Video Presentation Script
- 1. Honori Yamada Senior Seminar 4 November 24, 2011 Video Presentation Script 1. What are the ways of knowing? During the senior seminar class, we learned the ways of knowing which consists of: perception, reason, emotion, and language. We learned benefits of using these concepts but also the limits to using them in our everyday lives. 2. Why did you choose the examples that you chose? I chose cross country as one of my examples during my high school experiences because I was able to learn many aspects of life during the season. I was not only able to learn techniques and strategy concepts to running, but also many other concepts that I would have never been able to learn through my school academics. For example, some of the concepts I learned were associated with what I learned from the ways of knowing, especially emotion and reason. I feel that this season was a great impact that helped me realize many important concepts that further allowed growth in me. 3. What does the example say about you personally or as a student? I did not realize that I actually enjoyed running until two years ago. This varsity team was actually my first time I tried out for cross country where I was able to realize the great interest I have in the sport. I found it really strange that I had the desire to continue running races in the everyday hot heat. Although I knew that cross country is never a „fun‟ sport, I realized that I have always had this strange sense of desire that I never wanted to give up or quit. Personally, I somehow also believe that that „desire‟ or motivation initially fostered from the concept I grasped while I was on the team. Cross country made me realize one of the significant concepts in life where I now essentially apply to my academics; this is determination. After joining the team, I realized that this experience during my high school years really helped me mature in the sense of increased concentration and determination. 4. In reflecting on the example, what impact does what you have studied in class have on your learning experiences? One of the biggest concepts that I can apply to my cross country experience is emotion. Since cross country is a mental sport, I was able to develop a strong sense of determination and concentration. During practices, several things I realized in relation to emotion was how my emotional state can really influence my performance. For example, I remember the second day of tryouts. I was told that the tryout for day 2 was running approximately 3k. I was very nervous and I had no hope in even finishing 3k since I thought that I was not physically prepared. Due to the
- 2. Honori Yamada Senior Seminar 4 November 24, 2011 fact that I was overly nervous and my heartbeat was racing even before the tryout, I remember finishing the 3k course with not a good time, exhausted. However, after a couple weeks later, I approached to the day of another race. Except, it was our first 5k race this time.Already from the start of the season, I learned something very important. Before the race, I looked back to the last 3k time trial I did and reminded myself: “it was my first time running since summer and I was overly nervous. My nervousness really did bring my heart rate up which thus caused me to become much more tired easily.” This is when I realized that I needed to keep calm and that running a 5k is simple compared to the many LSD 10k runs I have continuously been running and have been prepared for. As a result after reminding myself that I would do fine on the race, I actually ended up getting a PB. On top of that, I remember myself not overly exhausted in a good shape. This thus made me realize how greatly the way I think or interpret can affect the way I feel, and how that emotion can greatly impact my own performances. I also realized how by relaxing myself and forcing myself to believe that running a 5k is easy after running almost 10k everyday, could positively affect my performance. In fact, during the races, whenever I try to keep in mind that “running a 5k is easy and I‟ll be done in no time”, I ended up finishing the race faster than I imagined without getting super tired. Another concept that I was able to apply during my cross country season was reason. I often used inductive reasoning in order to remind myself that I could finish a race and try to improve my time. For example, right before I feel that I am getting nervous, I think through myself and remind myself of all the practices and races I have completed before. Especially when my negative and undetermined emotions get in the way right before a race, I try to remind myself of how many times I have ran the same course and how many times I have improve, thus I can improve my time this time as well. Through inductive reasoning, I was able to mentally become stronger and confident which further resulted an improved time. 5. What do you know about yourself as a student what will change how you approach learning in the future? After joining the cross country team, I believe that I was able to see a huge improvement or growth within me. I believe that cross country is not only a mental sport, but also a sport where proactivity in a key. After joining the team, I was both able to increase my physical stamina as well as my concentration where I applied and will continue applying to my academics. For example, after developing and realizing the importance of determination and concentration, I was able to apply the same ideas, the same way I think during the races, when I often took the SATs. Knowing that SAT tests are very long, I was able to develop the greatness of keeping my concentration and the concept of never giving up. As a result, I can extremely see a
- 3. Honori Yamada Senior Seminar 4 November 24, 2011 difference in my SAT scores from my June test and my October and November tests. I strongly believe that I was able to develop a strong sense of determination and concentration from joining the team and how I was able to clearly see improvement in my own academics.