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HelpRe: What do the names you'd choose say about YOU?
in reply to a message by Joiya
You got some things right. It's funny how everyone assumes I would be religious, since I don't attend church. Honestly, I forget that Leah and Nathan are Biblical names, and I'm only vaguely aware of the story of Leah. I just like the way Biblical names sound, I guess.
The part about Leah and Nathan reluctantly filling roles that needed to be filled? That's interesting to me. I feel like it says something about myself, because I often feel like the responsible one who has to do what needs to be done. My work isn't glamorous, but it's important, and someone has to do it. So maybe these particular name choices strike a chord in me, even if I don't know it.
It's also funny how everyone assumes I'm well-educated. I'm a junior college dropout! Pretty low on the educational totem pole, but hey, I'm not going to complain about giving off an educated impression. It's not a BAD thing at all. :)
As for being thrifty and logical...well, I'm definitely thrifty, and I like to think of myself as logical. I'll agree with that.
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
The part about Leah and Nathan reluctantly filling roles that needed to be filled? That's interesting to me. I feel like it says something about myself, because I often feel like the responsible one who has to do what needs to be done. My work isn't glamorous, but it's important, and someone has to do it. So maybe these particular name choices strike a chord in me, even if I don't know it.
It's also funny how everyone assumes I'm well-educated. I'm a junior college dropout! Pretty low on the educational totem pole, but hey, I'm not going to complain about giving off an educated impression. It's not a BAD thing at all. :)
As for being thrifty and logical...well, I'm definitely thrifty, and I like to think of myself as logical. I'll agree with that.
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way." -Charles Bukowski
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I guess I meant to say that you value education. I don't consider success at college a good indicator... but I would still guess that you did well in high school.
I personally value education highly, but faltered a lot in school because I felt like there were more important things to do than homework. Yet - I happne to carry a lot more factual and useful knowledge than many of my peers.
Though - i totally see how I was off on that one.
It's funny how you don't attend church, but those characters are perfectly described in you second paragrph there.
I wonder - did you ever attend? Only because I taught on Nathan last week, and I know that he often was the one telling people the way it should be or correcting their mistakes just because it had to be done. And, I always felt bad for Leah, being second best to her sister Rachel - but clearly also being responsible and forgiving.
I personally value education highly, but faltered a lot in school because I felt like there were more important things to do than homework. Yet - I happne to carry a lot more factual and useful knowledge than many of my peers.
Though - i totally see how I was off on that one.
It's funny how you don't attend church, but those characters are perfectly described in you second paragrph there.
I wonder - did you ever attend? Only because I taught on Nathan last week, and I know that he often was the one telling people the way it should be or correcting their mistakes just because it had to be done. And, I always felt bad for Leah, being second best to her sister Rachel - but clearly also being responsible and forgiving.
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No, I never attended church. Both of my parents were raised Catholic, but they chose not continue the tradition with their kids. I think they both struggled with their faith in a big way; it was one of the few things they had in common.
I didn't do particularly well in high school, either. I passed, but I hated it so much I did the bare minimum for graduation and left it at that. I always struggled with math, and to a lesser extent, science. I loved to read, and I became something of an autodidact, but I was never a star student.
I didn't do particularly well in high school, either. I passed, but I hated it so much I did the bare minimum for graduation and left it at that. I always struggled with math, and to a lesser extent, science. I loved to read, and I became something of an autodidact, but I was never a star student.
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