<p>would you really want to live in some bitter competitive world? it’s true that competition breeds innovation but so does discussion and collaboration.</p>
<p>also, I have a problem with any test that tests empathy. I physically cannot empathize with anyone who has lost a child. I can sympathize with them.</p>
<p>Competition does not equate to bitterness.</p>
<p>from experience, egoism and increased competition often leads to tension-filled situations and as a result, bitterness. if you go to a competitive school, you probably know what i’m talking about.</p>
<p>As opposed to a non-competitive school where everybody sucks. lol</p>
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High school is not the real world. My high school is extremely competitive and I don’t feel any bitterness. More incentive to succeed definitely, but not bitterness.</p>
<p>i was just commenting on how egoism leads to bitterness. but altruism is also productive in that it fosters teamwork, a necessity in so many aspects of society. </p>
<p>aside from that, one of the most practical uses of altruism is in your day-to-day relationships. from what i’ve noticed, every egotistical jerk in my school is pretty much despised</p>
<p>maybe that’s not because they are egotistical but because they are jerks.</p>
<p>I despise both egotistical and altruistic jerks.</p>
<p>I scored an 81!!! It’s true I’m ridiculously nice to ppl sometimes i feel like a doormat 
But it’s just part of my nature :]</p>
<p>Overall results (score 81)</p>
<p>Empathy (score 76)</p>
<p>Helpfulness (score 81)</p>
<p>Opportunism (score 14)</p>
<p>Your responses indicate that when you help others and extend a kind gesture to them, you do so because you really want to ? not because you want or expect something in return. This is the hallmark of someone who truly cares about others; you are a selfless individual with good intentions. There should be more people like you in this world!</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>no, i’m pretty sure it’s because they’re egotistical. at least that’s what the complaint is always centered around.
at least judging from jersey’s scores, you’re probably one of those egotistical jerks but that’s cool unless you plan on having successful relationships in the future.
but 95 in opportunism? seriously? that’s just cold.</p>
<p>judging by comments on these threads, you seem like the only one that’s a jerk lol.</p>
<p>Overall - 52</p>
<p>Empathy - 61</p>
<p>Helpfulness - 32</p>
<p>Opportunism - 36</p>
<p>Interesting…</p>
<p>Competition can also breed lower prices causing decline in quality. (e.g. things from CHINA)</p>
<p>I disliked the little write-up or whatever they want to call it on my apparently high egoism score.</p>
<p>It seems hypocritical. They suggested doing things for others just to help, be a “better person”, etc. but wouldn’t my doing things to help others in order to be–what they consider-- a more agreeable person be the same thing as doing something for selfish reasons, which they’ve accused of me doing in the first place? It’s still behaving a certain way in order to obtain a specific outcome to serve my own purpose. </p>
<p>Maybe I’m overthinking it.</p>
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I have successful relationships now and am not too worried about an inability to continue having such relationships in the future. Judging by your comments, you seem to be the only “jerk” on this thread.</p>
<p>^Only if the lower prices are desired more than higher quality, or if an increase in quality exponentially increases the price.</p>
<p>i’m sorry that was rude, but i just have a personal distaste for people that are so willing to take advantage of others for personal gain</p>
<p>Also, lets be honest, most people who got high scores lied about what they would really do.</p>
<p>^ True. And that is a pretty big “only if”.</p>
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Whether that is positive or negative is indeterminate unless you have the data to show whether the quality or price declines at a higher rate.</p>