Alicia-8

People have two different tendencies when it comes to blame: to put it all on themselves or all on others. When a whole class does poorly on a test or doesn't understand something, teacher will sometimes chastise the students, saying that they didn't work hard enough when in reality the teacher might just not have explained it in a clear way or thoroughly covered a confusing concept. Another example would be when someone has a bad race and blames it on something they ate, the weather, or the shoes to avoid putting any of the blame on themselves. I definitely lean more towards blaming myself, which is not to say that I'm better because I don't blame other things but that I feel a lot of personal responsibility when something I am involved with doesn't go well, even if dozens of other are also involved or I really couldn't have changed the outcome. This would be a good way to characterize people, and I plan on using in the next long piece of writing I do.