Self Reflection on Entry 2: Beauty, As You See It

Name and Section: Henry Medina Jr. IV-Electron Date: Feb 28, 2010
Type of Portfolio Entry: Survey+Analysis
Title / Subject: Beauty, As You See It

I chose this portfolio entry because it was the only one that didn't involve completely what I thought about. This portfolio entry also contains thoughts and feelings of other people around me about one of the most desired traits of the entire human race: beauty.

I had fun making this entry because I went around the school during breaks to talk to classmates and teachers about their own point of view regarding beauty. It was fun and I got to hear their side so I consider it really worthwhile. I really enjoyed listening to what they said and a few of them (ahem sir!) made me laugh a lot! Haha, it also gave me a sort of "peek" into what kind of people they are.

If I had to complain about one thing regarding this project, it would be that it required a lot of walking around the school looking for people I want to (and WILLING to be) interview.

I really wish I was able to get more people to talk to about it though, but then I realized that if I added more, it might make analysis a lot harder. Not to mention that I had other requirements due almost the same time so I had to make do with what I had.

Beauty really is variable, most especially if you're talking to people from science schools. You also cannot judge someone's beauty value because it really is based on the person's attitude and perspective, much like many issues in biology and other sciences. Lastly, I learned that Bio can be applied to even trivial stuff like these ("trivial" but very much wanted :D, I admit haha). It really makes evident that perspective really does count. I remember during 2nd year that Sir Espinas mentioned things about the probable means of formation of Earth and the many scientists debating on it. Honestly, I couldn't understand all those back then (probably even now), but I kept on thinking why can't get agree on which one if they have facts? Well, I do realize now that even if one has facts, every argument always has bias, especially on stuff like beauty and others where person's perspective (compared to facts), have a more solid foundation.

From this I also got that learning can be: done spontaneously in a FUN manner, in many forms, a sharing of ideas on many things between teacher-student and friends. Honestly though I enjoy reading some textbooks, there are certain topics and subjects I'd rather not touch. But then learning becomes a lot easier on the "fun meter" of life when you're with someone... in a non-classroom setting! That way, it becomes integrated into what you assume to be the "normal way" of life.

I really suggest using more people as subjects and starting a lot earlier for the next batches of students if ever someone wants to use something like this. It's fun yes but very much time consuming.