Life and the Mind

While reading the latest installment in Dykes to Watch Out For which chronicles the story of Cynthia, the conservative lesbian smarty pants student/wannabe CIA agent, who alternately amuses and appalls her older radical mentors. On the blog which accompanies the strip Alison Bechdel answers a reader who wonders whether the CIA would really hire lesbians. Sure enough, it seems the CIA is committed to all sorts of diversity, including sexual orientation, and Bechdel links to the CIA personality quiz according to which I am a Curious Adventurer. Bechdel herself is a thoughtful observer. And if you care about Myers-Briggs at all, I’m a INTJ, and I don’t know what AB is though I’m guessing we share the I, as in "introvert." At least my career choices matches my personality type…see the list below from  Suggested Careers for Myers-Briggs Types. Most of this list I like, but dentists?! More later on how well the INTJ types do in the classroom and why we are doomed to disappoint our students. (Hint: almost all high school teachers-and church ministers-are E’s.)

INTJ -
Scientists, engineers, professors, teachers, medical doctors,
dentists, corporate strategists, organization founders, business
administrators, managers, military, lawyers, judges, computer
programmers, system analysts, computer specialists,
psychologists, photographers, research department managers,
researchers, university instructors, chess players. They have a
particular skill at grasping difficult, complex concepts and
building strategies.

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