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October 15, 2016 Dear Editor, I am writing you this letter to tell you my personal opinion with regards to your published article, “Twtr? It's majorly bad! Leading headteacher condemns 'text speak' for eroding schoolchildren's language skills” published last March 24, 2014 by the Daily Mail. While I was reading your article, I couldn’t help myself from shaking my head from time to time. As much as you want to convince the readers about how texting is polluting the English language, I believe that your arguments are not applicable to reality. I’ll be discussing three points in this letter which would contradict to the things you’ve mentioned in your article. Point one. It is stated in your article that teachers are complaining about how the students are doing badly in their essays and tests because they’re using abbreviations and colloquialisms which are commonly used in texting, yes? Don’t you think that this only reflects on how the teachers are not doing a great job ...

Ben Haggerty mostly known as Macklemore is an independent American hip hop artist. He has won many awards including four grammys. (Best rap song, best rap album, best rap performance and best new artist) He has significantly collaborated with producer Ryan Lewis as Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Why choose hip hop as your platform in the music industry? I’ve been into music since I was young. I’ve listened to different artists from different genres but there was a point in my life, I think I was six at that time when I discovered this alternative hip hop group called Digital Underground. Since then I started to become more interested in hip hop and by the age of 15, I started to write my own lyrics. From then on, I started to sing and I started to listen to a lot of East Coast underground hip hop. So yeah, basically I’ve lived my whole life listening to hip hop which is why I decided to choose hip hop despite knowing that I would receive a lot of criticism because I’m white. H...

Growing up, I’ve learned how to speak English and Tagalog at the same time. To be honest, it was actually hard for me to distinguish which word is in English and which one is in Tagalog but I sorta got the hang of it a few years after I started attending school. So basically, the English language has been in my system my whole life which is why I can say that I can speak in English pretty well. I’ve experienced a lot of things about how the people around me judge the relationship of the English language with my identity. If you have read my previous blog about the common misconception about Filipinos, then you already know the story I’m about to tell you. But for those who hasn’t read it, here it goes. Friend: Where are you from? Me: Philippines. Friend: Nice. So how many years have you been here in Abu Dhabi? Me: I've only been here for a month. Friend: No way. Me: Yup. I've lived in the Philippines since I was born. Friend: Well, for a person who has lived in...