Setting goals is like a ship set to sail to its destination.

“Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.” -Dr. David M. Burns. Studying is not only acquiring knowledge but also opening one’s heart and mind to a particular field or subject. Studying is grasping things and living life. When one studies, one lives the unspoken word of the literal world. One of the key in studying is setting goals. Let’s say, for Englcom. Setting goals in Englcom is the initial step in studying the course. When one sets goal for this course, then one starts the studying process. Besides, setting goals in Englcom will serve as a checklist for students on the flow to follow and the guidelines to remember. Not only it is preparation for studying, but also a boundary line on how well a person has reached and set his goals. Setting goals in ENGLCOM aids students to be effective in widening knowledge, communication and comprehension in English. 

So why set goals in Englcom? Why not just go through the course not systematized and just be part of the flow like everybody? Setting goals in Englcom is not only a strategic way for me in studying. It is more on the foundation of discipline to be instilled in my skills and ability. Once I have a sturdy foundation, then I can achieve whatever I want to achieve. Setting goals in Englcom is an initial step for me so I can study diligently to become a “Dean’s Lister” here at De La Salle University.

Setting goals is easy once you know what goals to have an eye on. So, to be a Dean’s Lister one day, I have many goals set in mind. First, I want to develop a wider sense and understanding in English. Having a wider comprehension in English will be an asset in developing my goals since English is a major component in Englcom. Having a wider comprehension not only develops wider vocabulary, but also promoting communication with others. Next is to be an effective and convincing writer. When one is an effective writer, everything else follows. He will know how to socialize with other people and express his thoughts. Another goal I have in mind is to be an effective speaker and to develop self confidence. Being an effective speaker and developing self confidence are interdependent. I should be confident in order to be an effective speaker. Being an effective speaker entails application in learning the knowledge taught in Englcom. Gaining confidence builds me up to be an aspiring person. And lastly is to have good grades. Having good grades is the fruitful result of setting goals in Englcom plus studying. That’s the aim when one wants to be a Dean’s Lister.  

Having introduced my goals, there should be steps and processes in achieving these goals. I should study very hard and keep my eyes on the goal. Read, read and read! One learns to be effective if one applies it in daily life. Hence, read and read all the time.  This also enhances and widens vocabulary. I should have a good and balance time management. I should be systematic in time keeping to allow the fulfillment of my goals. I should be confident in class. When I am confident, everything else follows. I should be reciting everyday and be participative in class. I should change my bad habits and improve my old self because the only way to change and set new perspective is to change my own self.

Therefore, setting goals in englcom is an initial step in achieving one’s goals in this course. It is the key to success in a more systematic and more stabilized study habit. Set goals and keep one’s eyes on the goal. Having goals will help one reach his own destination or better yet, farther than anyone can sail. Set goals, and one will see that he can go beyond his limits! So, it is my uttermost gratitude to share this essay to all the readers so you can also achieve your own personal dreams as well through your goals. Remember, as what Fitzhugh Dodson said, "Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."

Outline (Englcom)

Title: Setting goals in my Writing Course (Englcom)
Thesis Statement: Setting goals in ENGLCOM aids students to be effective in widening knowledge, communication and comprehension in English. 

Outline

I.                    Introduction

A.      Quotation

B.      Thesis Statement

II.                  Body

A.      Objective/Purpose of achieving goals

B.      Goals

1.       To have good grades

2.       To be an effective and convincing writer

3.       To develop a wider sense and understanding in English

4.       To be an effective speaker and to develop self confidence

C.      Steps in achieving goals

1.       Studying hard

2.       Setting time management

3.       Striving to be an aspiring person

4.       Reading all the time

5.       Reciting and being confident in class

6.       Widening vocabulary and being participative

D.      Improvements/ changes on daily living

III.                Conclusion

A.      Summary

B.      Quotation

C.      Recommendation

I know, this is also my Home.

Welcome Home

Main Idea: Transition from high school to college

Time indeed flies so fast, but all the memories will surely last in a person's heart -- all the happiness, pain, hard work and sorrow.  I remembered everything as if it all just happened yesterday. Four years seemed like forty winks for me. No, even faster than one could ever imagine. Actually, in just a blink of an eye, everything changed. How I wish I could turn back time. How I wish I could spend every moment even longer. But I could not, I cannot. Everything was not the way it used to be. 

Oh high school, I really miss you so much. Everything's different in college. New faces, new environment; new voices of unfamiliar people laughing along the corridor. I missed the faces I used to see everyday, the loud sound of voices that fills my ear, the happy people who play and giggle until they laugh and hardly breathe, the busy ones that always study to get the highest mark for the coming examination. I miss the part when I just glimpse on one corner of the classroom, and I can tell the whole identity and background of the person I see. I miss my home. The home which I met my "true friends until the end". I really wish I could bring back time to where I used to be.  It's really new in this place. All I can see are blank people who perhaps also feel what I feel. But I should not bury myself in the past. Instead, I should unravel these unfamiliar faces and discover the treasure within. Somehow, somewhere, I know this is also home. 

According to the lyrics of one of the song in High School Musical 3, "High school was not meant to last forever." Well. that I cannot agree. Yes, it may end on the fourth year, but it does not necessarily mean that it is not meant to remain in our hearts forever. The flame is still burning. The spirit of high school still not perishes. Yes indeed, high school is the best four years of my life. Though, no matter how hard it is to move on, be strong enough to let go of the past. Focus and head out to what lies ahead. Keep the flame fire burning. College is also a manifestation of high school; only bigger. But those people around me who I used to be unfamiliar, one day they'll be strangers no more. Everything will sound like high school again. There will come a time that no one else will become awkward. It will be comfortable and very warm, the way things turn out to be. College isn't so bad, There will come a time that everyone will graduate and become the persons they promise themselves to be. Although everything seems different, at the end it will also be my home. Once again, I will feel that I am part of a bigger but one family. Someday, I will say it in my heart that "I know, this is also my home"