Peer support and guidance in student learning experiences

Danielle King notes that school was easy for her and that she did not have to do a lot of studying in high school. Her college experience resembles mine, however, in that college "was a little tougher" -- yet Danielle obtained some extra help to overcome obstacles. She notes that she learned how to study in college and this is a great example of what a student must learn in order to really develop skills as a good student -- and studying is one of those skills.

Danielle's life orientation was also like mine, so we both move toward others for support (Wheel, 2014). Her experience of pushing people away when something bad happens is also similar to what I sometimes feel, so it is nice seeing that what I experience may be common. As for the six steps of modeling, Danielle felt that modeling the process to the students was the easiest and like me she felt that creating a rationale was the hard part. To me that says that we both struggle with creating a new explanation -- but with work I'm sure it can be accomplished.

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Angela Zarybnicky notes that she "had an older sister who would usually help me" in school -- which reminds me of the role my mother played in my education: she was always there to help me. I think this help from another person is essential in education -- and as Danielle showed in her reflection, when she reached college she obtained help from another person to learn how to study. So it is clear to me that a guide is really necessary when it comes to learning -- at least for a little while.