The Rules:- Link to the person that tagged you.
I got this meme from IEG at Gathering Around the Table.
Post the rules on your blog.
Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
1. I do my best work writing, grading essays, reading, thinking, and working on my computer while lying in bed. I ask my students to submit their work electronically so I can respond to their work flat on my back. Dan and I talked about teaching online yesterday and I told him that the most appealing aspect of teaching on line is being able to offer a whole class from the comfort of my bed.
2. I am an introverted and inward person outside of my profession and away from my best friends and often have to sleep for an hour or so after being in social situations. I love being with people. It wears me out, though. In my profession as a classroom instructor I'm theatrical, extroverted, boisterous, passionate, a little bit wild, and sometimes off the wall. Therefore, most who know me around the college find it hard to believe I'm introverted.
3. I am equally at home studying, thinking about, and teaching the metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical dimensions of Buddhism as I am in the midst of the cigarette smoke, laughter, free coffee and soda, flashing lights, funny animations, solitude, and sirens and bells of an Indian casino.
4. I hate clothes. I do not enjoy shopping for clothes, conforming to social/professional dress codes, or dressing to look the part in any situation. I try as hard as I can in my work to disintegrate the idea that my professionalism and respectability in the classroom has anything to do with the clothes I wear. Likewise, I do not wear my devotion to God, respect for the dead, or any other inward attitudes in the way I dress.
5. I do not enjoy eating food in restaurants and cafes very much. Bars and diners that don't know they are diners are better. I'm unmoved by fine dining. I enjoy food and I enjoy reading restaurant reviews, but I almost never want to go to a restaurant, unless it's with my sisters or friends or if it's for nostalgic reasons. The less the eating at the restaurant seems like an event or a presentation or a theatrical moment, the more I like it.
6. I like taking pictures of moss.
I'm a lousy tagger and I'm not going to reform today.
4 comments:
According to Jung, through Myers-Briggs, the classic definition of an introvert is one who needs to process what is he going to say BEFORE HE SAYS IT. Not whether or not you are animated or expressive. And extrovert then, never really knows what they are going to say until it comes out of their mouth. They take in, absorb, sort and prioritize information as they talk. You, like me, sound like a classic introvert. I have taken Myers-Briggs several times in my life but it was not until I took it and then had a one on one with a clinical psychologist to review the results did I appreciate the brilliance and beauty of this tool. It was in conjunction with a masters' class I was taking at the time and I still use the information from that one session in formulating strategies and finding solutions across the board, in all areas of my life. And in pursuit of understanding better. So yeah, I completely believe you are an introvert and are utterly exhausted after being with people. Me too!
Usually all it takes to get me to improvise an instant exit strategy is for a facilitator mention the words, "Myers-Briggs".
Then you commented on my six things.
I remembered.
It was in September 1997. I was starting my year on the dark side as a college division chairman. We had a retreat at the Eugene Athletic Club. The facilitator dragged out Meyers-Briggs.
I was a mule. Being from Kellogg, I should say I was a jackass. Stubborn. Resistant. Mocking.
BUT, guess what? I leaned I was an introvert (our vp of instruction scoffed at the idea I was an introvert).
Scales fell off my eyes.
So much made sense when I learned that.
I'd forgotten that it was the dreaded Meyers Briggs that enlightened me.
Thanks, pal.
I needed to have my Meyers-Briggs prejudice chastened.
I hope a lovely evening lies ahead for you and yours.
rp
PS I'm not sure a commenter on my blog has ever mentioned Carl Jung. Your mention of him moved my blog to higher realm. Thank you.
r
I'm amused. Not so much by your post, which I did enjoy, but by the exchange between you and your first commenter.
Also, I've never heard the explanation she shared of introvert vs. extrovert...despite studying the Meyers-Briggs to some extent in grad school myself. I now understand better why I tend to look more like an introvert to those that don't know me well, and yet I am an extrovert according to MB. I prefer to be alone or with one or two close friends. I don't like to go out. I don't particularly like the spotlight, but I don't fear it. If it happens it happens. And yet I love to be in front of people in a teaching or presenting role.
I've always been a bit intrigued by my MB scores. I have good impulse control, and yet I don't censor my words well. It just comes out, often before I even know it's coming, and it tends to look and feel impulsive. However, I am typically satisfied with what I've said despite the shock value that often comes with it, which is rarely the intended effect. I confess, I am often amused by the shock-effect, despite myself. Though it happens fairly frequently, it always surprises me. I don't need a lot of time to process before I speak, and if I do process, it's typically afterwards. If required, I always have a good explanation for what I said and why. I've learned to offer a bit of disclaimer sometimes by requesting permission from others to "think out loud."
Thank you, JBell, for some enlightenment on this issue.
I think MB is exactly like Quick Books: really easy to access and really easy to use--but people have no idea what they are doing. Got at least a 50% chance of reaching some really f'ed up conclusions as a result.
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