You are an European too, just scratch your skinOriginally Posted by discojoe
(V, 1984 TV series)
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You are an European too, just scratch your skin
(V, 1984 TV series)
ILE "Searcher"
Socionics: ENTp
DCNH: Dominant
--> perhaps Normalizing
Enneagram: 7w6 "Enthusiast"
MBTI: ENTJ "Field Marshall" or ENTP "Inventor"
Astrological sign: Aquarius
To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach.
Am I a nerd for not requiring you to cite the source of that photo?
being a nerd is like being in love, you don't need anyone to tell you
a non nerd ILE-Ti would be even weirder than a nerd itself
ILE "Searcher"
Socionics: ENTp
DCNH: Dominant
Enneagram: 7w6 "Enthusiast"
MBTI: ENTJ "Field Marshall" or ENTP "Inventor"
Astrological sign: Aquarius
To learn, read. To know, write. To master, teach.
i loled
asd
I liked the part about how nobody is being born being good at anything you gotta practice and it takes work. So true! I don't think it's 'hard' though more just like, annoying and um what's the word I'm looking for begins with a p. Prudent. Yeah! Being prudent is a good life skill.
I checked with my daughter, asked her about the speech, and what the message was. Her reply, "I don't know, I kinda zoned out."
Last edited by Cyrano; 09-09-2009 at 09:21 PM.
ISTp
SLI
Enneagram 5 with a side of wings.
I liked that part and the part about how not everyone can be famous for doing nothing (specifically, by being on reality TV, lol). It's nice to hear someone advocate actual diligence and competence, as opposed to a false sense of entitlement that most crappy motivational speakers are paid to instill in people these days.
Like Loki and a few others, I'm not sure about shouldering the responsibility for an entire country, especially in an increasingly globalized world where constructs of country sort of fall apart. "Letting down your country" is a much less compelling reason to work hard than, say, helping humanity as a whole, or even personal satisfaction.
I think the speech was aimed more at middle and high school students, which makes sense. Still, I would probably find it difficult to sit through even in high school; our President's speechwriters must learn the virtue of brevity.
"How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love."
-- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
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