I took a personality quiz.
My Personality Neuroticism
42Extraversion
1Openness To Experience
75Agreeableness
95Conscientiousness
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Neuroticism
- Anxiety: 83
- Anger: 0
- Depression: 41
- Self-Consciousness: 94
- Immoderation: 0
- Vulnerability: 91
Extraversion
- Friendliness: 0 (?!)
- Gregariousness: 0
- Assertiveness: 1
- Activity Level: 75
- Excitement-Seeking: 15
- Cheerfulness: 56
Openness to Experience
- Imagination: 85
- Artistic Interests: 60
- Emotionality: 61
- Adventurousness: 39
- Intellect: 92
- Liberalism: 47
Agreeableness
- Trust: 45
- Morality: 90
- Altruism: 54
- Cooperation: 94
- Modesty: 98
- Sympathy: 94
Conscientiousness
- Self-Efficacy: 98
- Orderliness: 73
- Dutifulness: 95
- Achievement-Striving: 63
- Self-Discipline: 83
- Cautiousness: 98
School starts in two days. As is typical, I'm somewhat terrified and somewhat relieved -- for me, there was far too much summer. This year, though, I've decided to reorganize my priorities as follows:
1. Church
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Academics
5. Other projects
Of course, numbers four and five often change places, far more often than I'd like. Last year I was too intent on writing a novel and neglected many of my English assignments, but this year I shall be vigilant! Or, at least, more aware of my grades.
AP American History daunts me a little, probably because Mr. Gould teaches it. He emphasizes memorization of dates and facts much more than my sophomore teacher, Mr. Stapp, and he's strict about the MLA format (which I still don't understand fully). I'm also a bit afraid he'll start speaking to me in German in the middle of class. Sure, I speak German freely in my German class and sometimes even by myself, but I'm always embarrassed to speak it in front of others, especially him. He likes me, though, and I don't have a problem with him. So that's a good sign.
English. I love books and I love writing, but I have a problem with English classes. Last year was horrendous; I had several issues with Mr. Greene, even though most of them were my own fault. I hear Ms. Jacobs is better, but not by much. I think someone also told me that she's more difficult, but I'm not sure. All I know is that never again will I fail to write an essay. I don't care if I have to skip supper or stay indoors until the deadline. I'm going to get it done. (Though I blame Gabe for distracting me most of the time.... He'll have to work hard, too, since he's in 8th grade and has to focus on getting into a good high school.)
I think I'm taking HTML and Web Design, but I don't know for certain. I picked it to fulfill a bit of my computer credits, and since I know basic HTML it won't be so difficult. Greek and Roman History with Mr. Stapp and Mrs. Wasserman sounds like a lot of fun; they're both fantastic teachers.
I'm taking Microbiology with Dr. Wool. I've never had him before, but I heard his courses are easy, plus I'm better at biology than, say, physics or chemistry. Ah, got to love those little bacteria.
German 4 is -- for me -- a bit worrying. Frau Dohrmann likes us to write. A lot. Last year we wrote plenty of essays, and this year there will most likely be more. The beginning of the year will be a bit slow due to the summertime (I somehow lost contact with my friend in Germany...!!), but I'll get back into gear fairly quickly. I'm just worried about the darned essays.
Spanish 1 ought to be easy, pure and simple. I know some things about the language and can understand most of it when it's spoken to me, thanks to Mom and Dad, who speak in Spanish whenever they try to hide things from us. Once I heard Mom talking about me and I shouted, "I heard that!" I was glad I could understand her. So, yeah. Understanding the language isn't really a problem -- neither will be reading it, I imagine -- but I'd really love to learn how to speak it for myself.
Latin, oh Latin -- as much as I love it, I have a feeling I'll struggle with it a bit this year. The last time I took it was in 9th grade, so some of my knowledge of it has slipped (understandably) in the past two years. Also, I've been looking at Medieval and Ecclesiastical Latin things. In Medieval/Ecclesiastical Latin, structure and pronunciation are very different from Classical Latin, and even some spelling as well (ex.: "michi" in some Med./Ecc. Lat. texts instead of the "mihi" in Class. Lat.). I'll have to get used to the change. I just hope everything will come back to me in time.
For my Physical Education requirements, I'm going to sign up for soccer in the fall, as it's the only sport I'm able to play decently well. Sure, I can't kick the ball straight and I don't know any fancy techniques, but I'm aggressive enough and can kick hard if I want to. I'm especially good at falling. Pardon my language, but training will be hell. Mr. Räisä sometimes thinks we have no lives outside of the sport. Once soccer's done, I may or may not sign up for softball (I'm terrible at swinging and catching), but yoga is a definite back-up.
Ew. Colleges. I have to start looking.
Ewww. SATs. I'm not too concerned about them. As long as I keep focused, especially in the math department, I'll be fine. The essay doesn't sound as difficult as everyone makes it seem, anyway.
OH! Math. I completely forgot about that. I'm rather good at algebra, but I've no idea what pre-calculus will be like -- probably incredibly annoying. Well, at least it's not geometry....
Well. That's enough about school for a couple days. I guess I just needed to get my "junior-year jitterbugs" out.
... That's my own expression.
Pax vobiscum,
Rare Benedictine