humbleness

The kind of person I like is the one is easily dismissed. Therefore, when I went to class today to see a TA, I was surprised, amused, and delighted to see someone exactly like that.

He says things like

1. "If you want to go to the other class upstair, my feeling won't be hurt."
2. "Sorry about my bad handwriting" when his handwriting is perfectly legible and legibly perfect, moreso than even the professor!
3. "I'm sorry we don't have a better seating arrangement" when talking to my interpreters because we got to class when it was already full.

What a dreamy TA, kinda cute. But eh, the kinds of person I like are those who can be labeled a pushover, when ironically he is not. Such a self-depredatory sense of self-esteem that should not be true is the best kind of irony, and I enjoy irony wholeheartedly.

A good handwriting, and yet he apologizes for it being bad. And yet, he still has within himself an great inner strength for which I respect him, and hope that others will respect him.

What inner strength in someone so apologetic? He can manage a class discussion! When a student asked about a paper due in March, he replied that he would get to it in a minute and still remembers to talk to him. He doesn't exclude people or get carried away in a discussion. He has a clear plan and can ensure that people follow it.

I love those kinds of people, the perfect example of irony, yet not bordering on hypocrisy. True humbleness, in other words.