“You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the shapes around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to ponder ideas and imagine the many possibilities of your life without worrying about the details or specifics. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You prefer a structured environment within which to live and you like things to be predictable.”

I always think I’m analyzing too much when I take these things. English major busybrain, thinking, “Wow, I sure avoid people and all their devices, don’t I. Did I say sky before? Why didn’t I focus on the sky this time? Why is this tree so much more compelling? Why don’t they have more conifers?”

Please pray for the many displaced people who lost everything and have no where to turn; many escaped with only the clothes on their backs. They are safe, they are being fed and hopefully they can get their lives started over, in time. Texas is a great state! Many heartening stories coming in.

They’re not the sort to raise a fuss, and I imagine they’re probably doing what they always do, looking for ways to cope and checking on neighbors to make sure everyone’s okay, and digging in to wait things out. But it’s also not a wealthy area, and there are a lot of folks there who won’t have resources to wait it out for very long.

Also…I could not bear to take a class like the math class you’ve described. Part of learning is finding what works for *you*, and to insist that the students use a canned system rather than learning…well, it makes you seem like a factory rather than a university. Nuts to them!

HIPAA protects people’s privacy concerning medical treatment. So if I tell you about a patient and let slip enough details to allow you to figure out who the patient was, I’ve violated HIPAA, because now you know who they are and that they are undergoing medical treatment. But that would require something like a name, age, partial address, or maybe a peculiar/unusual medical condition that not many people have. A gender and a made-up name simply do not constitute enough information to qualify as a privacy violation!