In the early 1960’s, educators and politicians realized that the traditional four year college was not for everyone and began exploring other options to further educate those not wanting to follow the traditional path. On September 4, 1969, Johnson County Community College held their first classes. Mike Alley, one of JCCC’s first students, recalled the “real sense of community” that students experienced in these first months at JCCC. (Bishop, 2002). The focus of Johnson County Community College was to help non-traditional students and assist those who wish to take the traditional route to graduating with a college
“Introverts are drawn to the inner world of thought and feeling… extroverts to the external life of people and activities.” This is a quote from Quiet, by Susan Cain. After reading this book about introversion, the way in which I viewed not only myself, but the world, would be unsettled. As an introvert, I am almost never as vocal, nor as spontaneous as extraverts are, but prefer observation, thoughtfulness, and quietness over extreme assertiveness. Growing up, I did not know what introversion was. I was just a shy child who had trouble talking to people outside of his small, tightknit friend group. I had no idea why I always acted so differently from most of the other students in elementary and middle school. I just coped with it on a day
Because an introvert “enjoys solitude,” they are generally frowned upon at school and are looked at like there is something mentally wrong with the individual. Although students who are introverts tend to have better grades and test scores than extroverts, teachers still try to “get them out of their shell.” In Arnold Henjum’s article, “Introversion: A Misunderstood "Individual Difference" Among Students,” he states that “Many well-meaning teachers and parents try to mold the youth into socially outgoing individuals without understanding the
The results of my Jun Typology Test revealed that I am type INFJ, with Introvert (16%), iNtuitive (41%), Feeling (16%), and Judging (34%), preferences. Some of the characteristics associated with type INFJ include, an unusual spectrum regarding the intensity of talents, I am a doer, an idealist, creative, maintains a strong perspective regarding humanitarianism, and a rare mix of practicality and perception. Although I am a giver, I find it necessary to disengage from the world at times, in order to replenish and protect myself from becoming overwhelmed. I am somewhat complex, while possessing an uncanny acumen to discern the motives of people, whether favorable or unfavorable. Also, I maintain strong writing skills and personal charisma.
The results from the Keirsey Temperament Sorter shows that I am an ISTJ. The word ISTJ stands for introverted, sensing, thinking, judging. Those mean that one enjoys quiet time typically alone such as relaxing on the couch reading a book. One also pays attention to facts or details when completing something such as building a project. One typically tends to prioritize facts and uses reasoning, especially when they have past experience instead of exploring new ideas that are not proven. One prefers structure and order in their life and the things they do rather than having no guidance system in place at all.
There are many different aspects to consider when an individual is trying to see what career best suits them and who they are as a person. Some people are very strong and confident in who they are and what aspirations they want to see accomplished in their lives. Others are not so sure of themselves or have no direction in where they would like to see themselves after high school or college. In these extreme cases, one concept that people use that assist individuals in finding themselves and what they want to do with their life is by taking the Myers Briggs assessment. I took the Myers Briggs test and found it extremely interesting due to the personality traits that were given to me. I was given the traits ISFJ, which stands for introverted,
The Jung Typology Assessment concluded that my personality type was considered a ESFJ type. According to the results, it says my personality is Extroverted, Sensing, Feeling, and Judging. We are called "a provider." Although after ready your results, I could see myself being a ENFJ as well. We share similar traits. I am also a social/people person. Generally, I am a very approachable person and don 't mind crowds. Intuition was on of the words to describe me. When it comes down to choosing between my sensing over facts, Im the type of person that will almost always go with the fact. Mainly because not always choosing sensing is the smartest and safest way to go. It is better to take the safe route and know the outcome than to experiment. Marking
After taking the Jung Typology test and looking over the Career Indicator I learned an immense amount of what all I am interested in and what I would be good at doing in life. My results that I received after taking the Jung Typology test was that I tend to be more of a guardian. Personally. I both agree and disagree with the results that I got back after taking the online test. Using the results that I received I will now look into different career paths that I have never thought about looking into before. The results that I got back from the Jung Typology test can and will help me with a large amount of questions that I currently have about my career choice.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an important look at the methods humans use in our interaction with our shared environments and how we relate differently to shared experiences (Cohen, D., Cohen M., Cross, H., 1981). Differences in how individuals relate to and understand our surroundings are displayed and sorted using scales for several fields. Extroversion and introversion are determined and assigned to this indicator using either E or I. A clear definition between sensing and intuition is also defined by the assignment of S or N. Also, thinking and feeling are compared and determined adding the letters of either T or F to the result. The last letter in ones conformed profile will include either J or P for judging compared to perception.
Although I can look back into my past and find many examples of actions or behaviors that aligned my personality perfectly with an INTJ personality type and perhaps in a relax environment that is my personality. I normally do not think of myself as the INTJ describe by many of the references. These references describe INTJs as natural leaders, hard workers, supreme strategist, able to objectively see the reality of a situation and able to adopt and change things when they are not working. These also describe INTJs as effective leaders that sometime choose to remain in the background until they see the need to take over the lead and analytical individuals with highly-developed imagination that sometime rather prefer to keep the time they spend
University of the People Emotional Intelligence Assignment Unit 5 My MBTI profile is INFP, and as a leader this has bearing on how I think in terms of feelings and perceive issues before judging or rating things. I am moved by visions and goals and objective through the use of initiative and remodeling of information, idea and concepts for my business purpose. I am a passionate person, so I hardly engage in analysis paralysis before I take a step to do something about any given issue. Taking decision is exciting for me. I love taking decisions because it is part of a leaders core responsibility function. Following up on compassionately and empathizing is a major part of me, and these help me get support also from others. Leadership is therefore an exemplary behavior, it is modeling
My Jungian typology was ISFJ- introverted, sensing, feeling, judging. Just as my typology suggests I am a defender of what I feel is right. I am definitely working in the right profession. I have a need to help people. My superiors in my profession will say the same to anyone. This did not come as a surprise to me. As I read more about this typology I felt as though I had found my identity all over again. I had taken this specific assessment pretty personal. Just reading how my type of typology was characterized had practically brought me to tears. My typology influences everything in my life including all that I had chosen to do. I just keep reading and researching more with the hope to build and improve whatever I can. At one of my annual employment evaluations my superiors had
I, like these people, would identify as an introvert. While some view this as a disadvantage, it doesn’t necessarily need to be. Introverts, like myself, are capable of being distinguished leaders. Having an outwardly passive demeanor causes this presumption that I’m incapable of taking charge of a situation. People don’t see leadership potential in me. This distresses me a bit because leadership is something that is so important in my life.
According to Jung, having an inclination towards being more of an introverted individual then extraverted, is when the person prefers to be more independent than social. I think that this indeed can reflect to one of my character traits. For instance, I tend to like spending more time either reading the Holy Bible, or listening to calm music in my room, instead of going out to party on Saturday nights. I believe that I could have probably been influenced by my mother, who would always be in her room reading the Holy Scriptures and she’s the one who introduced it to me , and would read it to me throughout my childhood until I was able to read it and understand it myself. My grandmother is also this type of person, which makes me think either I inherited this kind of personality, or was I totally influenced
For this personality type, introverted is someone who is “meditative and reflective” (Kroeger, 2002) and “thinks through a problem so we understand it” (The Personality Page, n.d.). Introversion takes the form of pondering “big-picture context” (Kroeger, 2002) and looking for meaning in everyday life. For myself, this description holds true, as I am a pastor by vocation, and tend toward study and theology as a means of understanding. I do not like large crowds and do not need to be the center