One thing that I dedicate my thought and passion toward is my belief in the progress of humankind, not necessarily myself, or even America, just humans as a whole. This isn’t some crap I think to make myself feel better, for I genuinely think the progression of society until this point has been amazing, and it would be a disservice to the hundreds of generations leading up to me to not respect that legacy. With that out of the way, I was very pleased that not ALL of my strengths turned up in the strategic thinking category. Four out of five is more than I would have liked, but the fact that I got connectedness was satisfying. The rest of my strengths were generally things I could have described in myself, but this one is something more, something I try to strive toward. The rest seems like a natural occurrence of my thought patterns, but connectedness means more to me, as it’s not something I previously saw as quantifiable. Even connectedness falls short of my real vision, but I feel it is adequate as far as 5 words to summarize my personality could be. Will it change my perspective? Probably not. I didn’t go into this with the most open of minds, and probably could have gotten more out of it if I had, but I would say that the results were sufficient of what I expected. As far as what I did take away from it, I enjoyed the process of deliberating between two non-distinct choices in a brief time span. I don’t think that all of my options truly reflected my feelings on each matter, but as far as my spur of the moment thoughts it goes unchallenged. The problem I see is, some things are very complex, and not having enough time to properly weigh options can lead to fallacies as far as analyzing every persons choices. For instance, I distinctly remember changing my mind immediately upon reaching the next question, a revelation that I’m sure didn’t change the overall outcome, but nonetheless effected the way I was captured by the eye of the program. I like to think that these 5 aspects, Input, Learner, Analytical, Intellection, and Connectedness are good at summarizing parts of who I am, but as I discussed in class, these fall short of defining who I am as a human, or what it means to be human in general. They definitely caused me to think about my strengths, which was the general idea of this assignment, and perhaps upon revisiting this program I will learn a bit more about myself, and the underlying decision making that makes me who I am.

“Philosophy doesn’t start or end in the classroom. Discussing ideas is universal, and so is thought. We’re each, in our own way, inching forward toward the answer to life’s greatest questions. We may be from different walks of life, but that doesn’t disqualify anyone from deep, or important thought. Don’t forget that life is just a game, and don’t take it too seriously.”