Margarette Rose C.

Baynosa

A CURRICULUM FABLE REFLECTION

The animals had a school that administer the curriculum of running, climbing,
swimming and flying. The duck was a swimmer but he practice running until he became
average. The eagle was excellent in flying. The rabbit was a runner but had a problem
in swimming. The squirrel led the climbing but started flying and getting low marks. At
the end, the eel became the valedictorian who could swim well, run, and climb and fly
enough.

Sometimes I felt being pressured at school or in different areas and meet their
expectations. I should be good in everything and be the best/ perfect. It was
suffocating and isolating. I can feel the pressure to give them good news and to tell
them that I am doing well in school. Not knowing I was having a hard time in fulfilling
those. But, now I realized I shouldn’t live that way because sometimes I forgot myself.
No matter how well-rounded I strive to be, I am never going to be perfect at
everything. So, I stop worrying about what I am bad at or what I am “good enough” at
and start focusing on what I love. Play to my strengths and be secure in what I love
and what I have to contribute. In school, there are also teachers that forces you to be
good in a specific skill, they seems to acknowledge that every student is the same.
Remember that every student is a unique one and has different multiple intelligences.

The principle here is that we all have our own strengths and need to be working hard to
maximize them, not handicap our potential by becoming good at something that isn’t
natural for us. Think about who the ducks, rabbits, squirrels and eagles are in your
organization are and how you can best use their unique skills and strengths rather than
trying to get the same level of average performance out of all of them. “Let the ducks
swim. Let the rabbits run. Let the eagles fly. We don’t want a school of average ducks”.
When we focus on developing our strengths, we grow faster than when trying to
improve our weaknesses. Plus, people who use their strengths are happier, less
stressed, and more confident. So if you're finding that you're consistently failing or
falling short on the goals you've set for yourself, it may be time to consider trying to
improve where you're already strong rather than focusing your efforts on getting better
in the areas where you're weak. I believe that life is a learning experience and being
able to recognize our own strengths and weaknesses can help us become better
individuals in anything we choose to do, whether it is positive abilities or negative
personal areas. Knowing yourself and what you can do, can help you create a better
version of yourself.