I do not fear failing this assignment. But rather the mistake of miss leading peers to a side of me that is not really there. Even more so I feer keeping my peers stuck outside my tent. One of humans greatest social hurdles is to over come there safety zone. I am a light hearted guy, but society seems to miss-interpret light-heartiness for unintelligence.
I feel that I have a well achieved balance of both. But, knowing myself, I would rather substitute humor, in a nervous situation, rather then that of intelligence. So being on this blog I hope to show my true colors, maybe give some meaningful insight to some one who might be mistaken for as just a jester.
In the real world where we have our security zone, just like the arrow maker did in his tee pee. We try to protect our selves from those who intrude. We shoot with arrows blindly into the night, to protect our zone, just as the arromaker did that night.
But in modern age we have ousted tee pees because we have found them ineffective. So maybe as a class, in this modern age, we can rather invite our inquisitors into our tent and teach each other without fear, rather then protect our security zone.
Wouldn't the story have a much happier ending if the arrow maker, instead of using language to protect himself and kill his enemy, used his language to teach and befriend the intruder.
I do know what you mean about the blindly shooting in the night to protect our security zones. I do have a problem with being out of my security zone and tend to heavily protect it. My own security zone, however, isn't protected by a tee pee and my arrows; instead it is protected by almost "wearing other faces", or in this setting, speaking many languages. I say this since I act in different ways for different situations. At school, in most cases, I will be quiet and try to not be the know it all in the areas I know. At home, however, I think my family wishes to put duct tape on my mouth at times since I can talk up a storm. With extended family I am one of the people my cousins look at being crazy. Although I just went on a tangent, I feel that I understand what you are trying to say in misleading others about myself.
ReplyDeleteThat was very profound. My post seems hugely inadequate in comparison. Maybe I'll go back and edit. :)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the whole light heartiness thing being miss-interpretated. People are different and that's what makes us able to live with each other. I couldn't stand to bear myself, listening to myself. All i would like to say is well done, humor is the key to laughter.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the misleading peers. People might get the wrong idea about who you are. The story would have ended better with the arrow maker.
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