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Study Says Your Personality Doesn't Change After 1st Grade
A study authored by Christopher Nave, a doctoral candidate at the University of California, says that our personalities stay pretty much the same from early childhood all the way through old age. From the article: "Using data from a 1960s study of approximately 2,400 ethnically diverse schoolchildren (grades 1 - 6) in Hawaii, researchers compared teacher personality ratings of the students with videotaped interviews of 144 of those individuals 40 years later. They examined four personality attributes - talkativeness (called verbal fluency), adaptability (cope well with new situations), impulsiveness and self-minimizing behavior (essentially being humble to the point of minimizing one's importance)." This must explain my overriding need to be first captain when we pick kickball teams at the office.
I still pull girls hair and play with my wiener.
In 1st grade... I was quiet and geeky.
10 years later... I'm still quiet and geeky.
Damnit.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits" - Albert Einstein
Does this mean I've just been a jerk since the first grade? No wonder I don't like my inner child.
I've been waiting for somebody to answer the age-old question:
Were you born an a-hole or did you work on it your whole life?
$70,000 of drugs and hookers would change anyone's personality.
I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Not every first grader has a $70,000 allowance.
OTOH, this may explain Charlie Sheen.
Have gnu, will travel.
I spent over a decade and almost $70,000 of my own money on personal growth.
That's a lot for "male enhancement". :p
scientology?
I am not a sig.
So you're like, what, the fourth or fifth oldest kid in your family?
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