About Me and Personality Quizzes

     I am a Canadian eleventh grade student. As most students, I partake in several different activities. I am involved in combative sports and like to read adventurous, thrilling novels. I also enjoy writing, and of course, exploring the internet. I have decided on three learning goals for this course. The first that comes to mind is to strengthen my vocabulary; as the knowledge of a plethora of words invokes insightfulness from various angles (as opposed to redundancy). The second is to become a better short story writer and free verse poet. I believe that these types of works develop creativity skills, which I deem an important aspect to help set individuals from others. Lastly, I wish to enhance my formal reports, as this style of writing is used "in the real world," a la career applications.

I have completed two personality quizzes: the Jung Typology Test and Multiple Intelligences.
     Once I completed the former, I was shown "INTJ". According to the results, I am moderately introverted and intuitive (opposed to extraverted and sensing). Additionally, I was said to be strongly thinking and slightly judging (over feeling and perceiving). I believe that this test was a rather accurate portrayal of me. I am introverted by nature and I consider myself to be a logical person. Derived from this, I am an intuitive and thinking being. Using my observations and thought processes, I can learn how the environment around me works, and I try to make decisions based on thought criteria instead of feelings and emotions. Noting myself as judging is not wrong, as I believe what is around me should be analyzed for its worth and/or opportunities.
     Multiple Intelligences scores eight different "intelligences," with a maximum score of five. According to the test, logic/math, at 4.14/5, is my greatest intelligence, followed by kinesthetic and intrapersonal; both at 3.71/5. The other five categories are ranked as follows:

While analyzing the results, I was slightly surprised that social is considered a more defined strength of mine when compared to spatial. This is because I consider myself to be rather aware of what surrounds me, coupled with the fact that I am somewhat asocial at times. Aside from this, there were no anomalies, and the outcome was similar to that of the Typology Test. With that thought in mind, it seems that the tests are not contradictory and therefore could be considered at least somewhat accurate when representing me. Overall, these personality quizzes affirmed what I had already believed to be my make-up; generally introverted and logical.

Identity Narrative

     "You're special from the rest of them". An unwritten law states that parents must tell this to their children. Despite itself, this trivial statement made me feel anything but special. It seemed rhetorical to me, but if everyone is "unique" then how is anyone special? It was with this mentality that I didn't bother to set myself apart from anyone else. School came easily to me, but I never fully exerted myself. In third grade, my teacher privately attempted to discipline me in algebra as I was mathematically ahead of the other students. She only gave me one lesson, and the session didn't surpass ten minutes. My teacher was quick to give up on me when I couldn't understand the material at first. Did I ask for another shot to get it right? Nope. I accepted that I was insufficient to complete the work, and I had no wish to try and just fail again. I know that I couldn't crash if I didn't pursue flight; but what was unbeknownst to me was that this ideology would cloud me for much longer than a ten minute lecture. This became apparent in fifth grade - my teacher at this time told me that I was classified as "gifted" to which I responded with a thought of "whatever". I lacked the desire to pounce on opportunities presented to me; at the time I was but a paradigm of stale, diminishing potential. I suppose all the dreams I never had would become lucid later in life.

     Today, I am much more aware and appreciative of my abilities than I was in the past. I have matured and begun to realize that I want to make something of my life. I immerse myself in activities that I believe will be of benefit or interest to me. I am not afraid to make mistakes in my endeavours, and I don't mind failures so long as I learn from them and eventually complete what I've started. Often, I try to build my skills in various subjects; even if this means glaring at my laptop screen late at night, while my mother wakes up just to tell me to go to sleep. I do whatever possible to gain an edge above others; in hopes of keeping my options for the future available. An example of this is that I have attended and volunteered the university that I am most likely aiming for (in the field of engineering). However, my repertoire of extra-curricular activities extends to other areas, such as sports (boxing/rugby). In the present, I am more advantageous when it comes to developing and honing my skills; loading the ammunition to fire off in the future.

      I would like to say that I hope to have a plan of what I set out to do in life by the end of high school. Unfortunately, this is merely wishful thinking, and there is a solid chance that I will not be sure of what I want to do until after my first year of university. From what I know now, I will most likely become a chemical engineer, or a stockbroker if I go down the business road, which is also a current interest of mine. Although, my career will require me to expend a large portion of myself, I will retain other facets of my life. This includes hobbies and activities, as well as a family of course. I know that I can make this vision become reality via priorities, and work ethic.