I was told by one of the fellow teachers that she found most of the male teachers at school were sensitive and decent guys. I believe that is true, but not sure how to exactly interpret “sensitive.” Does it mean most teachers are introverts? Thinking about today’s Adolescent Psychology lecture on introversion and extroversion, I am even not sure if I am introverted or extroverted. I think I get more energetic after going out with friends, but then only with certain friends. Don’t people say birds of a feather flock together? What do you guys think you are: an Introvert or Extrovert? I think overall I’m more introverted than extroverted.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Introvert or extrovert?
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Here's a Myers-Briggs personality test
That test breaks you down, not only into intro- and extrovert, but also into how you think, feel, and act. I believe that we're too complex to be placed into one of two categories - I'm an extremely extroverted person, but that doesn't mean I always want to go out every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
This can also be related back to your students. We all know that kids act differently depending on who they are around at the time. How a student acts around their friends and peers will never be the same as how they act with teachers. Just because a student is an extrovert, doesn't mean he'll stay after class everyday to chat with you. We're so complex, I think it's too hard to pin down a personality with a test and categories.
I've finished the test, quite a few questions there. I'm a moderately expressed extravert.
It would be interesting if everyone in the program tries this test and see what kind of people are more interested in becoming a teacher...
Apparently I'm a "slightly expressed introvert"... that's about where I'd guessed I was.
I'm a slightly expressed extravert. I am curious to know what people think would be most beneficial in the classroom. Does it really matter how outgoing you are? Thinking back, most of my favourite teachers were extraverts (at least as far as I could tell), but all in all, everyone needs to find their own style of teaching that works for them.
True or not I do feel most teachers I know have something in common, something different from non-teachers. It might be sensitivity, a quality to understand students. What is made clear through this conversation is that both introverts and extroverts could be sensitive. Somehow I had this impression that outgoing people are usually less sensitive, it seems not to be true!
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