Prompt #2: How
have your emotions affected your learning?
I think that emotion has a huge impact on
my learning because when I get angry, I really don’t want to do anything. I
remember one time I am trying to teach my brother numbers one and two. I tell
him that this is one and that is two and he repeated after me. That moment, I am
happy because he is listening to me. So, I decide to test him which number is
one and he gets it right. I tell him “good job, brother.” But, when I test him
which number is two, he pointed at one. I am like what, how could my brother
get it wrong because the numbers look different. One is written on a light blue
star shape while the number two is written on a pink rectangle shape. The
numbers is printed bold and big. Then, I teach him few more times and he still
didn't get it right and it pissed me off. I feel like he is guessing by
pointing at any number since you have 50% to guess it right. When I try to
force him keep learning the numbers, he start crying unstop. I was wondering
why he cries so much. I went back to my room and I was mad because my brother
couldn't even remember just two numbers. I lie on my bed and was staring at the
roof. I don’t feel like doing homework or studying for my test because I hate
when my brother cries. It loud, annoying and make me unable to focus on doing homework.
Do all the kids act that way? Why is my brother unable to focus and remember
the number? Maybe he is distracted by the toys around him. There are more than 30
toys in the living room, including car and airplane. He is even holding two
cars at his hand. What is he thinking when I am trying to teach him? Since he
is only three years old, he mind is probably want to watch TV, play his toys and
fool around the room. Was I like that when I am young? Probably, since all kids
want to play and can to easier distracted. Let put that aside, I am going to focus
on my exhibition first. I open my computer and start researching about my
exhibition topic. I find some interesting things about sexual assault. I read
one of the articles and it surprises me that “one out of five women will be
rape in their life time on campus.” I keep on reading different articles for an
hour unstop until I heard “Bing-Dong, Bing-Dong.” What is that noise? I open my
door and I see my brother throwing his cars all over the place. Suddenly, he
throws his cars at me and it hit my leg. I yelled at him to stop and tell my
mom to bring him back to his room because I am trying to focus on exhibition
research. I open a Microsoft document and starting typing up some ideas about
my outline. Then, I heard loud TV noise outside the living room. I walk to the
living room and see my grandma watching Asian show about fighting against the
Japanese. I tell my grandma to low down the volume and I went back to my room.
But I don’t remember what I am trying to write again, so I decide to take a nap.
This shows that if you get distracted too many times, it is impossible to focus
back to what you doing. Well, thats how I am.
