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I Am An Introvert

Sometimes I wonder why I chose to be a teacher being an introvert. I wonder how I am able to stand teaching in a big school with more than one thousand students and almost one hundred teachers. The only rational explanation I can find is that I really love teaching.

Today some of my students are graduating. They are nice people. I enjoyed teaching them. I have not attended a graduation ceremony in many years. This year I intended to make an exception. But the thought of a venue crowded with students, colleagues and parents is unbearable. As the time when the ceremony got closer, I started getting more and more anxious. Images of myself having a panic attack and having to leave the ceremony crossed my mind. So this year will not be an exception. I have to accept my limits.
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JustNik · 51-55, F
Did you understand when you chose the path of teaching that you were an introvert? I nearly followed the same path and I know at that age the whole introvert/extrovert concept wasn’t even a glimmer in my mind.
Cierzo · M
@JustNik I have always thought I was a shy person rather than an introvert. With the passing of time I have become less shy, talking in public is something I fear less, but I realise more strongly that solitude fills my batteries whereas with being with other people empties them.