It is because, empathy can help in building a strong and harmony society in Malaysia.
   
     The last theme discussed was bravery. It was clearly showed by Atticus, who decided to help Tom Robinson who is a black.  Atticus was claimed as a brave person because, although he knew that he will never win the case, he kept trying to drag the case to justice. It showed how brave he was even he had to face the whites community who hates the blacks community a lot. The bravery of Atticus was also showed when he had to kill the mad dog.  Although he knew it was very dangerous, he must do it to defend himself and the others.  Apart from that, the other example of the symbol of bravery in this theme was Mrs. Dubose. It is because; she managed to fight her addiction towards morphine. It showed how brave and determine she was in terms to fight the addiction which was so hard. Although she knew she will die, she keeps trying to fight the addiction. As example, a line quoted in chapter 11. The line, “died beholden to nothing and nobody” shows that Mrs. Dubose didn’t want to become addicted to the morphine and lives normally.  Then, the next example of bravery was shown by Boo Radley. This is when he tried to save Jem and Scout from being attacked by Bob Ewells. Although he knew he might be harm or killed, he still insisted to protect those kids from the evil Bob Ewells. Later on, Bob Ewells was killed and he successfully saves the kids. So, the bravery is a must have value in everyone. It is because, bravery can leads to confident. Apart from that, when people have this bravery, he or she will not afraid to try something new or to change themselves to be better. Thus, it will create a person with positive values and can help in building the nation.
     As a conclusion, this novel had touch on almost every aspects of life. This novel is also revealed the actual situation in the society. This novel had opened the new perspective in the readers mind on how bad the situation and the effects of racism in the social life. It also touched on the actual situation now in Malaysia. So, in order to have a good society, the racism among the citizens needs to be vanished. Try to apply the bravery and empathy values in everyday life. So, a new society with positive attitudes and thinking will be created. Thus, it may lead to a better life and nation.

Sample Essay : A Day When Everything Went Wrong

A Day When Everything Went Wrong

It was happened a cold Monday morning on 5th July 2011. My housemates were away and I live all alone for few days. So, I’m free! That night, I came back late and fall asleep on the couch until morning. Suddenly, I heard a lot of noise outside as my house located near a bus stop. When I looked at the clock, it was already 7.50 a.m. God! I only have 10 more minutes before my working hour started and here, I’m still on my bed! “Oh man, today will be a hard day” I murmured. I woke up with pain on my head and sore throat.
As fast as lightning, I dashed to the bathroom. To my bad, no water came out from the shower!  I quickly searched for water and luckily there was a pail of it outside. After took my bath, I ran up to my room to dress up. This was the time when whatever things I need seem to hide away from me. I got trouble searching for keys, tie, document and my shoes! I’m going crazy. I packed all the stuffs and put them all in my car. Like a professional racer, I drove my car as fast as it could. That time, I did not ever thought about anything. My mindset at that time was to arrive at the office as soon as possible. The traffic did not cooperate with me. Now I’m stuck in a big traffic jam. After that, the traffic went back to normal and I continue to drive to my office. Then, something went wrong. My car stopped suddenly. Sweats ran through my body. “Oh God, what’s more!” I screamed to myself. I have no choice. After pushed my car to the side of the road, I decided to take a cab. I called the mechanic and let them do the rest to my car as I’m in rush now. Luckily, there was an empty cab and I arrived to the office at 8.30 a.m. I’m already late for 30 minutes and to my luck, the boss was still not around. My luck!
Then, I went to my desk. Another problem came. “You have a 9 a.m. appointment with the board of director” my colleague told me. “What?” I said. I ran as fast as I could to find the documents needed for the meeting. To my horror, I just noticed that I left all the documents inside my car which was now at the roadside. “Arghh!” I screamed in terror. I’m deadlocked. I can’t think. “Wait a minute; I still have the softcopy in my PC!” I said to myself. I went to my PC and try to print it. Stuck! Oh my god, help me! After few times trying, I managed to print it just few minutes before the meeting. The meeting went smoothly although I become nervous few times. Then everything’s went along normally until the end of working hours. I thought everything would end up happily ever after, but I was wrong. It hadn’t ended, yet. After work, I went to workshop where my car was fixed. To be shocked, they didn’t fix my car yet. As an excuse, they said that there were a lot of cars before mine that need to be repaired first. Feeling tired and tensed, I decided to accept their excuse and I have to wait for the car to be fixed. Suddenly, I heard a weird sound nearby me. I searched for it and to be exact, the sound came from my stomach. My stomach was growling in hunger. I didn’t eat anything since morning. Then, I felt dizzy and so weak. An hour later, my car was fixed. What a day, I had to pay around thousand dollars for the breakdown. Oh man! It was middle of the month and I haven’t received my pay yet. Flushed and devastated. That’s what I felt.
After that, I drove back home. During on my way, there was a police roadblock. Then, another bad luck came. The police stopped me and checked all my IDs and license. At first, I thought everything was fine. But, suddenly the policeman came and asked me to get out of the car. “Sorry sir, but your license is not valid anymore, it had been three months. So, I have to summon you” the policeman said to me. I’m shocked, again. “Why am I became so careless?”, I asked myself. I had to pay for it. Nah! I’m screwed. Then I went straight home. At home, my housemates scolded me as I didn’t do the chores and the house was in mess. I’m really tensed. Too many things happen to me in a day. Was it a coincidence or fate? That’s made me puzzled. That night, I can’t sleep. The entire incident dragged me into a question, why. Then I realized something. All this while, im always depend on others. I need to become more matured, independent, and responsible person. That day truly changed me. the conclusion is, never take things for granted.

