Professional Profile
Throughout my experience at Texas A&M, I have discovered many of my technical
strengths and weaknesses. I have always enjoyed chemistry and math due to the fact there is
usually always an exact answer that can be proven. These courses were easy for me due to my
ability to pick up on patterns as well as understanding how and why formulas work. The
material that I mostly struggled with was memorization. Courses such as livestock nutrition
and entomology tended to confuse me with the amount of information we were required to
simply commit to memory. Instead of simply figuring out how a pattern or formula works, I
had to spend countless hours re-reading material in order to retain it. Many of the agricultural
classes I have taken so far have had extensive time requirements for completing projects and
out-of-class assignments. This has instilled me with the responsibility to keep with deadlines
and turn in assignments in a timely fashion. With such a busy schedule and inadequate time
management, I have a rather poor study habit. Although I keep my grades up with a respectful
GPA, I usually allow things outside the classroom to disrupt the learning that should be taking
place while the professor is lecturing.
The agricultural classes I really excelled at were the ones in which there was math or
chemistry involved. Classes in which we had hands-on projects gave me the chance to not only
visualize the material, but interact with it as well. I believe that this learning method instills
something that “book smarts” cannot. It doesn’t matter how well a student knows the material
if they cannot recreate it in a real world application. Classes that taught information that
wasn’t immediately applicable in the real world has been much more difficult for me to focus
on because it was hard from to find a reason. I want the material I teach to have a reason it’s
being taught that’s not only understood, but appreciated by my future students.
After taking multiple learning styles tests, I have found that my personality type is that
of the Guardian. I have a strength for assuring that things are properly managed and running
smoothly. Although I can be laid back, I am very serious about my responsibilities and making
sure the job is finished in a timely manner. I aspire to being practical and reasonable. Wellestablished rules provide for a fair environment where everyone is considered equal.
Maintaining discipline and loyalty will provide for the most efficient teamwork atmosphere in
and out of the classroom. Many who share similar strengths generally tend to land the
indispensable but thankless jobs that many people overlook. I enjoy having my life organized
into a well-structured schedule and oriented to follow a routine pattern that doesn’t involve
much improvising.
My learning styles learned more towards kinesthetic and auditory learning. Hearing a
teacher explain the material gives me a perspective through which to begin learning. Although
I prefer to have written directions and objectives to reference back to when needed, I learn
new material the best with hands-on experience.
I plan to take my love for practicality and fundamental rules to give a group of future
students a great, fair agriculture learning environment. I also hope to utilize my dependability
to earn the trust and respect of not only the students, but their parents and the local
community as well. I lastly plan to use my strengths of reason and trustworthiness try to make
a smooth, sensible relationship with the administration which I will find myself working under.
Learning Styles Results
Results for: Dustin Metting
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9
7
5
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3
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5
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11
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5
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11
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5
7
9
11
3
5
7
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INT
11
9
7
5
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VRB
11
9
7
5
3
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GLO
11
9
7
5
3
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If your score on a scale is 1-3, you are fairly well balanced
on the two dimensions of that scale.
If your score on a scale is 5-7, you have a moderate
preference for one dimension of the scale and will learn more
easily in a teaching environment which favors that
dimension.
If your score on a scale is 9-11, you have a very strong
preference for one dimension of the scale. You may have real
difficulty learning in an environment which does not support
that preference.
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Custom Keirsey Temperament Report for: Dustin Metting
Your Keirsey Temperament Sorter Results indicates that your personality type is
that of the
Guardians (SJ's) are the cornerstone of society, for they are the temperament
given to serving and preserving our most important social institutions. Guardians
have natural talent in managing goods and services--from supervision to
maintenance and supply -- and they use all their skills to keep things running
smoothly in their families, communities, schools, churches, hospitals, and
businesses.
Guardians can have a lot of fun with their friends, but they are quite serious
about their duties and responsibilities. Guardians take pride in being dependable
and trustworthy; if there's a job to be done, they can be counted on to put their
shoulder to the wheel. Guardians also believe in law and order, and sometimes
worry that respect for authority, even a fundamental sense of right and wrong,
is being lost. Perhaps this is why Guardians honor customs and traditions so
strongly -- they are familiar patterns that help bring stability to our modern,
fast-paced world.
Practical and down-to-earth, Guardians believe in following the rules and
cooperating with others. They are not very comfortable winging it or blazing new
trails; working steadily within the system is the Guardian way, for in the long run
loyalty, discipline, and teamwork get the job done right. Guardians are
meticulous about schedules and have a sharp eye for proper procedures. They
are cautious about change, even though they know that change can be healthy
for an institution. Better to go slowly, they say, and look before you leap.
Guardians make up as much as 40 to 45 percent of the population, and a good
thing, because they usually end up doing all the indispensable but thankless jobs
everyone else takes for granted.
You are most comfortable when your life is structured. As a result you usually
prefer a workplace that lets you create a routine you can settle into. Because you
are dependable and exacting, your colleagues and customers rely on your work.
Your ideal job offers you a clear chain of command, and lets you progress through
a hierarchy based on your meeting expectations.
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Aural 7
Read/Write 6
Kinesthetic 8
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