Hello!? What did you say about me?

A few days ago, I was digging through some old stuff and accidentally found this workbook called “Self-Scoring Personality Tests”. It was unused. I must have brought it when I was a lost kid and tried to figure out what kind of person I really was. The reason of why I didn’t take the test back then remains a mystery.

Couldn’t resist the curiosity, as a self-aware adult nowadays, I took the test. After answering 210 questions later, I found out that I am a “shy and warm-hearted” person. Wait a minute, isn’t it suppose to be me 10 years ago? I thought I had already evolved to be a “Determined and Authoritative” person, no? The result indicated that I still need an extra 100 Points to get me into that category. Bummer! I still can’t believe the result.

Well, this triggered me to think of something deeper. What if in a few years, my kids see themselves different from what the world (teachers, classmates, test scores, etc.) sees them, what should I tell them to do?

Should I:

(1) Tell them the other people’s point-of-view about them doesn’t worth noticing? (That may not work since I may be that other person. And I don’t like being ignored.)

(2) Tell them to change their point-of-view to level with the world? (Well, no. We are in the society of celebrating mediocrity and everyone starts to look the same and act the same. It is always more fun to rebel against the norm, for better or for worse. The last thing I want to do to my kids is to take away the fun from their lives.)

(3) Tell them to change the world’s point-of-view to level with theirs? (That’s it! It seems to be the best idea. Just hope that my kids wouldn’t turn into another Mao.)