Name: Gabriel...Grade: C....Test: Personality

I walked in to class that afternoon, unaware of what we would be doing. The relevant class lecture was on Personality and the professor mentioned a couple of examples of Personality tests which companies conducted on their potential hires. Professor Kurpis later mentioned that we would soon learn our own personality profile.

I can't recall taking personality tests before aside from those which occasionally appear on Facebook and provide generic options such as:

What do you think of the sun...

A) It hurts...
B) It's to bright
C) It makes me grow
D) I don't like it
E) Noting special
F) It makes me feel unplesant

An actual test taken from Facebook. Grammar left uncorrected to demonstrate full assumption of unreliability.

I never found any of these exams enlightening. Most require you empathize with a Disney cartoon character. I approached the class activity with an usual sense of skepticism. Professor Kurpis was also vague as to the whole purpose of the test, so I didn't feel the experience would somehow lead to a new-found revelation.

However, as soon as he started explaining how to go about the process of selecting the word which best described our attitude or belief I realized that this test was different. It required honesty on the part of the participant, and an honest person am I. I became engaged. It was like a puzzle, with only five sets of keys (Z,Q,X,W,Y). What did they mean? I couldn't wait for the answer to be revealed. The whole protocol required in counting the letters, placing the answer in boxes and finding the difference was amusing. Then we substituted those differences for four sets of letters (D,i,S,C) and lined them in a graph. The highest point on that grid for me was a C, followed by an S, the D and i may as well have been negligible considering they were negative.

Finally, the last page would reveal the enigmatic layering of symbols. The box for C read..."Emphasis is on working conscientiously within existing circumstances to ensure quality and accuracy"

Yes! An epiphany. I can't pinpoint when it happened for me, but the cliche of "finding yourself" is true. All I know is that it happened to me sometime late March or early April. This personality test was validation. Perhaps it even was the culmination of that period labeled "finding yourself"

The whole box about Conscientiousness was an affirmation of my personality and personal attitude. Something which I've accepted, don't want to change and am comfortable with. It was with a little trepidation that I filled in the box on the board with my name. I was the first person to place my name in the box labeled C, high S. Did that mean I was psychotic I thought to myself. The third to tenth name written on that same box assuaged my fears. I was not psychotic. The professor explained the significance of that personality type further. C high S's tend to be in Finance.

Yes! I had chosen the correct major. Further validation.