The Holland Code

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The Holland Code, devised to interpret a person’s strengths and weakness, helps develop optimum careers for many students. Although occasionally displaying a wrong set of data, the Holland Code provides an approximate path for individuals who are both sure and unsure in what they are interested in. While I received some incorrect data, the code did demonstrate some pertinent components that coincided with my personality and interests. Developed as a pie chart, the Holland Code divided my qualities into percentages. Investigative and social held the highest ranks at 22.1% and artistic followed the two at 18.2%. The other qualities were enterprising, which was at 16.2%, conventional, which was at 13%, and realistic, which was at 8.4%. The result, …show more content…
Whether there is a math problem to solve, or I have a personal problem, or my friends face issues, I will always try to find the solution to whatever is given to me. Trying to figure out the reason for a problem and rectifying the issue brings me joy, because I am metaphorically achieving perfection; perfection, although inexistent in real life, can occur once a dilemma is disentangled. Taking on A Sherlock Holmes-like persona is enjoyable for me, because once a puzzle is brought together with the quickest and prettiest way possible, I become better as a student and as a …show more content…
From enterprising to investigative to conventional, I would learn how to balance all qualities to quickly help people. Although trying to uncover the reason for why chemotherapy might not improve a patient with cancer is a favorable action, I know I must be social to also improve the patient’s morale. Daily, people with low morale who are plagued in cancer see deterioration in their health, because they think they are not powerful enough to win the battle against cancer. Therefore, I would talk to the patients and show them that there is a brighter side to every unsavory situation, because in a battle against cancer or in a battle against another unjustified disease, people need encouragement to keep on fighting. Similarly, I would utilize the result by apply my artistic quality and my realistic quality, although slightly smaller in amount according to the chart, in finding a solution. Sometimes, both artistry and realism help in tackling a difficult problem by coinciding together and forming a
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