Choices, family relationships and experiences

We make a lot of choices in our lives, some are unimportant, some are critical and decides our future. The main character in “School of Life” by Elizabeth Laird is fourteen-year-old Katya. Katya does not like her family and she follows her stepdad’s cousin Andrei, who promised to find her a job in London, but […]

Out, Out –

In the poem “Out, Out -”, Frost creates a sense of danger throughout the poem by presenting the buzz saw, the setting and using special language features. Firstly, Frost creates a sense of danger when presenting the buzz saw. The buzz saw is the thing that cut off the boy’s hand off. It is the […]

Compare how the writers present their ideas and perspectives

Compare how the writers present their ideas and perspectives about their experiences. Support your answer with detailed examples from both texts including brief quotations. In “How Autism Freed Me to Be Myself” by Rosie King and “Young and dyslexic? You’ve got it going on” by Benjamin Zephaniah, the two writers present their ideas and perspectives […]

Childhood and Reality

An essay on “Superman and Paula Brown’s Snowsuit” Childhood is the best period in most people’s lives. Children are imaginative, creative and have their own amicable mini worlds. They have not stepped out from their world and explored much in reality. However, when they do, their childhood ends as they become more mature and start […]

The Last Speech Class

What is so special with this new year (pig year)? Pig year is a very special year because it is the last year in the twelve Zodiacs. It is one of the luckiest zodiac as it is the symbol of wealth, fortune and love. Although it is only a Chinese culture, it becomes the motivation […]

Geography or History?

Today we have a few G11 student coming to our class to answer some questions about IGCSE for us. For humanities, there are three subject that I really want to choose: Economics, Geography and History. Economics is a “must” to me, because it is going to be so useful in the future, but I hesitate […]

Caution! IGCSE approaching!

It is the second week since I went back from Guangzhou. My day times are all fully packed with school lessons and tuition: at 8 school starts, and after 300 I went back to home to do some Physics and Math tuition homework (just to prepare for IGCSE) until 1030. It is quite hard for […]

Back to home, finally

I went from Singapore to Guangzhou today. I have thought about all the things going on in Guangzhou for 2 months, and now, I am finally here, in my room, with my old books and old clothes around me. The essence of homeness… Also, on the plane I finished my English essay (if I go […]

Johnny Express

In our society, people were doing different jobs busily and were supposed to take the responsibility of lots of things. One possible theme in the video “Johnny Express”, is that when people are doing things that they have no direct relationships with, they are not responsible for it. They have no passion towards things they […]