Assignment 1A (Part One)

How did your personality affect your choice of content area?

Since my content area was based on the career I had previously (interpreter), I don't think it really affected it much, to be honest. According to the test, I should be in science and engineering, yet instead, I am in foreign language...and a highly social one at that, and I am 100% comfortable in it. I am heavily on the introverted, thinking side of the spectrum and so that personality type fits in well usually with sign language interpreters because we have to be "inside our own heads" in order to process two language at once and input and output them both at the same time. However, ASL and the Deaf community is very extroverted, and I am too in that regard, so who knows? The personality test fits me almost perfectly, including the common misconceptions about people like me, but doesn't necessarily fit the content I am in.

How does or will your personality affect your relationships with your students?

My personality affects my relationships with my students because it makes me very demanding and decisive. I only have some flexibility with them academically and hold them to a high standard. I hold them accountable and expect them to follow instructions and listen carefully and think and act for themselves, and honestly, most do quite well. At the same time, I am very friendly with them and have an open, fun, colorful environment, so that makes my personality type seem less intimidating to them. I love the rapport I have with my students and I guess I have my personality type to thank for that.