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With education comes learning, with learning comes development.

Prior to taking up the course EDS100 (Psychological Foundations of Education), my only perception of education is that it is extremely important for everyone regardless of age, and it should be continuous even outside learning institutions. I have long since been passionate about psychology but was unaware of its relation to education–which made EDS100 a very exciting course for me as it highlights the bridge between these two.

Every module brought me new learnings that helped me appreciate my degree program better. I discovered that education is not just about the traditional setup wherein students physically go to school to attend their instructors' lectures; various factors affect learning, and every learner is different. What stood out to me the most are the abundant pedagogic theories that explain how educators need to recognize and understand the differences among learners to promulgate a better educational system that caters to every kind of student while optimizing their teaching skills.

In psychology, there are different theories and perspectives that seek to explain why humans behave the way they do and how their environments affect them as physical and emotional beings: biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and evolutionary, to name a few. According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, different needs are required for people to reach their self-actualized selves, which is the state wherein abilities have been maximized to fulfill one's goals. Some of these needs include affection, food, clothing, shelter, and belongingness. Jean Piaget’s and Lev Vygotsky’s theories, on the other hand, aim to help society understand how children are influenced by the environment they grow up in. According to their findings, a child's environment is vital to their learning and development. Piaget and Vygotsky are only a few of the many theorists that have contributed significantly to the improvement of educational systems.

In the Philippines, education is perceived as a basic need; a college diploma opens the door to employment and income. Although there are adjustments made to the Filipino educational system every now and then which attempt to improve learning for every Filipino, the system should be constantly evaluated. What is working now may not work in the near future. Learning pedagogic theories should also be made available to everyone as they facilitate self-assessment among both educators and learners, allowing them to recognize their own needs and areas of improvement.

Many of us have dreams. Beautiful dreams. Some might not even have one. Some might not be as big as yours; then again, they're still dreams.

Dreams that you're passionate about.

What if someone you really love can't seem to get behind to what you're into? It doesn't really mean that they're selfish. It's sort of different.

Many of us were brought into our lives that are wired to our values of independence and autonomy. When this primal need to be certain that someone else is there for us goes unmet, we sometimes have trouble articulating that because of all we have been indoctrinated with about independence and autonomy.

I've expanded into a whole different level but always in the borderline to shrink. Demanding to isolate myself into the wholesome things that I love has becoming unhealthy and abusive. Though an abuse that I fell into; A psychological trap of being bordered from someone's anxiety. A behavior that blames myself as the one in control but then giving up my dreams within the same line.

My passion has now been a burden. A choice where I'm restricted to even dive in an inch deeper. Oftentimes, being misunderstood has always been an evident behavior to others. I have always caught myself into self-blaming trying to minimize the damage that I brought into myself. An innocent reason that I claimed yet sadly, the only tactic that I am restricted to was to choose alternatives. Alternatives that separated the entire objective of my dream, my passion.

The Fast & Furious has officially won the race. Had someone told the world back in 2001 that a movie about street racers would not only give birth to a seven-film franchise but that it final entry would be considered a box-office breaking phenomenon, they...