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Funny, when I did this when I was newly married (a diff. one though) I was so strong in one quadrant. Now I am much more balanced (or so the test says  )
I came out a Melancholy Phlegmetic. Maybe that is why I am a regular visitor on your planning blog Willa??
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Well, the child I "thought" was melancholic had a result of: Sanguine Choleric
What age do you think a child should be before taking this test?
She reads at a high level and certainly seemed to understand it.
On the other hand, my oldest (who tested exactly as I would have predicted him to test) said upon his first look at the test, "What's all this supposed to mean?"
And there you have the different temperaments I live with in my house.
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Cay--I think the thing about a child taking it young, especially a girl, is that it is very hard to answer what you KNOW to be true and not what you WANT to be true, even as an adult, much less as a younger person who may not even be sure yet where the line is between those things. I would suggest you try answering it with her in mind and see what it comes out, perhaos if the results are what you expected, then this is the case. Especially if a child is melancholy, there would be a temptation for her to want to be the lively Sanguine-type and to dream she is so. Maybe she'd let you look at what she's answering...I wouldn't correct her if she's melancholic, because it would be crushing, but you could see where she may be answering differently than what you would expect or know to be true. If that's the case, that would be a really good insight into this child--if she is melancholy but wishes to be like to the lighthearted sanguine friends she knows, you could see where some of her frustrations come from. Just my thoughts for the morning.....
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Ditto what Willa said - though the test said I was Melancholic (54%) and choleric (18%). I also had (18%) phlegmatic. At least 4 or 5 of the questions I could have picked every single one of the answers - and a few I felt like nothing fit so I said shy (which I really am not, though I was at one time in my life).
My husband did not take the test but with my personality, thankfully he is the most patient, laid back person I know. I like the thought of our spouses temperments rubbing off on us. I know the children are grateful that I have learned to get my hotheadedness out in discussions with dh before addressing anything with the dc. Life is much calmer.
Also, it was immensely revealing to me to discover that my intense stubborness was actually a gift. There is one thing I cannot do and that is give up and in God's hands, this very tempermental tendency is what has helped me in defending and supporting our children and finding answers.
Another thing that occured to me is that doing well what comes naturally to our temperment isn't quite as meritorious as actually doing what does not come naturally. It is a bit encouraging since patience and losing my cool or being highly emotional are areas of extreme difficulty for me. While it is not all that difficult for me to be diligent (I'm stubborn, remember). Knowing this temperment will guard me from being overly proud of diligence and not too despondent when I am impatient - all the while, of course, trying to work on developing virtues whether they are more natural to me or not. Maybe it would give me a better clue where to start, though, as I do tend to try and do it all at once and get discouraged  .
I'm not likely to have much time researching all this stuff, but I wouldn't mind borrowing the book, The Temperment God Gave You. This has been interesting - and the very first 'test' like this I've ever taken.
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Mine said "meloncholy choleric". Which doesn't surprise me too much! (So, do you think homeschooling itself appeals to us m/c types, or just these kinds of quizzes--!!?)
I was just thinking about personality, planning, etc. recently, as it seems so difficult sometimes to figure out what works for me/us, and to be ok with it, and not to compare--and I was thinking about how personality comes into play with all of that. Analyzing, like a true meloncholic!
I'm good at planning but I tend to quickly lose energy/momentum and get deflated. One thing I've found with my personality, is when I get fired up (about organizing the house, gardening, cooking, whatever) I can get a TREMENDOUS amount done. It's just crazy! But then I have other days when I can hardly get myself to move out of my chair and do the bare essentials!!! I'm learning to just go with my natural rhythms and be ok with it. Things seem to get done in the end. I'm not very good at being faithful, regular or steady about anything-----but I'm learning maybe that's ok!!
BUT I've found for my kids' sake sometimes I need to stick with a plan/schedule and not question/change things so much of the time. It's upsetting for them, and they get so they don't know what to expect or what they should do when, and that just isn't good for the family. So this year I'm sticking with a basic curriculum plan with LOTS of space for "adding things in" according to what inspires me/us----it's working fairly well so far!! But it is interesting to me how the diff. personalities of the kids interplays with mom's personality in the homeschool situation. My oldest was always asking for more structure--textbooks, tests----I just dragged my feet about it. And, well, now he's in school. It isn't the "living"/somewhat spontaneous and interest-directed education I dreamed of, but he likes getting scored and is very competitive about it, is getting straight A's. I think he likes knowing exactly what is expected and then doing it, and I was never good at giving him that (exactly what I expected--I was always changing things!). So I guess it's working for him. I thought I was more like my oldest in personality, but it seems my younger guy is more "creative" like me in some ways, though with a definate phlegmatic twist!
I wonder if the questions on the quiz wouldn't really fit for children, though----they are pretty abstract.
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Another one for melancholic/phlegmatic! I'm actually supposed to be planning my 4yo's Five In A Row but instead I thought I'd visit you all!
What I have found with our planning is that I have to make our own plan for school and it is a perpetual plan without too many details. For example, I have a different focus for each day (Mon-spiritual, Tues-nature, Wed-literature, etc.). Our read aloud and their independent reading is in this focus. I do history daily along with Bible and poetry. I don't plan how many pages, I just pick up the book where we left off last week. We save all of our fine arts for Fridays.
This allows me flexibility but structure. We follow a basic routine to our day with some tweaking room. This is the first year that I'm understanding myself and what type of planning and schooling I can handle. I guess the 8th year was the magic year for me.
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I took the test and I completely agree that I am sanguine?choleric, but I wish I could figure out what my children are!!! I read The "Temperament God Gave You". It is very interesting in talking about the different ways to deal with different temperamnets. But still I can not figure out my dc 3 and 5. Maybe they are just to young?
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Sanguine Choleric. Start out with a bang and then I just want to have fun.  This happens weekly, which is why Mondays are challenging and as the week progresses, we have less and less to do school-wise.
The following are just hypotheses of what I believe my children are. I haven't had them take the test.
My oldest (and most difficult to understand for me) is Melancholy Phlegmatic.
#2 is probably another me or perhaps flipped: Choleric Sanguine.
#3 is Sanguine Phlegmatic
#4 is a strong Melancholic
#5 is Choleric Sanguine
The others are still too young to tell ...
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I'm a melancholic phlegmatic too. I was surprised, but it makes sense. My dh took the test and was almost evenly split between the four. I thought that he must have chosen the wrong descriptions, but I agreed with all of his choices. Isn't that strange?
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