Mary Ann A. Bustillos
Working in a Higher Education sector. Write poems and aim to become a professional counselor, writer/author and a poet.
https://www.instagram.com/lifequotesandpoemsbymab/
Location London, United Kingdom
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I like the Sun in the Door most.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
so much depends
upon a red wheel barrow
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Sal Davies
Same here. I go for meaning rather than structure.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
The Motorists Association map
records no flower-decked memorials
to those who slipped across
into the galaxy that’s parallel to ours –
that shifting multiverse of memoryI break the line this way for easy reading.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I upvoted "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Such a lovely poem.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I have come to memorise a poem when I was in Secondary School. It's a poem called "I Shall Not Pass This Way Again".
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I used to go to an open mic poetry event and I like how diverse poetry can be. I like those poems that tell a story in a simple, artistic and powerful way.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
It's my dream to publish my poems one day and be known as a "poet". I look forward to learning and honing my skill through this course.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Looking forward to learning more about Social Media for my blog and future business purposes.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I like Shelter the most. The message, the tone and even the images are very compelling and very informative. It makes you want to be part of their cause. And it's really powerful, it connects and very moving.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Discuss the reasons why parents have the greatest impact on their child's development.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Essay title: Discuss the reasons why parents have the greatest impact on their child's development.
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- Parents are the child's first carer and teacher
- Children spend most of their time with their parents in their early age
- Parents are the most influential person in a child's life
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I'm changing my essay title from "Discuss the reasons why a happy childhood makes a healthy adult" to "DISCUSS THE REASONS WHY PARENTS HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THEIR CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT."
The hidden question in my essay title is: why do parents have the greatest impact on their child's development?
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I got it right. I answered 8-12 hrs. This is because everything is online. It could work-wise related or entertainment or social media. And most younger people spend most of their time logged in online.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I'm Mary Ann, I have a blog and I think this course is great for me to know more about content creation.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
The majority of students at the University of Reading International Social Club come from China.
Almost all Chinese students are studying Business.
Nearly everyone from S.Korea is studying Sciences.
Most students from Russia are studying Sciences.
Many students are studying Business.
Some of the Arts ad Humanities students come from Brazil.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
There is a beautiful waterfall in my hometown where people visit especially during summertime.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
As always, I enjoyed doing the exercise.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I agree! "Grammatical accuracy is important in good academic writing."
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@ThuAnhPham I think a happy childhood boosts a child's emotional well-being and social skills.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I enjoyed the exercises of identifying and arranging the essay sections. I didn't only learn but also had fun!
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Discuss the reasons why childhood experiences impact adulthood.
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Yes, academic writing is objective and impersonal.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Discuss the reasons why a happy childhood makes a healthy adult.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I did it right!
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Coherence is everything! Either in life or in writing.
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I made a mistake in the introduction part. Part of it maybe is I didn't read the essay properly. Overall, it was good and I enjoyed doing it! :)
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Title: Discuss the reasons why people choose to live in Reading
Introduction (background): Reading is a large town in south-east England with a population of 147,300. It is about halfway between London and Oxford.
Introduction (thesis statement): Some people were born in Reading…to improve the quality of their family life and to study.Paragraph 1...
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This is very clear and very helpful.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
A very well written and organised essay! It's easy to read and understand.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Mind mapping helps a lot in organising ideas.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This has been a great learning week. Looking forward to learning more.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Children born in the '80s and '90s had a happier childhood than those who are post-millennial. The older generations had enjoyed more their childhood by spending more time playing together with their friends. They have each other to entertain themselves. Unlike now, children have their gadgets to play with which is not as much fun as playing with others that...
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
1. LIFE AFTER WW II: Lack of food
2. CHINA’S INDUSTRIALISATION: Job creation and city life
3. IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION: English language has been introduced
4. NEW CUSTOM (WESTERNASITION): Wearing western clothes
5. - NEGATIVE CHANGES: Increased of cigarettes smokers and children not so hardworking -
The improvement shows how he wrote objectively compare to his first attempt where he wrote subjectively. And he has improved a lot in regards to content, organisation and language.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
What an improvement! There's more content this time and organisation is evident. He has organised and structured his essay well. And the language has improved dramatically. He has used connectors and grammar errors from his fist attempt has been corrected.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
The strength of Xiao's essay is that he had ideas. However, as the weakness is the language he had difficulty connecting them and he made grammatical errors. But overall, it was a good attempt.
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I find it difficult when writing an academic essay not to personalise because I tend to personalise myself. But it's good to remember that in academic writing it should not personalised.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Xiao included the economic development of his country by mentioning how people 'work hard on the land' to the government building programme that improve people's lives as they work and live in the cities.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
In my home country, I could say the following:
Nowadays:
- Houses are mostly concrete and modern
- Children used to play together outside
- Most people have cars or motorcycle
- Use of internet and social media
- Agriculture as the main source of incomePast:
- Houses are mostly made of nipa hut
- Children are busy with their gadgets
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For this essay, I would discuss the difference between my childhood then and childhood now.
In the past, I remember how children my age used to play together outside, either on the street where older people watched us, in the neighbourhood or inside my house or someone else's. We used papers, grass, clay from the ground and whatever we see available...
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This is a great start! It's good and helpful to know that academic writing is categorised into three main areas: CONTENT, ORGANISATION AND LANGUAGE.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
My experiences in writing in English so far has been confined on a personal level such as writing in my journal, writing poems or writing in my blog.
