Helpful INTP?

[shadowdrums4]

So I'm starting up a little study group thing to help some of my friends who are having trouble in high school. I'm basically giving a free tutoring service for a couple of reasons. One is to make school easier for them, and one is because I'm not going to college right away, so I can retain things easier.

I'm starting to notice how much I really enjoy helping people with things. Even if it's just by listening to them rant. I always really have, but until now I didn't realize how much I enjoy it.

So are you helpful? If so, why? Is it because you enjoy helping them or because of some sense of duty or something else entirely? Are there things you are more likely to try and help with or will you try to help with anything?

I've already answered that I'm helpful because I like helping people, but I suppose there is a sense of duty there too. It's my duty as a friend who has already finished high school to help those friends out for example. I suppose I try to help with anything (obviously there are going to be things you have an easier time helping with) but I can't think of anything I'd necessarily ignore or walk away from.

So what about you guys?

 

[KazeCraven]

I like being able to answer questions. I'm only likely to help spontaneously if it is a matter of understanding something. However, if someone presses me for help, and it would be easy to help out then I will regardless, mostly because of the general fact that ignoring someone or saying no is awkward if it's a reasonable request.

Fortunately, people mostly expect academic help from me.

 

[Ermine]

Definitely. While I wouldn't make a career out of it, I definitely feel good helping others and offering whatever expertise I may have. There's also a sense of duty. If the demand is reasonable, I can't fathom telling someone no when they ask for help.

 

[bloozie]

I usually end up helping people out when I get bored of whatever it is that I'm doing. I end up walking around looking at what people are up to and a few will ask for help, or I'll notice that they were doing something incorrectly and I'll tell them what they should do.
Also, when I learn something new, like how to operate a machine, I make it a habit to show people how to use it. Basically, one person first helps me out and then I make sure that I help other people along... essentially multiplying that helpful nature.

 

[snafupants]

i ended up tutoring high schoolers with the ACT a while back (while in college). i think i enjoyed it more than they did as i get a thrill out of bringing understanding to younger folk, while they ostensibly where cooped up in a classroom. their attention was hit or miss, however, which made things frustrating at times.

duty bound is a strong term. i felt it would be a nice service to give, especially since i had little on my plate at the time. that said, i would refrain from helping in the gulf or anything that would jeopardize my health in a major way.

 

[Gather_Wanderer]

It is difficult to turn someone down if they legitimately need help and I am an able body.

 

[Ska]

Yea, I normally help people when I can. Except if it's something they can do for themselves, and then I ask them why they just don't simply do it themselves. Normally this is my sister.

 

[Shmo]

I really enjoy tutoring and giving people advice.

I enjoy tutoring simply because it lets me play around with the concepts I'm teaching, as well as reassuring me I have grasped them in every way possible. The fact that I oftentimes have to come up with different perspectives on things I considered obvious and intuitive in order to explain them oftentimes shows me hidden complexity in what I am teaching.

The reason I enjoy giving advice and working out people's problems, especially practical advice and possible courses of action, is that it lets me consider various possibilities. I rarely have any set-in-stone views about what I give advice on, and oftentimes because the topic I'm consulting someone about is something I might have never had first-hand experience with, the "advice" becomes more like a mutual brainstorming session.

Perhaps the most gratifying part about tutoring and working on others' problems is the fact that it lets me show someone my thinking process. I often feel the need to share my thoughts and sometimes I get very unsettled when I have what I consider to be a brilliant idea and no one to share it with.

 

[Razare]

Hey, I think that's great of your shadow. I wish I was more like that when I got out of high school.

 

[dreamoftheunknown]

@shadowdrums4 - Yeah, I like helping people. I'll always at least try to help people unless they ask me something about which I have no clue. In which case, if I can, I'll point them to some resource that can help them solve their problem. I did what you did when I was in high school - I was in the math club, but instead of going to practice, I tutored other kids in math. I just loved the feeling I got when they finally understood something. Well, as you might imagine, I don't get to do too much of that these days, though, I sometimes get questions from people.

 

[Geminii]

Helpful Cat is Helpful.