Sample Essay : Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence has become a very serious issue now. Almost everyday, there must be at least one or two cases reported on domestic violence. Domestic violence can be break into few types. Types of domestic violence are, physical aggression, sexually harassed or abused and passive or mentally abused.
Physical aggression is a kind of violence that involves the physical. Examples of physical aggressions are hitting, kicking, biting and so on. This kind of violence is the worst one. It is because, it can leads to injuries. To be worse, it some cases it leads to fataliity. It most cases, the persons who did this violence are usually under drugs or might be hyper tension. It means that they are not aware when doing that.
The next violence is sexually harassed or abused. This kind of violence is usually occurred to women. It is because, some of the women are afraid and naive. So, the perverts will take the advantages on them. Most of this cases happened in workplace and at public. Some of the women are very afraid and just let it to happen on them. This will make the doer become braver. Examples of sexual harassment are rape, saying inappropriate things, and touching or body contact without permissions.
Then, the passive or mentally abused is also a serious type of violence. This kind of violence does not involve any physical contact. It only used voice, text or picture.  It usually happened or being used by a person to scare other person. The examples of this type of violence are black mails, threatening letter or private video clips or picture and so on.
The effects of the domestic violence are disastrous. By physical aggression, it can make a person to become handicapped or even worse, death. The sexual violence then will lead to psychological problems. It is because, the victims will become stressed and cannot thinking like normal again. It might be ended by committing suicide or become insane. Then, because of mentally abused, a person might become insane or loss their confidence. It can lead to other problems like murder, kidnapping and so on.
So, every person must play their role in terms to overcome this problem. The society need to become more aggressive in order to swept away this problem from become a parasite that can destroy a society. Think positive and avoid violence.

Sample Essay : Greenhouse Effects

Greenhouse Effects 

   The greenhouse effects become such a very serious matter now. Everyday, in the newspaper reported that the earth’s condition become worse. The greenhouse effects are the main cause of the global warming.
The greenhouse effect is global warming. It happens because, the heat from the sunlight is trapped and create a kind of warm-air blanket that covers the earth. So, the heat cannot be released and the earth’s temperature is rising rapidly.

