I felt elated up to this writing. Last Friday I was so happy. It happen during our Positive Psychology class. Our teacher returned our first experiential exercise paper entitled Positive Introduction. While waiting for my other classmates, the teacher started distributing our papers. When I received mine, I immediately look at it expecting of the possible score i got. However, I was disappointed as no score appeared on the paper. It was only a stamped bulb light symbol with his signature. So I go over with my paper and I started seeing positive comments like "cool", a smiley face, "You are a leader, Ann", "Ann, you write better than talk! Haha! then smiley face, and lastly "I super like this paper Ann. You give concrete examples and insights. Keep it up!" So encouraging, isn't it?
I feel I was floating with those high praises on my paper but what really struck me was the second to the last comment. For me it was a redeeming compliment. The previous Saturday during our class in Intensive Expressive Group Art Therapy, I had a clumsy experience. It was my moment to share my weekly art journal and the Art Appreciation activity. Actually we were assigned to bring two work of art and share it to the class. I was talking so fast and my teacher was bothered and so he asked me if that was my normal speech delivery. He told me he could not understand my words. I was ashamed to my classmates and shed a tear. Then I realized that maybe I was not really understood because of my manner of delivery. It was my second time actually that my teacher asked me about this concern. I remembered back then during our Counseling and Psychotherapy class in one of our session he once asked me. Though I was embarrassed at that moment but i was considering of improving that I may be better. He assured me that everybody in class deserves to be listened to. It is his job to cut the sharing if it is too far out of the topic. Receiving such compliment on my paper gives me relief. Though I am not good in speaking but I am at writing. But i will not settle just like that. I would like also to improve on the aspect where I am weak at.
My happy moment was heighten even more. My classmate commented that she got a remarks on her paper similar to the comment of her teacher from her other class regarding her writing skills. I was surprised when I heard Sir telling her that "You learn from Ann" Actually, she is the highest in this exercise". Bang! I felt shy because it was announced in the class. So i just told my classmate, since you are good in speaking then i have also to learn from you as it is the opposite of my writing skills. Then we both laughed.
