Final Evaluation

Leanings that Relates with my Life
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My name is Rebecca Rico. However, this is my second semester with Pacific Oak. I enrolled in the institution in the last fall of the year 2014. Due to some issues I had to leave the course for some time; my dad was diagnosed with liver cancer. Now I am back to studies; I promised myself to work my way best to gain strength that will help me complete my course with respect to my late father. However, I have learned many things about myself this semester. I would like to first talk of self-esteem. It has been defined in many different ways which depend on other people’s perspective. In terms of sociology and psychology, self-esteem reflects one’s emotions and value. Therefore, it has been broken down into two forms. An individual could be having a high or low self-esteem. High self-esteem allows a person to intermingle freely and raise ideas without fear of what other people will say; that what I treasure and value of myself. On the other hand, people with low self-esteem are characterized by fear; they consider themselves weak and unable. Throughout the semester, I have been able to relate and exchange ideas with different people due to self-esteem. It has really helped me in gathering new ideas and, as a result, being able to contemplate them in my course.
In addition, high self-esteem has made me overcome despair and shame. I have been trying to win each and every situation that I come along. Therefore, I chose…