A number of years ago, I took the Myers & Briggs personality assessment. I was tabbed an ENFP. When I read the description of my type, I was thrilled. I thought, Yup that's me and I'm glad it's me.

My enthusiasm, particularly for the E classification which stands for extrovert, was well-founded. Being an extrovert is the gold standard in America, particularly in our schools. As students, extroverts are the volunteers, the kids who make cheesy videos, the guys who march up to the homecoming queen and ask them out (my wife was a homecoming queen), and the students who inject levity into drab academic settings. As teachers, extroverts are the hams. Even worse, many extroverts seem determined to transform quiet contemplative students into mini versions of them. Extroverts say things like, I'm going to pull you out of your shell, or... Put yourself out there. I've done this! I must change!

And here's where my stunning guest, Chrissy Romano-Arribato from the Garden State, makes her grand entrance. As impressive as Chrissy truly is, I invited her on this episode because she's a proud introvert. She's going to help blowhards like me help the 1/3rd of my students that are introverted.