I learn best through movement and emotional relevance to myself. I think this is true because I do not remember things well when I learn something only by hearing my teachers explain stuff. I usually remember experiences that I have had great difficulties at and things that I have struggled with. These include both physical and emotional conflicts. I also learned that I am a visual learner that must see the whole three-dimensional perspective and emotional elements to learn. I think that this means that I’m not a student who follows the step-by-step instructions making up my own way of solving my problem. Therefore, it is natural for me to learn best when I’m solving creative problems which don’t have a certain order.
I need to practice reading out loud, uses Thinking Caps from Brain Gym, toning the vowels, and doing cross-lateral play like knitting writing and drawing with my left hand. I learned many things that I would need to work on to improve my learning skills. I think the activities most suitable for me are reading out loud and cross-lateral play with my non-dominant hand. I’m going to try out these activities from now on. I will try learning something with my left hand like some sport that uses mostly your hands to play like tennis.
The strategies that would help me in my learning are sitting in the front row on the left hand side and massaging my temporal mandibular joint for communication. I never thought about how the position of my seat could affect my learning. I also never knew before where my temporal mandibular joint was and knew nothing about how it could help me. I think I learned a useful fact since it is not so hard to massage your mandibular joint when it’s just between the two jaws. I also learned that it is highly beneficial for me to have a balance of art, music, movement combined with linguistics and mathematics. However, I had no gains from this fact because I already was doing the exact same thing mixing my interpersonal skills with my school subjects.
I would like my teachers to know that I feel very stuck and clumsy when I am under stress. I think I can’t work very well with people who I am not that close with since I get stress when I have to do my work while getting used to new friends. Therefore, I think I need to train myself and improve my weakness which is getting lots of stress and limiting my abilities to communicate and learn. I also think that my teachers should help me understand things in a more logical way since I am a gestalt learner.
