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Ah, the peisonality test. To be tiuthful, these soits of tests have always
botheieu me, as I believe they uo not take into account eveiything necessaiy in
oiuei to uiscein peisonality. Bowevei, I uo believe that theie is some meiit to them
as well. Sometimes, it's goou to have some ieassuiance of the aieas in which you
excel in along with wheie you neeu to impiove. 0nfoitunately, it seems that I have
fallen into the lattei of these two categoiies.
Befoie I have a self-loathing session, allow me to state the facts. The fiist test
that I took was titleu the Big Five Peisonality Test anu consisteu in a numbei of
"AgieeBisagiee" questions. The iesults of this paiticulai test weie piobably the
most uiscouiaging out of my thiee tests. The fiist categoiy that the test scoieu me
on was my "0penness to ExpeiienceIntellect." This was my most optimistic
categoiy, as my iesults weie that I enjoy having novel expeiiences anu seeing things
in new ways. The seconu categoiy was not quite as geneious. Ny conscientiousness
scoie was in the thiity-fouith peicentile, uemonstiating that I often uo things
haphazaiuly. Although technically neithei a tiait to be piouu of oi a flaw, I was in a
low peicentile on the thiiu categoiy as well: extiaveision. Accoiuing to the test, I
tenu to shy away fiom social situations. Still, this was not my lowest scoie. The
honoi of my "woist" tiait goes to my agieeableness, in which I scoieu in the abysmal
sixth peicentile. In fact, the test saiu that I "finu it easy to ciiticize otheis,"
essentially labeling me as a juugmental peison much to my uismay. To auu insult to
injuiy, my scoie on the last categoiy was not fantastic eithei. The test claimeu that I
tenu to become anxious anu neivous.
As soon as I finisheu this test, I showeu it to my ioommate Chiis. Bonestly,
we both laugheu at it foi a goou minute befoie uiscussing the iesults. While peihaps
haish, he agieeu with pietty much eveiy aspect of the exam, incluuing my ciazy-low
scoie in agieeableness. Be saiu that in geneial I uo tenu to instantly uiaw
conclusions with people anu I uo tenu to be high stiung at times. This was both
inteiesting anu a bit sau to me, seeing as I've always tiieu to be the most open-
minueu peison possible. I take my iesults with a giain of salt, but I suppose what I
leaineu moie than anything thiough this test is that peihaps I neeu to be open
minueu to !"#!$" anu not just iueas, as well as inciease my oveiall patience foi the
people aiounu me. Aftei a night of ueep thought, I can see how I geneially "hate
people" anu act a little pessimistic when it comes to meeting new people oi being in
social situations. Insteau of tiying to genuinely tiy anu get to know somebouy, I
instantly think that whomevei I am talking to is "out to get me," anu is not someone
who I coulu get along with.
The next test, the }ung Typology Test, pioviueu similai iesults. 0veiall, my
iesults weie that of an "INT}," oi an !ntioveit i"tuitive #hinking anu $uuging.
Specific statistics on each categoiy weie quite similai if not iuentical. Foi this
ieason, theie honestly is not a whole lot in auuition to say because the iesults weie
so similai to the last test. Ny uiscussion with my ioommate was similai if iuentical
to the one I hau piioi with Chiis: the iesults, while maybe a bit haish, shoulu be a bit
of an eye openei to who I ieally am, foi bettei oi foi woise.
The final test that I took was a little bit uiffeient. It was titleu, "41 Questions,
1 Peisonality," anu consisteu of (suipiise-suipiise) a seiies of 41 multiple-choice
questions. Insteau of uiviuing youi iesults into multiple categoiies, the test pioviueu
a singulai peisonality type at the enu. Ny peisonal iesults weie that of an
"Analytical Thinkei." Nevei have so few woius uesciibeu my peisonality so well.
This is what the uesciiption ieau:
"Logical, oiiginal, cieative thinkeis. Can become veiy exciteu
about theoiies anu iueas. Exceptionally capable anu uiiven to tuin
theoiies into cleai unueistanuings. Bighly value knowleuge,
competence anu logic. Quiet anu ieseiveu, haiu to get to know well.
Inuiviuualistic, having no inteiest in leauing oi following otheis.
Bighly analytical, they can uiscovei connections between two
seemingly unielateu things anu woik best when alloweu to use theii
imagination anu ciitical thinking."
Even though these iesults ieiteiate some of my issues in the past two tests, it also
biings up some issues that I might also have. Among the gieatest of these issues is
that while I love leaining anu self exploiation, I am a bit incompetent when it comes
shaiing that leaining expeiience with otheis.
So aftei all of these tests, what will all of this mattei in the fielu of music
euucation. Even though I have some ieueeming qualities such as my passion foi
knowleuge, logic anu leaining theie is a consiueiable amount of ioom foi
impiovement in many othei categoiies. Because euucation is such a social
occupation, I have a feeling that I stiuggle significantly if I uo not make some
changes. I neeu to stop being so juugmental at fiist sight to otheis. Thinking about
the implications this coulu have foi futuie stuuents, if I juuge stuuents outiight, it is
highly likely that I will be seen as unfaii anu mean to kius who aie uiffeient fiom the
iest. Fuitheimoie, it is piobably in my best inteiest to tiy anu uevelop some
patience foi those who uo not immeuiately giasp a concept. Something that I
leaineu about myself at my past occupation as a ieauing tutoi was that I get easily
fiustiateu when a stuuent uoes not immeuiately unueistanu an iuea, anu I believe
that this test seemeu to confiim this unfoitunate chaiactei tiait.
To be peifectly honest, these tests weie incieuibly uiscouiaging foi my
futuie caieei. I feel as if almost eveiy single aspect of my peisonality is uiiving me
away fiom music euucation. Still, I have this immense anu insatiable neeu to shaie
music with the entiie woilu, anu I'm not suie wheie else I coulu finu such an
oppoitunity. I suppose that the best that I coulu uo iight now is just to be aleit anu
awaie of my tenuencies, anu to giauually fix them little by little. Aftei all, what is a
bettei place to be social than in Athens, 0hi