I was at work a few weeks ago, every week but something in particular happened a few weeks ago, and I mentioned to my co-worker that I was INTP. This is not some some radical new political party, but it is a Myers-Briggs personality type; mine to be specific. You can get yours done online in a few minutes of relaxing procrastination, mine took hours as it was very comprehensive. I had it done because I was about to switch my major for the second time in two years and I wanted to get it straight, also, I was having trouble in school because my undiagnosed AS, was giving me troubles. I had to get identified to get extra time in tests. So I did this to see if I could get it in writing, me that is. I needed to know who I was and what made me tick and how then to work with it.
So I am INTP. I am introverted, actually it told me that I was extremely introverted 99% of the people that took this test were more extroverted than me. Introverts make up about 25% of the population. I am intuitive. I have a tough time with what this word actually means, but it is like I do things with my eyes closed whereas the rest of the population relies on what they see before them, or they react to the environment, sensing. That is the best way to think about it. To me there is a picture in my head of the way things ought to be and I work to getting them that way. Thinking vs Feeling, I see things as a problem that has to be solved and I tend to override other things. I don't know if the AS has any factor in this since I really don't understand feelings, at least not the way normal people think of them. I perceive over judging. What this means other than the obvious, is that I have an open mind and I see things as shades of grey.
All in all, INTP people represent about 1% of the general population, but we tend to seek each other out. One of my best friends in University was one, two or three others were so close that it was almost the same thing. And as it turns out after I announced it to my co-worker, she went online and discovered that she was one too.
According to Keirsey Temperaments, I am an architect. I like to plan and build toward. My temperament is introspective, which is true I think about what is happening and has happened and compare that stuff to what I know. That is the reason I was able to diagnose my own AS. It says the next order of temperament is I am a Rationalist or strategist and that means that I am rooted in science and technology. More it means that I encourage self thinking in others and seek equal knowledge in others. The next step suggest that I am an engineer, that I am the type of person who wants to build something lasting and lastly architect, is someone who designs the lasting feature.
Thinking on it I look back on what has happened before when dealing with children, I seek to start their own mind working. As a teacher I do not shovel information on to their blank slates, I encourage them to write on their own, to discover the rules of the universe. I would never tell a child who I voted for in an election, I would never tell them that God does not exist. I would debate close-minded theists at any time, but believe that children should be armed with rational thought and skepticism so they can make their own choice, hopefully correct choice. Oh yes I AM a left wing, baby eating atheist, but I would never tell a child that, but I would hope that they would be able to choose there own correct path once they have all the available information.
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