Can an introvert become a good English teacher?
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I mean mostly teaching one-to-one and in small groups. Teaching is a highly social profession, but does a good English tutor really need to be socially active and extraverted? Could you tell about your personality traits and teaching experince?
And what are your socionics types?
And what are your socionics types?
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I am not a teacher but I am absolutely sure that a good tutor must be able to lead the process by which individual students or a group obtain knowledge and this leadership at least supposes artistry.
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Olya, Thanks for your reply.
I've recently come across this article: http://blog.whooosreading.org/introvert ... hers-rule/
Unfortunately I'm not an extrovert, but now I also see some strengths of introverted teachers.
I've recently come across this article: http://blog.whooosreading.org/introvert ... hers-rule/
Unfortunately I'm not an extrovert, but now I also see some strengths of introverted teachers.
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Why not? Of course, they can. The question is, do they need it? Forcing themselves to communicate can also result in severe burnout )
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Yes, I often need some time to recharge my batteries). But I'm quite interested in language teaching methods, lessons planning, developmental psychology and other related issues. And I'd like to communicate with students, but I'm rather a “people-watcher”, than a speechmaker.
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I am an introvert, though a pretty moderate one.
I began my career teaching groups of 10-13 adults and then moved on to manage a school of 300 students. It was a nightmare at first. I started treating teaching similarly to theatrical performances, acting through the whole lesson with much more energy than I normally would, all smiles and excitement. This has made me a more sociable, outgoing person outside the classroom too.
Still, it takes a lot of time to recover after classes.
I began my career teaching groups of 10-13 adults and then moved on to manage a school of 300 students. It was a nightmare at first. I started treating teaching similarly to theatrical performances, acting through the whole lesson with much more energy than I normally would, all smiles and excitement. This has made me a more sociable, outgoing person outside the classroom too.
Still, it takes a lot of time to recover after classes.
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Kind_Punk,Easy-Breezy English пишет: ↑28 мар 2019, 22:25 Does shopping qualify as gathering? That explains a lot...
If that's true, I'd be a dead Neolithic lady 'cause I don't like shopping at all. Would I starve to death if I lived "once upon a most early time"? :)Lol it seems so ) Then sales would be hunting )
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Kind_Punk,
The process itself is the thing I dislike. I get tired, bored. Of course, I do the shopping when I have to, but the pleasure of this 'hunting' eludes me.
yeah..., but...Why so? Don't you like dress right, eat right food, etc.? )
The process itself is the thing I dislike. I get tired, bored. Of course, I do the shopping when I have to, but the pleasure of this 'hunting' eludes me.
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speaking of process )Juliemiracle пишет: ↑29 мар 2019, 16:19 The process itself is the thing I dislike. I get tired, bored. Of course, I do the shopping when I have to, but the pleasure of this 'hunting' eludes me.
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tourist,
OMG. I'm a man.
OMG. I'm a man.
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tourist,
shopping :)
I enter the shop and go straight to the department/shelf I need without looking from side to side. I always have a shopping list, buy in bulk (I don't mean 10 packets of sth, I mean all the supplies at once) and try to do it as rarely as possible (of course, not to the point when I run out of things to use/eat/wear). Buying online also helps.
shopping :)
I enter the shop and go straight to the department/shelf I need without looking from side to side. I always have a shopping list, buy in bulk (I don't mean 10 packets of sth, I mean all the supplies at once) and try to do it as rarely as possible (of course, not to the point when I run out of things to use/eat/wear). Buying online also helps.
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Juliemiracle пишет: ↑29 мар 2019, 16:19 The process itself is the thing I dislike. I get tired, bored. Of course, I do the shopping when I have to, but the pleasure of this 'hunting' eludes me.
Judging by what she has been writing here over the past few years , she is a young strong woman who doesn’t slavishly conform to the ideals of consumerism and seek happiness in other places.
Yes, as Kind Punk has noticed, some of us aspire to the giddy heights of material prosperity, and we follow the basic rule of thumb: the more the better. It’s especially true for young women today since their average annual income (in developing and developed nations) has risen substantially, they have fewer kids and are not entirely dependent on their husbands’ good fortune as they used to be ,let’s say, in the late 19 th century - now they can afford things that most of the men in poorer countries can only dream of.
Julie is probably a rare exception to this rule. Not that she doesn’t want to get rich or buy high quality consumer goods but simply understands that money is just money, with a bit of luck and hard work it’s not really that hard to make a good living but if you are dead inside and cannot derive pleasure from other aspects of life like intellectual enrichment, long-lasting social bonds with other people around you and so on, then you start buying anything you can get your hands on just to dull this throbbing emotional pain.
That explains why you can meet smiling people in a refugee camp and why some of the (utterly miserable) millennials work at jobs they hate to buy things they do not really need to impress people they don’t even know. :)
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Ok, actually what you are saying reminds me of Woody Allen's famous qoute, "You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred".:) But what I'm suggesting is a bit different. At some point in your life you will have to work your butt off to reach your life goals and make sure that you have some finanacila cushion to fall on at times of crisis.
If you don't put in work then the chances are you'll be slaving away at a low-paying job for the rest of your life and never reach your full potential.
Keep in mind, I am not solely talking about reaching a relatively high standard of living but also emphasizing the importance of pursuing life-long goals that make life more meaningful.
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Seems like a good time to restate the original question. Can an introvert be a good shopper?
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That’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? Can I remain alive inside and still have some fun shopping? I promise to derive some pleasure from intellectual enrichment later. :-)mustang пишет: ↑30 мар 2019, 11:07 we follow the basic rule of thumb: the more the better. It’s especially true for young women today
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if you are dead inside and cannot derive pleasure from other aspects of life like intellectual enrichment, long-lasting social bonds with other people around you and so on, then you start buying anything you can get your hands on just to dull this throbbing emotional pain.
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Well, as famous as it may be, it was unknown to me, and I'm not quite sure about its meaning. What is being a hundred? A hundred years old? Well, maybe we shouldn't want it all that much. I've read somewhere that only a quarter of those who live very long avoid senile dementia. What is so good about being an old fool? :)
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