I think academic writing is more formal kind of writing that uses some words that seem more academic or technical. And it's just recently that I had to write academic writing, an essay for a course I did....
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@OwinyHakim agree. Same here. It's for me to learn more in order to be better at what I'm doing. In other words, so that I can serve better through my writing.
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I'm taking this course because of professional interest. I want to learn and grow more as I have a passion for writing. I have a blog, I write poems and I'm also doing some academic essay writing. I hope this course will enhance my knowledge and help me develop more writing skills.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I'm Mary Ann. I blog and I would like to learn more about copyright and the creative industry as I want to explore and grow more in this area. As an aspiring author and poet, I think this course is related to what I am doing and future aspirations.
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I'm happy to join the course as I want to know more about copyright and the creative industry. I started a blog nearly a year ago and I am an aspiring author, counsellor and a poet.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Data controller, processor and DPO
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I joined this course to gain more knowledge about the GDPR for my blog.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Hi! I'm Mary Ann. I had degree in Business Studies and I join this course because I want to learn and improve my communication skills as I want to build a business from my blog in the future.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I like the poem and the rhyming.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This course is not only very informative but very enriching. There are so many things to learn and I'm thankful for what this course is offering.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I enjoyed the reading and the sound of the poem.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I will continue to post my poems in my blog https://lifequotesandpoem.com/
and also try to attend open mic event that I used to go to before. -
Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I find the feedback helpful. I will definitely review my poem and try to improve it.
Thank you Dorothee Komangapik and Yury eresa Forero Jimenez for your feedback. -
Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This is one simple definition of poetry from my Google search. "Poetry is a type of literature, or artistic writing, that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions."
My own personal definition is this: Poetry is a way of expressing one's thoughts and emotions.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I like the definition of poet as "maker" because in essence that's who we are. For we are created in the image of God. This inspire me even more to create poems that inspire and bright light to this world. Poems that reflects God. You can check my blog https://lifequotesandpoem.com/ for some of my poems
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
How I wish I can give feedback as Vivienne Clark did to me in this course. Her feedback was so great! Thank you again Vivienne.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Lesa F
Indeed! I will too :)
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Devika Pandit
Same here Devika :) I've learned a lot and I would like to try and apply those learning...
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to judith thomas
That's what I want to do too Judith. But I haven't finished the entire course yet. Still have the week 3 to go through. I would love to read the poem you'll come up with. :)
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Life is written in its pages -
the good, the bad and the ugly,
pain, tears and heartache,
joy, love and happiness
but most of all, thankfulness.I wasn't able to finish it but came up with a new different poem instead which I will be posting in my blog https://lifequotesandpoem.com/
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
What an amazing shaped poem. Not a random one but done so with such meaning and purpose. George Herbert is becoming my favorite poet.
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A Journal
Journaling
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I started drafting a poem but after this I ended up changing the poem altogether. Haven't finished the poem though.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Irene Bennett
Same here, I found the second one easier to read and understand than the prose
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Pen of Hope
You hold a pen on your hand
A tool quite grand
Use it for hope
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
A wide ocean is a view to behold
But what you can't see from afar
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Vivienne Clark
I want to say my appreciate for your wonderful review on my poem Vivienne. You grasped the message I'm trying to convey. Thank you very much. That was such a positive review.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Same with Helen and Michael, I used notebook and a pen. But nowadays, I'm more on writing in a notes app on my phone or emailing to myself.
Sometimes, I just write thoughts that come to mind and then get back and work on them later.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos replied to Olivia Neish
I want to thank you Olivia for your positive review. It was so kind of you.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
It was such an experience. I've learned a lot so far. I'm very thankful for this course.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This is really good and I did enjoy doing this exercise.
I came up with two cento:If a kindness I may show
I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dearLove took my hand,and smiling did reply
I shall not pass this way againLines are from "I Shall Not Pass This Way Again" and "Love(III) by George Herbert.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
This poem "Love (III) by George Herbert captivated my heart.
"Love took my hand, and smiling did reply / who made the eyes but I?" -
Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I have my own website where I post my poems, old and new. Would appreciate a visit as well as feedback. Thank you.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
My earliest memory of poetry was in secondary school where I heard about a poem titled "I Shall Not Pass This Way Again" which became my favourite. I tried to write poem by then but to no avail. But at the age of 22, I made my first poem in (Filipino or Tagalog), my mother tongue, followed by a spoken words poem in English after 4 years. And 2 years later when...
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I like the definition of poet being a "maker" for in part that's who we are.
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Oh I like the word Hallelujah too. It does mean shout of joy, praise or gratitude.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Kindness - this is what the world needs. A small act of kindness can have a huge impact.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
My favourite poem is " I Shall Not Pass This Way Again"
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
It's so true that the poems we make speaks about us who make them. It carries something about who we are as prof Michael said.
I also agree when Martin said about letting the circumstances and the unique aspects of our life inform our writing...because basically I write poem by experience and also my way of self-expression. I'm very happy about this course... -
Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
I think 'speaking well' means ability to communicate one's thoughts or ideas accurately and with clarity.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
As some have mentioned here, reading is a good way of improving writing skill.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Children are vulnerable nowadays due to the culture we're living in where immorality is rampant specially in the social media. The advancement of technology is good but how it's being use is the problem. Also because of the busyness of life, parents have very less time to spend with their children and teach or train them themselves in the right way.
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Mary Ann A. Bustillos made a comment
Hello my name is Mary Ann and I love children. I used to handle toddlers in our church. I signed up to this course because I want to learn how to help vulnerable children.