#ged101

I think one thing I really learned here is to move forward the future with the right perspective. Ever since then, I changed my perspective. Now I would write a letter to myself in the future, because who knows, I might just read this after a while.

The socio-digital self is the life we have in the internet. After the discussions about this, I learned that being able to adapt to modern technology is a must in this generation we live in. A good example why is this pandemic. Notice how almost everything done face-to-face in the past transitioned to online setups. Businesses were done mostly online, and even education is taken online and so much more. However, there is still this responsibility that we must ensure that we use technology properly. This is why we have digital citizenship. This is anjointed in 3 general principles: respecting, educating, and protecting oneself and other. This citizenships purpose is to regulate human behavior in this digital world.

Something that could be brought up in this topic is something i mentioned in the past. Online disinhibition, where a person could feel like he or she is at home in the internet or if he or she is just straight up rude and really jsut uses the internet to harass people. Whatever it is, online disinhibition is the way we see people communicate in the internet.

In the internet, there is something we call "anonymity". It is being anonymous, keeping your real identity away hidden while being able to be open in the internet. As far as I know, most anonymous people enjoy doing stupid things like harass others while there are others who just wants to help out.

Before I go into the political self, I think it would be fair if I started by defining what politics is. Taken from Merriam-webster dictionary, politics is the art or science of government. It is the art and science concerned with guiding or influencing governmental policy and it is also the art and science concerned with winning and holding control over a government. Going deeper into politics, there is more that I have confirmed to be true.

Politics is concerned with power. Without it, an individual can't really be a part of it or in other words, they won't be elected. It is also clearly observed that inequalites are seen within societies that whoever holds the most power is the one that gets to lead the place. I learned that politics is even pesonal as there are countless examples we see today that politics makes a person in most cases, for example: DDS in the Philippines, and Trump followers in America. I think that explains that.

This is a good one. So the question is, when do we know if we discover life's meaning? Humans naturally try to become better and make reflections about themselves They make mistakes and learn and make mistakes and learn and it keeps on going until a person is satisfied. When could we say if sa person is satisfied? It could be if he or she is happy or if he or she is healthy. Maybe it's when a person feels good? Based on the learning, satisfaction is something mentioned a lot when it comes to discovering the meaning of life. But is there more to it?

In the inner soul, there is spirituality and religiosity.

Spirituality or the spiritual self is the most powerful part of an individual. This does not talk only about the present but it goes about finding meaning. I personally think this is one of the most important parts since this is spirituality is different for all individuals. It talks about the connections of a person in different aspects of the individuals existence and it goes beyond physical realities. It is sacred and transcendent. Personally, my spiritual self is being connected with God. There are many times that I act like I have no faith, but I really do believe that God exists and everything revolves around him. My spiritual self is my relationship with God. Despite making bad choices and going against Him, He still loves me unconditionally.

This the part where I talk about emotions and what I learned from it. There are two things to be discussed which are the Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Regulation.

So basically Emotional intelligence is defined to be the ability of knowing or understanding your emotion and to act according to what is, let's say, civilzed. It is being able to cope with what is "normal" for the environment. It is also being able to understand the emotions of others and managing the emotion of the self and what others are feeling aswell. I can't say that I am always emotionally intelligent. There are times that I just feel done with what I am doing and instead coping up or doing something about it, I just give up. Now I know that things like this happen and the best practice is to be emotionally intelligent. It was thought in GED101 that there are models that may help in being emotionally intelligent. There is the one Goleman (2005) came up with which defines emotional intelligence and how to achieve it. There is also Bar-On's model (1997) that is about expressing and thinking things throught and how to act on it. There are many more models that was shown but these two were the ones that really caught my attention. I think I could see improvements in being emotionally intelligent after knowing these things. In the previous terms, I've been giving up on a lot of tasks which leads to me failing the subject. Right now, it's the same load and I am managing. I even started talking to those who just wants to talk about what's going on in their head.

Cognition, memory, and intelligence will be three important things that I want to talk about here. Cognition is defined as the process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and senses. With that definition alone, I think I may have covered this part. But going deeper into it, cognition is something that an individual has that empowers them to hold up in their own way. It's the higher process of thinking that makes a person special since the mental section truly is complex.

Memory is where knowledge is stored to be used later on. It could be short-term, long-term, or sensory memory. After learning these three, I realized that there is only so little in my long-term memory. Only actual times I loved and things that must be remembered to be able to get a job. Short-term memory occurs a lot in online classes nowaday, and I am sorry. With the pandemic going on, I still haven't adjusted so at one moment I thought I was learning something new and valueable, then moments later I totally forget. I still think having to make use of the memory is important and crucial for most things today.

Intelligence is defined as the person's capacity for learning, planning, understand, solving problems with logic, and creativity. These are the "smart" people we all know. I also found it interesting that there are multiple intelligences that are unique for each individual. I took a test and got the result of being musically intelligent. I was pretty happy about it knowing I am a music freak. I learned that we can't really define a person's intelligence based on what they about things. There may be things that I know that others don't understand as much and vice versa. So in a way, I guess what I learned is that everyone is actually intelligent.