Fear and Respect

Fear and respect, a bit similar, yet different, are two kinds of feelings. On one hand, fear is the feeling of being scared or sensing danger. Whereas, on the other hand, respect is the feeling of admiration for something or someone. They are both somewhat the feelings of being inferior to something or someone. Now that's not completely true, but if you think about it deep enough, that's pretty much a fair assumption to make. And if you think about it deeper, it is not wrong to say that fear is simply respecting someone or something based on the sense of danger it might cause. And some might even argue that respect involves a low level of fear of being inferior and not being able to match them. But these are debatable topics as different people tend to perceive them differently.

Now if you ask me, with fear, comes a bit of respect and with respect, comes a bit of fear. You really can't help it, as this is how our brain seems to work. For example, I always respected my teachers, but there was also a sense of fear that caused me to respect them. But it is also true that my respect for them caused a feeling of fear towards them to kick in, in the first place. Another suitable example would be my respect for God, as I respect him like we all do, but at the same time, I fear him for his capability to punish me for my sins. But there are cases where only one of the two feelings is involved. Let's say a person is held captive and is about to be killed. Now obviously, there is a lot of fear involved, but i doubt that he respects the person trying to kill him. He definitely fears the other person, but the idea of him having any respect for the other person simply doesn't sound right.

It is indeed a very confusing topic with no certain explanation. It is just one of those topic where you cannot stick with one idea, as different ideas seem possible. We just have to judge it based on the given situation. And if I were to choose, I'd choose to be respected and not feared of, as being admired is what a person should seek, not to be someone who others are scared of.

Confidence and Arrogance

People tend to misinterpret arrogance for confidence, but if you think about it deeply, you'll notice that they hold two whole different meanings. They're similar, yet a lot different. Arrogance means to display one's superiority or being proud enough to consider oneself superior to others. Confidence on the other hand, is the feeling of being certain for something to happen. In other words, confidence means to have faith in something.

If you ask me, I'd go for a bit of arrogance and a lot more confidence. It's in our nature to possess both. Some express more arrogance than confidence, while the others do the opposite. But how much does these couple of qualities affect a person's life. Well, the answer is, a lot. People are judged based on these qualities and their personalities are set accordingly. The ones who are more arrogant are usually the ones hated or feared of. Not that they are bad human beings, but that's how most people tend to judge. I wouldn't put confidence on a different page though, as arrogance is more of being too confident while underestimating other's potential. Confident people are usually taken as the ones with high capabilities, and even if they're not, this one quality tends to make them look like they possess a lot more potential than they actually have.

Besides that, confidence leads you to your highest potential, as it makes you believe that you're fully capable of reaching your goal and it keeps you going. Where as, arrogance tend to make people think that they've already crossed the finish line, even though they're still half way short of it and they end up coming to a halt on their way to the finish line.

Therefore, it is vital for us to be confident, but not so much confident that we'd end up being arrogant instead. But like i said, it's in our nature to possess both arrogance and confidence, and sometimes, we cannot help but be arrogant. However, we should be smart and always express the right kind of quality in the right place and in the right time.

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Roles I Play Everyday

It is not certain for a person to act the same way every day. Someday, he may play the role of a certain kind of person, and any other day, he may be playing the role of a whole different kind of person. Now if you ask me, it’s not up to him to decide the role he’s going to play for the rest of the day. In any normal case, the mood of the person and the kind of situation he is in, dictates the roles he plays. Similarly, I play different kinds of roles, and most of the time, I am not even aware about the role I am playing. It all depends on the mood, emotion and situation.

Well, it’s not possible for me to write about all the roles I’ve played till this date, therefore I’ll focus on a particular day. In this case, I’ll write about the roles I played on my last birthday. Well, I didn’t actually plan to play any kind of role, but the circumstances led me to play the role of a proud person. It was my birthday and the day I get treated the best by every single person.  It was a real good feeling to be in that position.

Now moving on to the details of that particular day, I was in my normal self, a bit serious and quiet until I met my friends. Well, things get out of control quite often when we are with our friends, but that was the day when I could dictate almost everything. I was simply playing the role of a proud person, enjoying and fully utilizing the power I had. Everyone was trying hard to meet the birthday boy’s increasing high demands and the birthday boy couldn’t have felt any better. Well, as hard as others were trying to keep me happy, they might have equally been frustrated with how proud and selfish I was being. But, birthdays come once a year, so they had no other choice but to deal with it.

Later that day, I was with my family to celebrate my birthday. This time, I switched my role to a loving son. Now like I said, it’s not something I decide to do, it simply happens automatically. Well my mom was preparing lunch for us all, and I was just trying to help her, although I’m very bad at it. But me, trying to help her did make her feel good, as she doesn’t see me doing that too often.  Anyways, all members of my family were trying hard to make me feel special, and I was simply appreciating what they were doing for me. 

So that’s how the day went, with me playing two different kinds of roles.  That’s what we human beings do, consciously or sub-consciously, we all end up playing different sorts of roles to adapt to different situations. And it’s vital for us to switch roles according to the situation we’re in, to avoid awkward moments and blend in with the surrounding.

