Activity 1

Use your Philosophical Reflection on making decisions on everyday activities and experience in
life.

Experiences/situations
Class reporting/ Presentation
Love Confessions
Choosing your SHS Strands
Reflections/Decisions
Commonly, I would have a hard time
presenting my work in front of the class.
Aside from having shamble thoughts, most of
the time, my panic attack would come in the
way and there are times that the struggle to
breathe calmly would deal a lot of conflict
especially when trying to present confidently
in front. I grew up not being used to present
myself in front of the whole class. Owning
the fact that I used to study in an exclusive
school with a few number of students. I could
hardly remember when I was in 2nd grade, I
was the only student and my classmates back
then were 1st grader boys.
This phase of our lifetime is probably one of
those times were generally impossible for
most of us, especially for those who don’t
have the guts. Although I can vouch that I did
confessed my feelings for someone, but this
was a hard one for me. There are times that
we feel insecure of ourselves and that we
think that it is unlikely possible for them to
like us. It takes a lot of courage to voice out
what you truly feel. Personally, I would fish
for motivation from my friends and it would
help me boost my confidence. But most of
the time, I would chicken out. I have this kind
of mindset where I can’t latch onto
somebody for a period of time. I would
rather be in my own bubble or with my
friends than being romantically connected
with someone.
Personally, I don’t find choosing strand/s a
difficult decision as long as you know what
 you want for your future. Basically, I chose
the strand I’m in right now because I want to
be a computer expert in my future. In
addition, choosing a strand should be really
think thoroughly because it plays an
important role to your future.
Choosing the right friend Choosing a friend might be a difficult phase
for some. Personally, I can say that I am good
in choosing my friends. Although, I may not
be socially active every so often and
sometimes gullible, however, I know how to
tell who’s which. I personally don’t have
standards when choosing my friend. As long
as they don’t do something sketchy, they’re
good. Also, I can tell when someone is being
befriended to me just for clout or maybe
they want something for me. I despise those
who have this kind of personality. I just think
that they are really toxic and that they should
do better in their life than having that kind of
toxicity.
School Deadlines Dealing with deadlines is pretty fine with me.
Most of the time I comply my works
beforehand. Unless, I’m loaded with too
much work and can’t pass it on time or
beforehand. As for now, I’m learning to
management my time very devotedly. It’s a
good practice for me to prepare myself for
college, especially that I used to
procrastinate my works very often and I hate
to pull up an all-nighter just to cram all my
works. As for my experience last school year,
it’s been pretty tough for me. Knowing the
fact that I used to carry all my groupmates in
a project is extremely awful.
Insecurities Having insecurities is never wrong. We are
not born perfectly and that we should
embrace our flaws. It’s pretty easy to say but
it’s literally hard to accept our flaws–for
some at least. I admit that to myself because
I’ve been dealing with my insecurities since I
was in 9th grade. It started when I used to
have frequent breakouts and it always made
conscious of what I always look. Now that I
 think of it, I were always conscious of what I
look like back then because of peer pressures
and the feeling of being left out. I had friends
who had gorgeous looking skins and I always
felt insecure because they always get the
compliment when walking down the hallway,
while I don’t. Owning the fact that they were
three of us and only the two of them got
complimented. Also, it’s really hard to live in
a society where the appearance is their basis
of beauty. It saddens me to think that this
kind of mindset has been up to this day.
Peer Pressures It’s really hard to say no to your friends. Isn’t
it? It was never too easy especially when
there’s fun involve. But being dwelt in the
society standards was never an option. We
live by our own selves. We make decisions
for ourselves not the other way around.
Although it’s hard to say no, but we should
normalize turning down offers when you
know you don’t like it or you can’t do it.
Dealing with Crushes It’s really hard for me to deal with crushes.
Aside from the fact that I can’t voice out my
feelings utterly, I get uncomfortable being
with them. It’s pretty odd because I like them
but I get weirded out being with them. But
the last time I had a crush, we were pretty
chill. I could say that I handled it pretty well.
We were once close friends. Maybe that
played a role in our relationship and that we
managed to be comfortable with each other.
Doing the right thing We are always tempted to do the bad thing.
But if we think about it, doing the right thing
isn’t that hard. I’ve always thought that doing
the opposite will give me my karma one day
and that I will surely regret it when that day
happens. We’re humans, yes, we make a lot
of mistakes. But showing goodness and
spreading the righteousness will spread
awareness to everyone and they might
consider doing the good thing too.