Self-reliance

In the book the freedom writers diary, Ms. Gruwell handed out a self-evaluation sheet and asked the students to write the letter grade they felt they deserved. Her plan is the oppotunity to look at themselves.

The only obstacles are the ones you allow. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A truly self-reliant person finds his weak link and strengthens it. I want to be a self-reliant person, now and forever. (Diary57 p120)

So far, the students get to know about anothr person. In my opinon, Ms. Gruwell think that to know about themslves is as important as to know about other persons. One student thought his grade was "F". However Ms. Gruwell rejected his opinion because he couldn't understand himself. Finally he could recognize himself by Ms. Gruwell.

In my opinion people sometimes don't recognize what they achieve. Especially, in Japan, a modesty is regarded as a virtue. So many Japanese couldn't have confidence about thier opinions and don't recognize self-reliant. Netehr do I. However I think we need to look at and know ourselves collectly.If I cannot believe myself, who can believe me? So in order to construct relationships, we need to know our weakness or strongness. That is the reason why self-reliant is important.