I keep thinking of an event which happened when I was about 11 years old.
It was during a 100 meters sprint qualifying race which I took part in school. My Physical Education teacher who was the judge of the race was there and her son (who was my classmate) was running in the same race as me.
When the race started, I took the lead all the way and when I looked over my shoulders and saw the PE teacher's son who was in second place, I just stopped and stand there just before the finishing line and waited for him to cross the finishing line before I went over the finsihing line.
People shouted at me to cross the line while I was waiting but I thought "how proud and happy the PE teacher would be to see first hand that her son finished first." Of course, I got spoken to after the race and I just said what I did truthfully. They declared me first still.
I am puzzled all these years trying to think what does this mean as a charactor question deep inside of me
What do you think it means?
2007-04-22 02:45:26 · 12 answers · asked by Eric Chua Yanshan Maynas 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
It means you are willing to give up honor and fame for someone else's sake. It could mean that you are willing to give up anything for a person's sake actually. In fact, it sounds like you are willing to sacrifice your life to save someone else's.
I still think you should let yourself win once in a while. Giving someone else the win could make you unsuccessful on Earth because it could result in giving up a promotion for someone else :o. Remember, most goverments are ruled by meritocracy which means the person with the most skill gets the job or win because they worked har for it (I'm sure you had to excercise or wot not).
Wot you did was brave and noble though, and I honour that.
Also I just wanted to say, you remind me of the movie "Cars" by Disney Pixar, when the red car gave up his win to help someone else win. (Maybe they got the idea from watching your race).
Congrats :)
Very few people can do that.
Good Day!
2007-04-22 07:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by ☼Scientific Athletic♫ 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think it means you are a very sensitive person and are very aware of your place in the Universe.
There is an adage something to the effect that a man has never stood so tall, as when he bent down to help a small child. You stand very tall.
2007-04-22 14:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it just means you are a nice thoughtful person that thinks of others. You sometimes put other people above yourself. I hope you dont go to that extreme now that you are older though. It is very much taken advantage of by many people out there :)
2007-04-22 10:02:05 · answer #3 · answered by bobbi 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although it does seem selfless on your part, I feel that letting someone win when they didn't earn it would be detrimental to their spirit. If a person truly wants to help another, let them earn their wins or losses. Sometimes losing is the biggest win of all.
2007-04-22 10:11:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
you looked to someone else for approval.. which at the time is what you wanted..
you didn't care about your own merit.. you wanted acceptance from teacher and her son.
i know where you were coming from.. but you needed to stand on what you did instead of what you thought that they expected of you.
i think it was really noble of you.. however it speaks a lot about the acceptance issue to me.
just my own opinion.. not mean to take away from what you did.
it was a nice gesture.
2007-04-22 10:00:50 · answer #5 · answered by lil' angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means you're willing to give up chances for your own personal gain for others. And that you submit to authority. Or you could have just been sucking up to the teacher.
2007-04-22 09:49:26 · answer #6 · answered by Lily 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it was a nice but stupid thing to do. People are a competitive bunch, most of them wouldn't understand (or believe) your motive for letting the other boy win.
As for what it says about your character, you're probably a very empathetic person, not very goal oriented, impulsive and introverted.
2007-04-22 09:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by Andrea 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why did u try to let the kid win? just cuz he was ur pe teach's kid?
if ur still thinking bout that then what do u thing that kid is thinking about? he probably thinking--- why did that kid let me win? cuz my mom's his pe teacher? how sad. were people nice to me just cuz they want ot get an A outta my mom?
i dont know what it means
ur the only one who knows what it could mean...
2007-04-22 09:54:04 · answer #8 · answered by =P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sound like you were trying to suck up to the PE teacher to me.
2007-04-22 09:50:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means you are a thoughtful person who thought of someone besides his self.
2007-04-22 09:50:46 · answer #10 · answered by Mel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