Entry 1: Confirmation Bias (Chapter 1)

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Date & Time: 2nd Nov 2015,

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Authorities should be more aware about the educational institutions

these days. As what most people agreed about is a child occurs to be a
piece of plain white paper. Splash any colour on it and it will become the
colour that has been applied. Children are innocent and they are educated
by the surroundings. They are getting tendency to interpret a persons
preconceptions, which misleads to statistical errors. Well, I have friends
and even I, myself has experienced it.
The one that I remembered was when I was at the age of 12. I
couldnt recall what her name was but she used to be the best of the best
in the school. I have that another friend, named John, who has loads of
family issues, for instance his father was an alcoholic. Whenever his dad
comes home, he smashes everything that he doesnt like it. And all this
has affected Johns academic performance. I deeply understand how he
feels and he always talk to me when were in school. He told me about his
pathetic lifestyle, all the unfortunate happenings, and so on. As time goes
by, he was failing almost in all subjects. The other arrogant friend of mine
always tease him for being unintelligent. And all these actions has
deteriorate his self-esteem, leading him to reduce his passion to learn. As
a consequence, he failed the tests. Unfortunately, students in the school
start having prejudice against him. He couldnt afford a new set of
uniform, and people in school judge him, dislike him, and avoid him.
Teachers in school didnt pay much attention to him because they didnt
want a student to be so unhygienic. Only a few of my friends start giving
him some group studies. Until UPSR, which is a final test before entering
high-school, he passed the exam with flying colours. Teachers who have
inclined him were eye-opening about his grades. My friends and I pat on
his back and said you did a great job, my friend.
The second one would be the on when I was in third year of high
school. And the story start with a female teacher. This female teacher was
teaching us science when we were in Form 3 which is 3 rd year of secondary
school. Our class which is one of the top classes will always have a Q&A
session with our science teacher. Well, some of us didnt pay attention to
her as what she explained and the terms used were incomprehensible.
Whenever our girl classmates ask her a question, she will answer with
sincere and she will definitely assure that they understand. But, whenever
a guy raised up his hand, she will ask us to question her after class. Alright
then, he asked her after class and yes, she answered. But she scolded my
friend for not paying attention in class which that friend of mine never be
absent-minded during all classes. After being rebuked by the teacher, my
friend had lost interest to the teachers lesson. This is shown that this
teacher is sexist. At first, my friends and I didnt want to suspect that she
only treats girls well. Some of my female classmates said that the teacher
even gossip with our classmate that she doesnt like guys. One of a few
reasons that our friend told us was guys were always behaving like kids

and all guys are not trustworthy. After listening to what they said, we
immediately feel ferocious and helpless. The last which is the fun part was
we start gossiping about the teacher and told the entire stories to the
discipline teacher. Fortunately, the school has sacked her.
The last example would be Asian parents. As an illustration, my
family members or parents used to tell me not to go out with rich people.
First of all, they didnt want me to fit in the silver spoon family was
because they said that the money that make are so called the dirty
money. I personally dont think all of them are like this. And the reason
behind parents would say so is because they are envious. Sometimes
when I want to hang out, my parents will ask a tons of questions regarding
the people who I hang out with. Whenever they ask me these types of
question, I will always fight back. All these acts that I have done for quite
some time, have sabotage the relationships between my family and I.
Moreover, we have tried not communicating with each other for few
weeks, which adds an insult to the injury. Fortunately after a period of
time, I bow to admit that fighting back was a mistake. And after all, they
rest assured to choose my friends. My parents are giving me some space
makes me more comfortable to communicate with them. Whenever I wish
to seek for an advice, I will not hesitate to request for help.
As a conclusion, I would like to emphasise that people these days
are judging by its cover, and this is so called Confirmation Bias. If you
have a friend like what I have mentioned, please guide them to the correct
route. Teachers in school should behave well in order to teach the students
well as teachers are their demonstrator. Parents should have self-discipline
because children will reflect them as their model.