Do the accomplishments of great people cancel out their character flaws? How does this apply to Thomas Jefferson?
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The character traits of President Thomas Jefferson can be described as quiet, easy going, curious, highly intelligent, open and direct. It has been speculated that the Myers-Briggs personality type for Thomas Jefferson is an would be INTJ (introversion, intuition, thinking, judgment).
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feel, as a historian and a teacher, that not enough, particularly in a testing era, is done on biography. Most adults, if you ask, how did you come to love history? they’ll say, I read this biography. So biography is sort of the gateway to history for many adults, and I think it should also play a more prominent and important role in the education of K-12 students.
And Jefferson in himself is a fascinating person. There are so many compartments to his life that also tell you a lot about the founding of the country and how to conduct your own life. I believe that Jefferson is a moral exemplar, a guide, a sage, a seer, as well as being a fascinating man.