Proud Seminary Classmate
I have a particular classmate that is seemingly boastful of his competence
or ability. I say “seemingly boastful” because it’s how I interpret his
observable behavior. It is also because I don’t know my classmate’s true
personality. I only know the person as a distant observer. I initially got irritated with this person because of his “pa-bibo”
efforts in the class. There are times that his line of reasoning is good and
relevant, but most of the time he is just causing class hours to be wasted. I thought I will get over with him until I observed him again “flaunting”
his well-done assignment to our international classmates. I say “well-done”
because I could really see the effort he invested. I got intimidated and
envious because I envisioned myself doing the same thing but I just did the
minimum requirement. I didn’t feel irritated because he did a better job than I am. I got annoyed
because he showed a fairly excellent assignment to our classmates who are
already having a hard time coping with requirements due to difficulty in
English. Why does he have to do that? I just thought that he should have been
more sensitive to our classmates. He should have put his assignment straight in
the professor’s table. I don’t know if he had noticed the countenance of our
classmates after he took his assignment from them. They looked disturbed. If I will
put words in their mouth, I think each of them would say, “He did a good job. He’ll
get a perfect score again. How about me? I don’t think my work will even have a
passing grade.” What I observed is helpful because it helped me assess my own heart. I
could even be more proud than him. I may not know it but perhaps my other classmates
may also think that I am proud. Who knows, he might be might thinking also
that I am proud.
or ability. I say “seemingly boastful” because it’s how I interpret his
observable behavior. It is also because I don’t know my classmate’s true
personality. I only know the person as a distant observer. I initially got irritated with this person because of his “pa-bibo”
efforts in the class. There are times that his line of reasoning is good and
relevant, but most of the time he is just causing class hours to be wasted. I thought I will get over with him until I observed him again “flaunting”
his well-done assignment to our international classmates. I say “well-done”
because I could really see the effort he invested. I got intimidated and
envious because I envisioned myself doing the same thing but I just did the
minimum requirement. I didn’t feel irritated because he did a better job than I am. I got annoyed
because he showed a fairly excellent assignment to our classmates who are
already having a hard time coping with requirements due to difficulty in
English. Why does he have to do that? I just thought that he should have been
more sensitive to our classmates. He should have put his assignment straight in
the professor’s table. I don’t know if he had noticed the countenance of our
classmates after he took his assignment from them. They looked disturbed. If I will
put words in their mouth, I think each of them would say, “He did a good job. He’ll
get a perfect score again. How about me? I don’t think my work will even have a
passing grade.” What I observed is helpful because it helped me assess my own heart. I
could even be more proud than him. I may not know it but perhaps my other classmates
may also think that I am proud. Who knows, he might be might thinking also
that I am proud.
