The confident kid Five years ago, I was a high school student in Thailand. Academically, I was doing well, always among the top five in every exam. However, my real greatest strength wasn’t my grades. It was my confidence.I was the kind of student who volunteered for competitions just to challenge myself, even when I […]
Section 1｜Confidence: The engineer who thought he already understood “reality” Working in Pakistan, I believed I already knew what “real problems” looked like. Construction sites were chaotic, unpredictable, and full of things textbooks could never fully prepare you for. Timelines shifted quickly. Equipment did not always behave as designed. People from different organizations had different […]
This blog continues from my previous post, “Learning from Learners [Part 1]: Observing,” where I recounted how a chance discovery of an English camp flyer pulled me away from Tokyo’s hectic life and into the quiet hills of Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture. In Part 1, I reflected on the lead-up to the camp, how my […]
Observational learning taps into a basic human skill: the capacity to pick up new behaviors simply by watching (dare I say, observing) others, without ever feeling the need to experience everything firsthand. In a 1973 paper, Bandura and Jeffery[1] outlined four key processes that shape this learning, that is, attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation. […]
Why work part-time in Japan? Benefits beyond just earning money Although it might just be a part-time job, it can provide enough money to fund your travels or spend on things you enjoy without disrupting your daily life. Especially in today’s economy, where everything feels expensive, even as a MEXT scholar receiving a monthly stipend, […]
Why did I choose an internship in Japan? In Science Tokyo, students can choose to do an internship in any country that they want. Some of my friends here have done internships in Germany, the US, Thailand, Indonesia, etc. For me, I chose Japan because I am fascinated by its unique work culture. Having heard […]
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It’s undeniable that I didn’t do any preparation before heading to Japan. I didn’t learn enough Japanese (which is perhaps one of my biggest regrets), and I knew very little about Japanese culture. Coming to Japan like a blank piece of paper, I panicked in the first month of living here. As you know, Japan […]
With my survival Japanese
Engaging in the drastically changing automotive industry
