I entirely concur with the scores I get from "Openness, Cultural empathy, and Openmindedness" for a few reasons. To begin with, being open and empathetic allow me to learn more from other people. I tend to have more time listening to people's perspectives even though sometimes those are different from mine and understand their points. In addition, I like listening to other alternatives and if other options are better than mine, I am not reluctant to accept those and learn from them. Last but not least, on top of being open to people's suggestions, I am really considerate of how people might be feeling. One of my values is to understand people and help them from the heart as much as I can without looking at their socioeconomic background or religion. I believe this is the right thing people are supposed to be doing. Therefore, I will keep being open and empathetic to the people around me.
I also agree that "Adaptability and flexibility" are my weaknesses. I am so slow at doing all sorts of things. That is why I feel that it is really hard for me to change from one norm to another quickly. However, I am determined to improve these skills by allowing myself to accept some unplanned invitations and activities and so on.
I seem to have been biased toward "Social initiative". To be honest, the score should be lower than that, for I am introverted and touchy. I have never been the center of attention and am inclined to be really sensitive to people's ignorance and cooperation. Nonetheless, initiating an activity involves talking with a plethora of people and sometimes some people do not agree and show a lack of interest in what I plan. Therefore, I most likely want to avoid any "Social initiative".
Despite the fact that it is hard for me to be adaptable and flexible, I am fully conscious of universal values, virtue, and dignity of behavior and attitude. Hence, scoring high on "Behavior and Attitude" does not surprise me at all. My belief is that if I show people my respectful behavior and attitude, people will also reciprocate those characteristics. Furthermore, I strongly believe that all people are equal regardless of where they are from, their socioeconomic background, or their religious beliefs. They need to be treated with decent behavior and respect. Additionally, to embrace diversity, people from all corners need to behave appropriately and have the most acceptable attitude always toward people.
From my viewpoint, my score on "knowledge" should be lower than what I get. Even though I can access any information or knowledge about any cultures, countries or inventions, etc. by using the English language which I have been learning for years so easily, I have never bothered doing so under some common excuses such as being busy with my work or studies. Then, when I talk with people from other places, I mostly cannot exchange many more ideas when the talks dive deeper and deeper, which certain names, events or places, and so on needs to be cited. This is quite frustrating for me. Therefore, I have planned to begin reading more often about the world.
I am so proud of myself that I have never been ethnocentric in my whole life. I normally do not ask why people from a different culture, area, religion, or country have a different way of doing things from me. I often instead seek to hear from their perspectives attentively, for I am convinced that value, respect, and virtue might be perceived differently.
I am so fortunate to be able to get a 9 for this "Language Skills" in English. With this language, I can enlarge my knowledge, opportunities, career, communication, etc. Nonetheless, I am not active enough in using this language to expand my general knowledge about the world and communication. Besides English, I will definitely learn another language when I finish my Ph.D. due to the fact that language a new language is tough and awarding. On top of that it can also give us a chance to learn more about the cultures where the language itself is spoken.