When I come up with notions like
“I really love learning educational psychology” and “(certain topic) is really
interesting” I will be seen as a weirdo who just landed from Mars, a Martian. I
don’t care really. I know myself. I like lots of things and I really love
learning. Just so you know, I got B+ for that subject and the only thing that
pissed me off during that time was that my classmates who played with their
fancy iPhones got better grades than I did. Well I don’t want to care about
that because I know I learn a lot of things in that class. The weird thing
about me is that I am curious and interested about lots of things. I like
Physics, Chemistry, Calculus, and Algebra –the lots. Although I know I suck a
bit at few of these subjects, I don’t care. I love learning about them.
When I was in school, I had
always wanted to be a judge, a lawyer, a marine biologist, and the last
ambition I had was to become a veterinarian. Every time I learn new things that
fascinate me, I want to make them my life career. Growing up, I have never
stopped asking about everything. Even though there were moments when people got
tired of my questions (more than hundred times, I swear), I teach myself to
never give up. There are moments when I feel so dejected because my questions
are not answered, they are rendered as mediocre, unimportant, and stupid, and
they are just too tired to answer my questions. I am not going to lie.
That is one of the reasons why I
love educational psychology. The lecturer, even though could not really teach
well, he never shot my questions down. He had always been there to entertain my
endless questions about Oedipus complex, and Gestalt theory, and how human has
been conditioned since birth and all. There were also moments when we had
heated arguments in class because I did not agree with his examples. He, unlike
most of the teachers I have met in 20 years of learning, has never discouraged
me from being curious. I understand that some of us might be deeply affected by
the lecturers when learning. We usually succumb to the quality of the
lecturers; if their quality of teaching is really bad, we decide to just ignore
them and choose not to like the subject and end up having effed up grades.
Don’t do that. The waste is on you, not the lecturers. For once, do something
for yourself. Love a subject not because of the lecturer, but because you know
that subject is interesting and you want to know more about it.
Another reason why I really like
learning about educational psychology is that the topics that we learned are
all fascinating. You know that feeling when you really like something, you
don’t mind going the extra mile just to get it? That’s how I feel. I don’t mind
spending hours and hours between the book shelves in the library to find the
best references for the assignments. Sometimes, I go online just to read on
articles that are related to educational psychology like bullying cases at
school just because I want to. I am not even learning this subject this
semester. But I don’t mind doing it.
Apart from these two reasons, I
love educational psychology because some of the topics help clear up on certain
issues. I have been looking for reasons why some people turn to homosexuals,
and only after learning about Oedipus theory, I got some ideas on how homosexuality
is triggered. This subject teaches me why humans act certain ways. It also
educates me on why teenagers are so rebellious and hormonal; and why some
children turn into certain kind of adults. It’s interesting. These are all
theories and even though there have been few research conducted, they are not
really proven to be legitimate and true. Even though they are theories, some of
them actually make sense in my brain.
I have this one philosophy that I
have been holding on to since I was 17 –to learn for the sake of knowing
instead of for the sake of getting great grades. I find satisfaction in being
able to know and explain in detail about subjects in educational psychology. To
those of you who are interested in venturing in educational psychology, or pure
psychology, my advice to you is to not focus just on finding jobs and getting
good grades. I believe that when the time comes, you will get that job, or you
can even create one. This is a very interesting field and it would be a waste
to go after it just for reasons like getting great jobs. I wish you all the
best and may the force be with you.