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A story is the telling of a real or fictional occurrence in such a way that the listener experiences or discovers something simply by listening to it. Stories may be used to describe and demonstrate abstract ideas or principles in a manner that is understandable and achievable to the general public. Indeed, some researchers have even claimed that all knowledge comes in the form of stories (Schank & Abelson, 1995) Books and novels are very entertaining and good for learning. I used novels and books to enhance my vocabulary. Teachers can use stories to teach their students and enhance their grammar. But, to use story in education isn’t easy as the other form of literary such as poems or song. In my opinion, using story in education wouldn’t be so easy because there are so much words that may be students don’t understand or the slow learner students would be so in distress because of that problem. The fact that readers of another culture and language’s literature may have difficult...

This short film titled Dani directed by Smiely Khurana and produced by Capilano University in December 2017. This film got Best Short Film in Capilano Awards 2018. The film received 547 likes in Smiely Khurana YouTube Channel. This short film also received positive comments (in the comment section) because of how the actor or actresses deliver the act and how the meaning of the film is conveyed. This movie tells us about a South Asian teenager girl who wants to work in the entertainment industry but has to cope with her parents' sexist remarks. In the conversation the mom said, “are you playing games on the computer” and Dani said, “I am editing my short film”. I immediately understood the struggle in this film. The main character here is Jasmeen Sekhon as Dani a teenage girl that struggle to be a film maker in film work field. Her acting was so good, it fits to the character that is being potrayed by her. The director isn’t bad to choose her to play her role in the film. I w...

  Have you ever heard this song called Lovely by Billie Eilish feat Khalid? This song combines two popular singer with their soulful and beautiful voices into this masterpiece. “Lovely” was first broadcasted by Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio network on April 19, 2018. Lovely was also made it into the official soundtrack of 13 Reasons Why on Netflix. Furthermore, this song is very popular in YouTube with 1,1 B people listened to. You know of how famous a song, there must be reasons behind that and one of the reason that makes people want to listen to this   popular song is the lyrics. Therefore, this writing will explain about some of the meanings of the lyrics of the song "Lovely" and the reason people like this song. First, from this “Thought I found way … But you never go away … So I guess I gotta stay now” from that lyrics we would say that both of the singer found a way to get rid their depression but turns out it didn’t go away that fast. The singers realized that it was p...

  Title: Mental Health in Higher Education: Can a Digital Strategy Help? Author: Elizabeth Bradley and Michele Tugade Website: https://er.educause.edu/articles/2020/5/mental-health-in-higher-education-can-a-digital-strategy-help Date: May 18, 2020 Subject: Digital strategy helps mental health in higher education. Thesis: Many students need professional because at the age of 18-25 years is the peak age at which serious mental health disorder emerge.. Then, the school made digital strategies such as creating a YouTube channel about mental health and how to overcome it. ·        Data from the American College Health Association in 2019 indicate that one in three college students reported some kind of mental health disorder and more than 40 percent sought mental health treatment at some point within the four years of their undergraduate education. Evidence: ·         Technology may help expand mental healt...

  English is one of the languages use internationally. Most people in this world use it as their daily language. In Indonesia’s society itself, it is often used as a language of interlude. I know english since i was in kindergarten. At first, i hate english because the language is hard to understand. Then, my parents put me in english course when i was in elementary school because my parents want me to know english better than them. Since then, i slowly know english and i love it. After this course thing, i learn english from many sources. I could learn english through poetry and song because poetry and song are forms of something that i know are beautiful. They contain aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language. What i got from poetry is words with many and deep meaning while i got feeling from songs. That’s the reason i want to know english better. From that, poetry and song can be used in classroom to introduce beautiful words. Utami (2018) stated that poems will motivate the ...

            Now, we will talk about types of deductive arguments and how to make us think critically in real life. The first one is Modus Ponens (affirmation). Modus Ponens is about confirming the premises. The second is Modus Tollens (Denial). Modus Tollens is about conclusion the premises. The third is about Hypothetical Syllogism (The Conclusion of Deductive). The conclusion from Hypothetical Syllogism is called hypothesis. The fourth is Disjunctive Syllogism (Pick and Throw the Premises). In critical thinking, we learn how to combine cause and effect in an argument or premises. For example, if we share our arguments, there must be evidence that will support your causes in your arguments. In critical thinking, avoid errors in logics or misunderstanding. This misunderstanding can be avoid if we think objectively. There are 4 mistakes in critically thinking. The first one is Ad Hominem or misunderstanding about personal aspects of a person. The se...