Consequently, it will cause the ice and snow at the poles to melt. The statistic from http:environment.about.com shows that the ice at the poles melts rapidly. It will harm the polar bear’s and other animal habitat. So, it can also leads to the extinction of animals. Animals are important
Apart from that, the humans also being harmed because, when the ice melts, the sea water level become higher. So, the lands will be fully covered by water and humans will lose the place to stay.

   The greenhouse effects are mainly caused by human factors. Factor like burning of natural gas, coal and oil is contributing to the problem. This activity will release a lot of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. So, the ozone layer will be thinner and the UV rays can cut through it. The effect will be like skin cancer, health problems, unusual weather and the rise of earth’s temperature.

The next cause is deforestation. Many trees were cut down. It will makes the earth become hotter. Apart from that, the carbon dioxide cannot be absorbed anymore. So, it will makes the earth trapped, full with carbon dioxide. It will then makes the earth become hotter. Then, it will leads to all the consequences.
So, everybody must play their own role to save the earth. Reduce the pollution and protect the earth for the next generation.

Sample Essay With Examples of Difficult Words

Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco or cannabis, is burned and the smoke tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them available for absorption through the lungs. It can also be done as a part of rituals, to induce trances and spiritual enlightenment. The most common method of smoking today is through cigarettes, primarily industrially manufactured but also hand-rolled from loose tobacco and rolling paper. Other smoking tools, includes pipes, cigars, hookahs and bongs. It has been suggested that smoking related disease kills one half of all long term smokers but these diseases may also be contracted by non-smokers. A 2007 report states that about 4.9 million people worldwide each year die as a result of smoking.
The history of smoking can be dated to as early as 5000 BC, and has been recorded in many different cultures across the world. Early smoking evolved in association with religious ceremonies; as offerings to deities, in cleansing rituals or to allow shamans and priests to alter their minds for purposes of divination or spiritual enlightenment. After the European exploration and conquest of the Americas, the practice of smoking tobacco quickly spread to the rest of the world. In regions like India, it merged with existing practices of smoking (mostly of cannabis). In Europe, it introduced a new type of social activity and a form of drug intake which previously had been unknown.
Perception surrounding smoking has varied over time and from one place to another; holy and sinful, sophisticated and vulgar, a panacea and deadly health hazard. Only relatively recently, and primarily in industrialized Western countries, has smoking come to be viewed in a decidedly negative light. Today medical studies have proven that smoking tobacco is among the leading causes of many diseases such as lung cancer, heart attacks, erectile dysfunction and can also lead to birth defects. The inherent health hazards of smoking have caused many countries to institute high taxes on tobacco products and anti-smoking campaigns are launched every year in an attempt to overcome this habit.



Difficult words…
1. Deities – God
The tribe believe in a lot of different deities.
2. Panacea – healing effectively
It is believed that the medicine is panacea to the patience.
3. Trances – Conditions whether conscious and unconscious or high
The drug addict is in the state of trances after taking those pills.
4. Divination – Prediction
The shaman is doing the divination process to that person.
5. Hookahs – some kind of pipes, used for smoking
The man using a hookah when smoking.

My School, My Workplace.

This is SK Kuala Kenas, located quite remote from Kuala Kangsar, the Royal Town of Perak. this is a small school which consists of 40 students and 15 staffs altogether. this school was formerly known as Malay Boys School which is founded in 1901.  Here are some pictures of the school and the description about it...

the first block

the signboard of the school

the organization board

the old block

reading corner

one of the classrooms

examples of mind maps and charts

charts 

quotations

information board

well equipped classrooms with LCD projector

interactive TV program

the school's library

the school's hall during assembly

front view of the school

It may look right a small school, but big effort was done by all the staff to make this school improved year by years and make it as same as the other schools...

First Words to Remember

Assalamualaikum and Hi! to everyone. I'm Azmi Bin Ameruddin, an English teacher from SK Kuala Kenas, Kuala Kangsar, Perak. This blog specially dedicated to my teaching profession. Here, I'm going to share everything about teaching and also about exam questions, notes, facts and etc. Feel free to leave your comments and feedbacks.Thank You...