D.G Blog

   Family is everything. The family is the first institution God placed on earth. It's the first establishment a child encounters as they enter this world and begin their journey. We first learn how to interact with society through family interaction. When we are in need love and emotional support in both good and bad times, we turn to them and they're there for us. They're instrumental in our development and growth as a person. Family is an essential aspect of our lives and society as a whole, without them we would be lost. 

   Writing for me in my younger years was a form of expressing my innermost thoughts and feelings. My main style was poetry as I had a joy for rhyming words and it felt good putting my thoughts on paper in that creative way. As I got older. As i got older I realised I was internalising my thoughts more and writing less. I hope that through this course it would reignite my former thrill for writing. I like writing for the release it gives you and the freedom to escape as far as you want where the possibilities are endless. One weakness I have in writing is not being able to transfer all my thoughts to paper as things would be clear in my head but some get lost in the transference process. 

  The main idea and Controlling idea are essential to writing and developing well structured and effective topics. The main idea is the point/topic of your writing. The controlling idea gives the reader the direction the article/essay will take, the angle of approach to the topic and even expresses your personal view points.    I think this is essential to writing as it helps the writer to refrain from straying too far off topic as it keeps you focused on the goal you're trying to achieve as the writer. It also helps the reader to have clarity as to the purpose of the essay and not to be lost and confused as to the objective of the piece. E.g "Cricket has a positive social impact on society". 'Cricket' is the main idea while 'has a positive social impact on society' would be considered the controlling idea. Take note the writer says he will be focusing on it's social impact, so therefore the reader does not expect to be reading about the economic impac...