Blog Assignment #8 Definition

    Despite having been told definition essays are the easiest to write, I would have to disagree. I feel like I would never be able to choose a topic or know what subjects and topics to introduce while writing it. However, the essays in this chapter are very well written and definitely explain the main idea very clearly. My favorite was "Caring for Your Introvert" by Jonathan Rauch.
    Many people who are around me a lot would say that I am an extrovert because I talk a lot and I like people to pay attention to me. I check my phone every two minutes (Rauch suggests that this indicates extrovert-ism --is that a word?) and I often feel energized by people and dread being alone. At other times, though, I cannot wait to get away and just be by myself. I often find myself anxious in groups and at parties and long to just go home and read a book or do anything alone. I do agree with his idea that introverts' motto is "I'm okay, you're okay-in small doses." I couldn't agree with that anymore. I hang out with friends a lot and a lot of the time, they ask me to have sleepovers with them or tell me we should hang out the following day, or just "soon" and all I can think is that if I see them within the next two weeks, I might kill them from the high dose of their company. (Haha, this is making me sound like a horrible person!)
     I'm probably an introvert with extrovert tendancies that I've learned from the way I was raised. I liked that Rauch addressed whether introverts are arrogant, oppressed, and misunderstood. Of course they (we) are. Many people see them as arrogant because they keep to themselves in most situations and stand by, just listening. Sometimes we silently judge, but you'll never know because we're introverts. *insert evil laugh here* Rauch is definitely a good representative for introverts. He understands the way they are, but has found a way to get his thoughts out in public. He clearly explains the way introverts work, but doesn't stop there. He also suggests how to support introverts: to recognize that it isn't a choice, people don't choose to be this way, they just are; when they're lost in thought, not to ask if something is wrong or treat them like victims of depression; and to just shut up. Let people be how they are and stop judging them or making assumptions.