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Malcolm Gladwell Reflection

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Back during my freshman year in college, I decided to take up Psychology to learn more about people and the environment. Little did I know that there are numbers involved in my course which I tried to get away with. During my sophomore year, we had Statistics as part of our curriculum. I found it interesting because I get to know how research data in Psychology is being analyzed. However, I failed my subject. I found it difficult given all the formulas involved. Since then, Statistics is one subject that I fear the most. Whenever I hear ‘statistics’, I feel a little sick and anxious, and all I want to do is get away. This semester, I have enrolled in Statistics class, not just because it is required in my course but also to learn more and become …show more content…

I appreciate our discussion on this book because it helped me look at life in a different perspective. As the book tries to encourage us to learn how life is amazing through simple things, it made me realize that it is really the little gestures or things that matter. As mentioned in our discussion, change is not gradual; it should be drastic for it to have an effect on a person. After this session, it struck me that I should face my fear in statistics. This fear will just haunt me if I let myself become overwhelmed with what I need to learn in Statistics. After all, it is for my knowledge and development that I need to understand statistics better – for my professional …show more content…

But then, I try to keep connections with some students through social media such as Facebook and Instagram. This way I get to be in touch with them especially those students whom I have had difficulty counseling with during their high school. Also, this serves as a ground for me to get to know my students better, with the things they “like” and “share” in the social media, and how they get to respond to different things on the internet. With this, I have noticed that those students who have been very quiet in school and those with low self-esteem are those who share and post a lot on social media, getting lots of likes and appreciation through comments and responses. On the other hand, those who have a loud personality or the extrovert ones in school are those that posts little things only. In this case, how much does the internet have an impact on them and in their lifestyle? Having this study may help us come up with new techniques in teaching and do modules in helping students develop effective interpersonal skills that would be vital as they mature. We have barely a month to go and finish this course, but I can truly say that I have learned a lot; hopefully I gain more and become confident in myself with

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