Thalassa
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I think one of my professors was a really fussy, older INFJ. We did not get on well, believe it or not. She was very sensitive, easily moved by the pain of others, taught a class on the Holocaust, and was one of those Shakespeare-obsessed people. You'd think I would love her, but she was so persnickety and self-righteous and obsessed with grammar that I found her to be one of my least favorite English professors while in college.
I had another prof who I think was either INFJ or INTJ who was younger and had this really cool, dry sense of humor. I loved her to death, but she may have been INTJ not INFJ. She was extremely....unexpressive, like she was so good at being dead-pan, that I'm inclined to lean INTJ.
For me, personally, I think academia is not a place I want to be. I'm even afraid to go to grad school as a student because I've heard about so many people becoming depressed and despondent there, not to mention that I find the pretentiousness of academia annoying.
On the other hand, at one point I did imagine I wanted to be a professor because it seems to provide more creative control than being a public school teacher.
I had another prof who I think was either INFJ or INTJ who was younger and had this really cool, dry sense of humor. I loved her to death, but she may have been INTJ not INFJ. She was extremely....unexpressive, like she was so good at being dead-pan, that I'm inclined to lean INTJ.
For me, personally, I think academia is not a place I want to be. I'm even afraid to go to grad school as a student because I've heard about so many people becoming depressed and despondent there, not to mention that I find the pretentiousness of academia annoying.
On the other hand, at one point I did imagine I wanted to be a professor because it seems to provide more creative control than being a public school teacher.