Abilities To Be Developed

Below are two of the abilities that I should develop as a computing student and I should aim to acquire during my course:

1. Exhibit practical and transferable skills, including relevant approaches to group activity

•  The statement speaks for itself. What I aim to achieve during my course is the skills to implement and demonstrate the concepts or the knowledge I have, in a practical way. And another thing that I've prioritized highly is gaining transferable skills, as in skills that can be used in different times and places. And possessing different skills to make a positive impact while being involved in a group activity, is one of its examples.

2. Deploy appropriate theory, practices and tools to analyse, specify, design, implement and evaluate computer- based systems, including trade-offs and quality attributes of a chosen solution

• As a computing student, not only do I want to enhance my coding skills, but also the creativity to use all the skills I have in the best possible way. I some day wish to be good enough to make the best decisions in every aspect to minimize the effects of trade-off, be it implementing the most appropriate theory, using the most appropriate tools and designs, and so on. 

Personality Test

My personality type: "Determined Realist"

Practical, traditional and organized. Likely to be athletic. Not interested in theory or abstraction unless they see the practical application. Have clear visions of the way things should be. Loyal and hard-working. Like to be in charge. Exceptionally capable in organizing and running activities. "Good citizens" who value security and peaceful living.

Careers that could fit me include:

Military, business administrators, managers, police/detective work, judges, financial officers, teachers, sales representatives, government workers, insurance agents, underwriters, nursing administrators, trade and technical teachers.

 Extroverted                                                             Introverted

 

Sensing                                                                        Intuitive

Thinking                                                                        Feeling

Judging                                                                     Perceiving

Renowned persons with similar personality types:

• Andrew Jackson, American president
• Bette Davis, actress
• Elliot Ness, prohibition agent
• George W. Bush, American president
• Grover Cleveland, American president
• James Monroe, American president
• John D. Rockefeller, industrialist and philanthropist
• Lyndon B. Johnson, American president
• Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart
• William Henry Harrison, American president

 My response to the outcome:
Well, the outcome isn't so different from what i expected it to be. It does justify the perception I had of myself. The personality-meter-bar and personality test that it  displayed is spot on. I was kind of surprised to see it be so accurate. However, the same couldn't be said about the last part. I was expecting people who are/were CEO of some major company to be on the list of renowned persons with similar personality types. So, to be honest, I was a bit disappointed to see a whole different kind of people in that list.

My views towards the personality-meter-bar section:
This particular section is what I found to be most accurate after going through the test result. Apart from the part where it showed me to be a lot more judging than perceiving, everything else is so much accurate. I sure am more extroverted than introverted. I've always preferred spending time with a group of people over spending my time alone, thinking about some weird stuff.

I'm a person who's always more conscious about the small details and present situations.  And well, it did accurately show me to be a sensing person.

The third part where it showed me to be more thinking over feeling is spot on as well. I never go with my heart, but with my brain. That's a rule I've set for myself, which I always follow.

The last part is what puzzled me. I sure am judging alright, and I won't complain about that. But I wouldn't call myself to be so much of a judging person and so less of a perceiving person. I do try to predict what's to come and make early decisions, but there are also times when I just let the time dictate the situation by itself. So, I'd have been much more satisfied if the bar was somewhere in the middle of the line.

 
 Reference : http://www.41q.com

My result : http://www.41q.com/type.41q?p=13577667&n=Ruban
  

About Myself

From what I remember, I had a normal childhood. But like everyone else's life, mine had many twists and turns. So, basically, I'm a normal human being, friendly, committed to the task I choose to do. Well, I'm not trying to brag about myself but those are two of the few things that I really do know about myself. For me, fun is a vital part of life, so I'm not one of those people who are only focused in achieving their goals and never really enjoy their lives. I'm focused in achieving my goal but I also look forward to having fun along the way. Good memories are what I always seek to grab. What good is it to live till you're 100 having no good memories to share with others? That would be a lame way to live, wouldn't it? So if you're one of the fun seeking people out there, come aboard mate!

I am currently studying in Islington College, IT being the course, Computing to be more specific. Why I chose this college and this course, you might ask. Well here's your answer, Islington College happens to be the best college in my country to provide IT courses and I happen to be the kind of guy to go for the best. Alright, I bragged a bit there. But hey, everyone does that once in a while, don't they? Now here's the part where I tell you how I ended up studying IT. I wasn't really going to study IT at first, I was kind of more inclined towards accounting. But then, I asked myself, "What am I really interested in", and IT was the answer. From what i heard back then, IT wasn't an easy course to study. So, for a long time I kept doubting my abilities and I kept ignoring my interest in it until the day I simply ignored it no more and embraced it instead. And till this day, I'm still proud that I made that choice. Well, since I was a kid, I've always been fond of computer games, gadgets and all. And now that the course I study is about the things I've always been fond of, I can proudly say that I'm on the right track. And now I have this hunger to be a successful computer professional one day and this hunger keeps pushing me forward, forward to my goals.