Shyness

This was the blog post that I did for Edcuational Psychology on the same film. I feel that the ideas i discussed then, apply in this class also.

We watched another video in class today. It was about shyness. The narrator of the film had the students fill out a survey. From the survey they found out which students were most popular. They also found out the least popular ones. There were three; these were considered the shy kids. They were researched on and had to go to a therapist. The therapist figured that the one boy was not shy but was just happier doing things on his own, he liked the quiet. The other boy had a disorder therefore it was not his fault that he was the way he was. The little was considered to have shyness. She always walked with her head down, would not speak in front of the class, and never said anything at all unless she really had to. The researcher consulted her mother, and talked to the girl to try and find out what the reason may be. They concluded that the reason the little girl was shy was because her mother was always pushing her to be perfect and never told her when she was doing something right, only told her about all the things she was doing wrong. They told the mother that they believe this was the problem and she changed the way she treated her daughter. Also the teachers encouraged her, and by the end of the movie the little girl stands up and speaks in front of the class. I related to this video because I was a shy girl myself. Coming from Holland and not knowing how to communicate with my peers was hard. They did not try talking to me either.  I was different and that was that. I was the misfit. I went to school in a small town I had about 20 kids in my class. And the same 20 kids from kindergarten to grade eight.  Then I went to school in red deer and I was excited because maybe I could make friends there. No one knew me there and I would be able to speak the same language as them. Once I got there though I realized I might want to make new friends but I had no social skills, therefore once again I felt alone.  During high school is when I started to develop my social skill. Now I think I am good to go.  This is why I believe it is a good thing that the people in the video took action and did something about the problem the child was having right away. It was a life changing thing for the little girl.