Training Day 1: Who am I...Really???

On the first day of training we were asked to take the Meyers-Briggs examination and were told that it would be able to to give us an an accurate assessment of our personality. I must say I approached this test with a great deal of skepticism. As I filled in the little bubbles all was thinking was "so you tellin' me that by filling out these little bubbles you can figure out who I am? Yeah ok riiiiight!" I just figured that there is no way a silly little 20 minute scantron exam could detangle the complexity of my personality because to be honest...that's a knot I'm still working on myself. But upon completion and scoring...I'll be doggoned if that silly little 20 minute scantron exam didn't hit my nail squarely on the head! I'm not saying that it completely painted an accurate picture of me...but you could sure use it to pick me out of a line-up!

Participating in this experience helped me appreciate the variety of personalities that make up our society. In all areas of human interaction, including education it is important to understand the personality relationship that exists between interacting entities in this instance teacher and student.