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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author)
by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author)
Ever so curious. I went through it pretty quickly ... but what she says seems to make a lot of sense to me.
Just a couple things where I tucked a little bookmark into that page.
"Open=plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory.... They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure. Open-plan workers are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and elevated stress levels and to get the flu.... They have fewer personal and confidential conversations with colleagues. They're often subject to loud and uncontrollable noise, which raises heart rates; releases cortisol, the body's fight-or-flight 'stress' hormone; and makes people socially distant ..." (p 84)
Hmmm. The library at my school is in a hallway. No wonder I have been sick more in the time I've been there than at any other time in my life. There is literally NOWHERE but my car (and in Texas heat? EEEK!) to go during the day for even five minutes of quiet. I can't close the door to my classroom EVER during a conference period (which is not to say teachers get to do that often ... but occassionally!).
"Conviction is conviction ... at whatever decibel level it's expressed." (p 202)
"We would all be better off if, before accepting a new job, we evaluated the presence or absence of restorative niches as carefully as we consider the family leave policy or heath insurance plans." (p 219)
Page 255-256 are some "thoughts for teachers" in terms of school environments that might work best for introverts. Somewhere when I heard about this book it was stated that this entire chapter ought to be required reading for teachers ... both introverts or extroverts themselves ... to help understand different types of students.
It's interesting ... I didn't bookmark that but somewhere it mentioned how as adults people seem to "blossom" ... but might that not be because they finally get to CHOOSE where they are instead of being placed in a one size fits all school?
Not to give too much credit to this book. I heard once that the study of doctrine would change behavior more quickly/reliably than the study of behavior. And really, that is true. But it does help to understand behavior. And not feel badly because of it.
Just a couple things where I tucked a little bookmark into that page.
"Open=plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory.... They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure. Open-plan workers are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure and elevated stress levels and to get the flu.... They have fewer personal and confidential conversations with colleagues. They're often subject to loud and uncontrollable noise, which raises heart rates; releases cortisol, the body's fight-or-flight 'stress' hormone; and makes people socially distant ..." (p 84)
Hmmm. The library at my school is in a hallway. No wonder I have been sick more in the time I've been there than at any other time in my life. There is literally NOWHERE but my car (and in Texas heat? EEEK!) to go during the day for even five minutes of quiet. I can't close the door to my classroom EVER during a conference period (which is not to say teachers get to do that often ... but occassionally!).
"Conviction is conviction ... at whatever decibel level it's expressed." (p 202)
"We would all be better off if, before accepting a new job, we evaluated the presence or absence of restorative niches as carefully as we consider the family leave policy or heath insurance plans." (p 219)
Page 255-256 are some "thoughts for teachers" in terms of school environments that might work best for introverts. Somewhere when I heard about this book it was stated that this entire chapter ought to be required reading for teachers ... both introverts or extroverts themselves ... to help understand different types of students.
It's interesting ... I didn't bookmark that but somewhere it mentioned how as adults people seem to "blossom" ... but might that not be because they finally get to CHOOSE where they are instead of being placed in a one size fits all school?
Not to give too much credit to this book. I heard once that the study of doctrine would change behavior more quickly/reliably than the study of behavior. And really, that is true. But it does help to understand behavior. And not feel badly because of it.
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