Assurgent Construction

Author's Note Three

Hello All,

The previous ten poems were a mixture of what I found in my Google Drive and what I have written in my Inkpad Notes! I hope you all enjoyed these. The semester is over and now I get to focus on my writing so I look forward to having another book finished by the end of the month. Even though I am focused on cleaning up my Wattpad, that doesn't mean that I stop writing! I actually a journal with 160 pages of written content for either comments or full of poems.

I've written more than 50 poems in this journal thus far so I already have the rest of this book written out. All I have to do is type them all. I've been alternating between publishing a section of Assurgent Construction and Achieving For The Greater Good. I think I've told all of you that already so I'll move onto something more important.

The poetry I've been reading lately are from ea_paperbits, bidiyajdanian, daninfinity22, Fox-Trot-9, and Ajay-Jumar. Each of these poets are talent and I would like you all to check them out! I've also read from jimrileyenlight whose work is written in haikus. I enjoy all of their work and think all of you who are reading my poetry will enjoy theirs as well!

This poetry book is designated to talk about my culture barriers and what I'm going through emotionally, mentally, spiritually, physically, and intellectually. I'm thinking about writing a journal that is centered around psychology, religion, mythology, philosophy, and culture. That's a lot to write about so I'm thinking of picking one topic and reading over it, watching a documentary, or writing about it based on my own cognitive thoughts.

I also do hope to transfer my blog post (from Forward-Flight) to here and I hope that I have all of my readers support while I do so! I'm planning on reposting it into Wattpad and writing responses based on what I had written from April 2018 when I first entered the Philippines.

I know that most of the people who are connected to my 'real' life will not be reading these notes so I can announce here that I will be going back to Texas and living my life in the states until 2021. I passed my aptitude test (a test that is required to continue as a sophomore). My classmates were not surprised that I didn't only pass, I passed with a high grade...

Personally, I'm glad that I managed a high grade but teaching is a skill and a mindset so I knew that even if I didn't pass I would still pursue teaching. I love to teach and I hope that I can teach the next generation that they are the hope of the future. Now that I've lived in the Philippines I can say that I understand the culture here better. However, the culture I've been exposed to is a generation that is young and they have not been taught in the same way that I have been in the U.S.

What I'm trying to say is that what I've seen in the 'section' I was in, is not what I hope for the future when it comes to teachers. I hope that they see the world for how it is and have a reality check on their teaching skills. Teaching is a skill and isn't a grade. I feel that the kids that I was in class with were more worried about teaching as a grade than a skill that they need to achieve.

I'll be going home in one month's time. My flight is June 27. Until then, all of you will find me here, posting away! I hope that I can hear from some of you and I hope that I can read some of your work since you have been intrigued by mine!

In truth, I can't wait to get home and continue my old life but I know I must return to the Philippines eventually. I know that because of how the culture is with Asian who move the United States, the children are not taught the languages of home and I hope to change that in my city. First, I'll need to ask my sister to help me get through a full lesson and then I can teach the lesson on my own.

Something I learned in High School is that I learn the best by teaching it. I know that doesn't quite make sense but the more something is taught, the more it is practiced and by teaching a person can see how other people think and how they react to the content. Teaching allows a person to understand a way to learn besides their own and I think that's one of the many beauties of teaching.

There are many friends that depend on me back home and I cannot wait to reunite with them. I hope to ask for their help in this teaching process, whether it's for connection, mental relaxation or for ideas in general, I miss the friends that I can connect with easily.

Here, I've had to put up walls that I haven't realized that I placed. Through the friends I recently met (a black American family) I begin to realize how many 'odd' functions I've been doing or thinking in. Through them, I hope that I can write more about my experience.

These people have introduced me to the organization of Jehovah's Witness. (I'm not religious). But I didn't realize that to be a Jehovah's Witness doesn't meant to be part of the religious Jehovah's witness, it means to be part of a Christian Organization where Christian is the religion. I'm attending their 'meetings' because I'm interested in what they have to say but I personally will not become one of them not out of disgust. I personally don't feel that the organization is for me but I do appreciate their openness to the public. I go to their meetings because I want to learn and for that, they accept me.

Well, I've run out of time, the computer shop is about to close. I'll end this Author's Note here. Thank you for listening, and I hope to hear from any of you and your thoughts on my writing!

DJ