Monthly Archives: November 2019

Health Reflection

At the beginning of this health unit I had many social media platforms. Some of these platforms include Instagram and Messages. I use these apps to communicate with others and also watch funny videos. Some of the key ideas I learnt about were critical thinking, empathy, respect, responsibility and being ESAFE. The subject that I enjoyed the most was empathy. I liked it because we got to learn how what we do can affect other people. We also learnt that when using empathy we have to try and put ourselves in other people’s shoes to see how they are feeling. I also found this really useful because it taught me that I should always think about my actions and words because it can hurt other people. The subject that I found really confronting was critical thinking. This is because it taught us that we should always think about our actions. Also, if we make the wrong decision it can really hurt and impact us in a negative way. Going back to empathy, it has really changed my opinion on my actions. I used to always be toxic to my friends on gaming platforms. I always used to think of it as a joke and a little bit of banter but after this booklet my opinion has changed. I have learnt how I may see it as a joke but the person I am being toxic may not but is just going on with it. After learning about these ideas it has really affected the way I think about social media. Now I am always going to be careful about what I am saying on social media but also on online gaming platforms. The comments that I got about on the padlet were really supportive of my ideas and opinions. They said what I wanted to change was really interesting and was definitely something that we should change in the future. They definitely wanted to be like me and try and stop being to toxic to my friends so that they don’t accidentally harm our relationships.