[EmotionallyTonedGeometry]

I can imagine no greater joy than teaching. Simply put, teaching is researching something amazing and then help others uncover what you've discovered. If you're not teaching something amazing though, it could get pretty ugly.

[susurration]

I love teaching. I am going to be learning the specifics of teaching young learners soon, and just from some self-preparation I stumbled across Piaget's stages of child development (Child Development: Stages & How Child Learn) which really makes a difference in how you can adjust the way you teach to make it more appropriate for the child. As an INTP I'm a very abstract thinker, but since most children aren't ready for abstract thought until they hit (around) puberty, obviously I'd have to adapt in order to keep them interested. This kind of thing makes a huge difference. In any case I welcome the challenge, I love the idea of tackling my own biases in order to get to the most important thing, which is conveying information in a way that is meaningful, engaging, and relevant. I can't wait to see that little light bulb of understanding light their faces.

I have a similar approach to you. You have to understand human development and human psychology, in order to know how to structure learning appropriately and what you can reasonably expect of students.

I love the challenge of having to synthesise the knowledge of a subject and human psychology, in order to teach. Especially the more difficult students that everyone seems to give up on. I love the challenge of having to cater to 30 (give or take) different and unique learning styles in one classroom or setting. I love the challenge of having to confront my own biases, my own ways of thinking, my own assumptions, my own understandings, in order to help other people learn. I like my patience being tested; I like the challenge of continuously having to reframe things for students who don't understand or don't want to learn. I like the challenge of finding ways to engage the most difficult of students.

[Fractals and Pterodactyls]

I knew there was some reason I felt a connection to you. I'm currently a high school teacher myself, and I feel a lot of these same frustrations. I always enjoy knowing that it's not something unique to type.

Or maybe there is a connection to type? I feel like an INTP/ISFJ split personality. I'm going to be making a post about shortly.

[Erudis]

I like teaching friends, or explaining things in general. But I don't know if I would like to be a teacher.
Most students don't want to learn, why would I waste my time trying to teach them?

Maybe it depends on the topic, but training people who are, at best, semi-computer literate how to use programs that are far too advanced for them is one of the most frustrating things I've ever had to do in my life. I start getting frustrated by their inability to keep up with the most rudimentary things like navigating menus, and then the rage starts boiling up inside me so that it takes all my concentration just to not choke them to death with a mouse cord.

[anarchitektur]

I like teaching friends, or explaining things in general. But I don't know if I would like to be a teacher.
Most students don't want to learn, why would I waste my time trying to teach them?

[Arbite]

My old physics teacher was a classic ENTP/INTP, very passionate about physics in general. It waas him who really got me interested in the subject.

I would love to be able to pass onto kids my knowledge.

[HuxtaBrilliant]

As of right now, I plan on either being a high school Spanish teacher or an English teacher someplace in Europe. Honestly, I think I'd rather teach English than Spanish, just because I love English's quirky and somewhat insane development. I will not enjoy the babysitting aspects of it though. Also, grading. That will be a nightmare.

*Tangent* Anybody have TEFL/TESOL certification? If so, are there any courses you might recommend?

[nottie]

I'm 90% certain the best teacher I ever had was an INTP. C:

[infinitewisdom]

I love English's quirky and somewhat insane development.

What aspects of English's development you find insane and quirky? Is it the assimilation of other languages world wide, or the kings who hired wordsmiths to expand/evolve the language.

[jd_]

huxta, question your motivation

all jobs will have issues you have to deal with

work in medicine? deal with bad patients

work in law? repeat with clients

work in IT? people will circumvent a ticket and come straight to you

want to just write? okay...sit around and wait to get paid, it may never come...

want to write computer programs? Well you'll most likely be helping out crappy companies who just care about the bottom line.

you could always become an ascetic, but the treatment of the homeless is pretty foul and you might get killed.

and most of all in all of these fields, you will be dealing with a lot of pompous folks.

sure these teaching positions might get filled regardless if you participate or not, but do you want the positions to be filled by drones who just fell into that career b/c of no other option? Say they wanted to be an accountant, and had a bachelors degree so they are waiting out the market and thought they would get some travel out of it by going to korea and getting a "mark" on their resume. This happens quite a bit. or do you want it to be yourself, somebody who wants to excel and change things?

with most jobs, you will also be leading a relatively pointless life, and nobody will remember you whatsoever. especially so if you value your time, and figure you are doing something for 40 hours+ a week which you might even DESPISE. I make absolutely no apologies about my disdain for most laymen, its sytems and institutions.

I think I have come to the same conclusion as a lot of F's, but by different direction of analyzing that most of our socially constructed lives is relatively pointless and absurd, so the only thing to do is some kind of artistic expression, fighting for a cause or give back through teaching and living the actual philosophical life that goes along with it.