LA E-Learning Day 1

Question:
Write a 250- word (interpreted as "at least 250- word" ) response to the hypothetical question from Miss Kinnian: “I feel sad when I see Charlie lock himself up in his room and refuse to let anyone in. I want to help him, but he does not want to see me and I don’t know else todo. What can I do to help Charlie?” Your response will be published in an Aunt Agony Column of a newspaper.

Answer:
In my opinion, there are many things Miss Kinnian can do to help Charlie.

Firstly, the most discreet way she can help Charlie is to leave him alone, letting him go over his own thoughts and ideas. This will allow him to do some self-reflection and possibly enable him to quickly get over his problems in the most "personalized" way that suits him best.

Secondly, she may be able to help Charlie by asking the people Charlie meets most often to speak to him about his problems and be more supportive and helpful towards him,as well as encourage him. She can also utilize her status as the person Charlie loves to "counsel" Charlie and boost his self-esteem and help him solve his problems by providing a shoulder for him to cry on. She can get Charlie to pour out his problems to her one by one, listen to them and comment and provide feedback and solutions, as well as supportive statements, to Charlie. Surrounded by caring and supportive people who have suddenly all turned into friends, in this warm environment, Charlie will definitely feel much better and this could put an end to all of his problems.

Thirdly, Miss Kinnian could build a structure, or show Charlie something that is meaningful and represents Charlie and his troubles. Then, removing something or, showing charlie something else, or just by talking, she can tell Charlie how his troubles can be removed.

Fourthly, if she ,too, reciprocates Charlie's feelings towards her, she can confess to him of her actual mutual feelings towards him. This will surely brighten Charlie up and using her new status in Charlie's heart, discuss with him his problems and do some leisurely activities with him to improve his mood and possibly in the process get him to speak about his problems and quite possibly solve them.

Written by: Columnist Darryl Chan

LA E-Learning Day 1

As can be seen in the above images (Sorry for the bad quality, but they were taken by a 5 MP cellphone camera, because of a problem with my 12.4 MP camera and scanner), my learning style is INTERPERSONAL.

I find the results of the Multiple Intelligencess Test surprisingly accurate in most ways.I would like to consider myself a person with interpersonal abilities and good communication techniques and qualities. I have some close friends and a wide circle of acquaintances and I am unhappy when people are dissatisfied or uncontented with me. I also feel very bad when people close to me are disappointed with me, as though something is clutching at my heart and guts and refusing to let go.

I am a very expressive person and sometimes, in expressing my views, I disregard others' feelings and always end up regretting it. I do not think this is a quality of being a linguistic person.

There are times when people find me irritating or annoying because of my above character trait. I would then keep quiet and leave them alone. I too recognise this trait of mine which tends to be useful sometimes, but mostly make people "turn off" to what I say. I tend to be friendly to people popular and otherwise, but am not very defensive of my acquaintances. I am however very protective of my close friends and personally take offense at what people say to them. I only have less than ten currently and have never exceeded this number. I like to SMS or chat with my friends online and maintain a Facebook profile, MSN Messenger account, and a private blog, which I let only a select group of friends and myself view. I normally visit only my close friends' houses, as is the same with most people. I like to have as many friends as possible, for reasons both related to "work and play". I do not feel strongly against anyone, even if they might against me. I like to enjoy myself with my friends and have as much fun with them, sometimes more, as with my parents and cousins. I mix better with people my age but do not feel at a loss in front of most adults. With people around my age group, even my cousins in National Service, I can talk casually with them and be quite outgoing. I can do the same with my parents. However, with some strangers, I will be more shy and I believe that internally that is actually my personality.

I believe in the test results however and do not doubt that I may be an interpersonal person.