3rd Quarter | Week 8 | Written Work
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3rd Quarter | Week 7 | Activity
Answer the following questions comprehensively. Question: Think of a group you belong to. How does this group influence you as a student? Answer: The group that I belong to is my friend group. They influence me as a student by giving me the mental and emotional support I need to prevent getting burnt out from the amount of work. In a way, they help me cope with stress. I influence them by giving them back the support they gave me. I would give advice whenever needed. With this, we empathize with each other on a deeper level. They help me fulfill my ambitions in life by giving me hope for a better future in times of uncertainty. I’m afraid of the future, but their encouragement gives me the strength to hold on enough to see it.
3rd Quarter | Week 7 | Discussion
1. Pretend that you belong to a particular in-group in your class. You noticed that one classmate from your class does not belong to any group. What would you do? Would you invite him to join your in-group? Why? Why not? Socializing is a skill innate in human nature. However, one must nurture this skill for it to be applicable in creating human relationships. Everyone grew up in different circumstances, so not everyone has the same level of socializing skills. Having experienced having underdeveloped socializing skills due to trauma from bullying, I know how hard it is to integrate oneself into a social group without prior experience. Especially in high school, where most social experiments happen, the pressure of being in a social group is greater than ever. This is the reason why I will offer my classmate to join the group I'm in. Of course, I will still evaluate whether they can get along with my friends (forced relati...
