fandomhigh | Jung (Monday, 01/30/2006, 4th Period)

CLASS IS CLOSED
The door, as usual, is closed in order to minimize disruptions from the hallway, and Jenny's got coffee and doughnuts sitting up on her desk by the sign-in sheet. "Today we're going to be talking a bit about Individuation. ~~Yay, Wikipedia! And textbooks saved from college courses.~~ Individuation is also related to developmental psychology, specifically Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development, but we'll only be dealing with the concept in relation to analytical psych.

Generally, individuation is the conscious realization of your subconscious personality traits--some people might say your "true self," but I say it's the parts of yourself that are maybe shoved to the side or unexamined. You know? Everyone has them. In the process, you work on both developing your own identity and becoming a whole person. So it's pretty obvious where the term individuation comes from, right?

Couple of vocabulary terms for you guys to know: Egotism is defined here as a realization of your strengths, but a lack of awareness of your weaknesses. Remember, to become a whole person and reduce your subconscious conflicts, you've got to be aware of both. Self-depreciation is the exact opposite--realizing your weaknesses, but ignoring your strengths. Everyone's got both.

So, based on your Myers-Briggs results from our last class session, the one before the quiz, gimme an idea of both how you feel about the concept of individuation in general, and how it applies to yourself."

OOC: I do not have webmail access during the day; the only address I have access to is my work e-mail (which, for obvious reasons, I don't have LJ comment notifications going to). If you need something from me, please ping me in the voice mail or e-mail links below. I will try to check that once in the morning and once in the afternoon, depending on how busy I am at work. I'll check it at least once every morning; however. When I get home at night, I don't log onto LJ or e-mail until after my son has been put to bed around 7:30 or 8 CST (on most nights; however, there are a few exceptions). My IM is in my userinfo and I'll make a point of being accessible on it when I'm at home and online. Tuesday nights I am generally inaccessible; I might be online after my dance lesson, but I need at least one night for non-FH time. Luckily, none of Jenny's classes are run on Tuesdays.

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Susan frowns and rubs her forehead. "Not really, no." She sighs. "It's complicated. I got called away - the family business - I wasn't myself. For a while." She winces. "I'm not explaining this very well."

[[ooc: But, but Susan has an IC reason! She has angst! It's fun!]]

"I'm sorry to hear that, Susan," said Jenny sympathetically. "And yeah, I'm not so clear on what you mean."

OOC: Yay, IC angst! That's always fun, and great to roleplay out. And that attendance for the past two weeks is a 'my personal choice for my classes' thing, not an official admin thing.

Susan shakes her head. "My... my grandfather. He's an anthromorphic personification. Do you know what that is?"

"I can pretty much figure it out, yeah," said Jenny. "What's he an anthropomorphic personification of?"

OOC: LJ ate my reply. It's evil.

"Er," says Susan, looking intensely embarrassed. "He's Death." She pauses for a minute, blushing. "He's a freshman. You might have seen him around?"

Jenny blinked. "Don't think I've seen him. Big, black robes? Wickedly sharp scythe? Traditional imagery? So, something came up with your grandfather the freshman?"

OOC: Bwah!

"Yes, that's him alright. Only, while he's here, he hasn't been doing his job. You know, reaping the souls of the departed? But the job has to be done. I mean, if it isn't, reality comes apart at the seams. It's not pretty. So if he isn't doing it, somebody ahs to. I have to. Even if I'd rather not." She looks irritated. "So I get dragged off, anthropormorhpised, and spend a week reaping souls before I get back enough control of my own body to shake it off. And then I spent a week in bed recovering."

She stops talking, winces and nods. "So, that's what's been happening. Do you think I'm crazy?"

"Wow," said Jenny. She looked at Susan consideringly. "You might want to have a talk with your grandfather about taking turns with this whole anthropomorphization thing. It sounds a little out of the realm of my experience, Susan, but I don't think you're crazy. I mean, heck, I spent about eight years dead before I came here to teach, and that's not too nuts, is it?"

Susan scowls blackly. "I don't want to take turns. I want him to do his job. It's his reason for existing and I'm a seventeen-year-old girl. I shouldn't have to be covering for him." She folds her arms and looks sulky. Then she blinks. "You were dead?" She squints at Jenny, looks straight through her. "Oh. Okay. That's ... interesting."

"Have you told your grandfather that, then?" asked Jenny. "Whatever you talk to him about, it definitely sounds like you and he need to have a talk." Jenny grinned wryly. "You're telling me? Family. But what're you gonna do? If you want to make up your absences, you can spend some time in my office studying when I hold office hours on Friday."

OOC: In fact, you can make a comment in office hours stating "Susan spends enough time studying to cover her absences" if you want. :)

"I do need to talk to him about this, don't I?" Susan gives a wry grin. "Okay, I'll do that. Thanks, Ms Calander."

"Any time, Susan," said Jenny. She smiled back. "I'll see you later."

Jung (Monday, 01/30/2006, 4th Period)

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