HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH ALL THIS JARGON AND LINGO?
Although at its heart RBTI is beautifully simple, getting to fundamental truths through a mine-field of terminology, rules, warnings, and directions intimidates many. For instance, they may want to hear what others say about something like "Salts" and ask a question in the forum. In many cases they are immediately bombarded with possibly widely differing opinions. Now and then there are instances where, as an innocent, you may wonder what all the earnest, even frustrated answers are all about.
One way to minimize the smoke and flames (should it get that bad) is to spot agreement and disagreement between people who may have been trained by teachers of different talents. Toward the goal of helping all RBTI aspirants get on the same page, I, as webmaster, called on others and was informed that a self-guided quiz might do the job. So I investigated various quiz systems and prepared some basic questions. The thought was that anyone curious about their personal progress could take a short quiz and examine their grade. However, that did not work so well for people reluctant to take a chance that anyone---that is ANYONE---might have the ability to view how they did.
However, those afraid to "take a test" because their weaknesses and misconceptions could be made public proved to not be the biggest problem. True trouble arrived when internet biggies and computer systems decided self-executing files were to be branded malware and ruthlessly stamped out.
Something new needed to be done and it arrived via "Google Forms." Classroom teachers have flocked to Google Forms as a brilliant way to test their students and collect the data. However, while this website is intended to shine a light on RBTI for thousands, it is not intended to, nor can be, a classroom. Readers here are not "students" being guided by a mysterious "teacher."
So how could those curious "non-students" check their own RBTI understanding via being "quizzed"? How could "non-students" examine their personal progress in a fully anonymous manner and at the same time see how other anonymous "non-students" did as a group?
The answer rests with the PIN (Personal Identification Number) system. Bring up a quiz---any quiz---and enjoy yourself by answering any or all of the short questions. Skip anything you want---include everything you want. The only required item is that you provide a PIN so that YOU can later look at the group answers in spreadsheet form and instantly pick out YOUR answers.
That's right! No one else knows who you are and you don't know who anyone else is. That includes the person preparing the quiz, or even the webmaster. Anonymous means anonymous. Google may know something by matching I.P. numbers, but that info does not come back in the answer spreadsheet. The whole thing is as anonymous as anonymous can be. For that matter, you can take the quiz as many times as you want and you can use the old PIN or a new PIN any time you wish. You can even take the quiz while you are looking at the answer spreadsheet if that turns you on. You don't get a "grade." No one gets a grade. But, interestingly enough, everyone may gain better understanding.
A significant good that can come from all this is that when a number of people give a "wrong" answer for a simple question, that may indicate the given answer is probably either wrong or poorly worded. And that is easily fixable.
Perhaps one day as various terms or phrases are brought up at a RBTI convention, everyone will see the same mental pictures. Cool, huh?
You may want to try your luck...
One way to minimize the smoke and flames (should it get that bad) is to spot agreement and disagreement between people who may have been trained by teachers of different talents. Toward the goal of helping all RBTI aspirants get on the same page, I, as webmaster, called on others and was informed that a self-guided quiz might do the job. So I investigated various quiz systems and prepared some basic questions. The thought was that anyone curious about their personal progress could take a short quiz and examine their grade. However, that did not work so well for people reluctant to take a chance that anyone---that is ANYONE---might have the ability to view how they did.
However, those afraid to "take a test" because their weaknesses and misconceptions could be made public proved to not be the biggest problem. True trouble arrived when internet biggies and computer systems decided self-executing files were to be branded malware and ruthlessly stamped out.
Something new needed to be done and it arrived via "Google Forms." Classroom teachers have flocked to Google Forms as a brilliant way to test their students and collect the data. However, while this website is intended to shine a light on RBTI for thousands, it is not intended to, nor can be, a classroom. Readers here are not "students" being guided by a mysterious "teacher."
So how could those curious "non-students" check their own RBTI understanding via being "quizzed"? How could "non-students" examine their personal progress in a fully anonymous manner and at the same time see how other anonymous "non-students" did as a group?
The answer rests with the PIN (Personal Identification Number) system. Bring up a quiz---any quiz---and enjoy yourself by answering any or all of the short questions. Skip anything you want---include everything you want. The only required item is that you provide a PIN so that YOU can later look at the group answers in spreadsheet form and instantly pick out YOUR answers.
That's right! No one else knows who you are and you don't know who anyone else is. That includes the person preparing the quiz, or even the webmaster. Anonymous means anonymous. Google may know something by matching I.P. numbers, but that info does not come back in the answer spreadsheet. The whole thing is as anonymous as anonymous can be. For that matter, you can take the quiz as many times as you want and you can use the old PIN or a new PIN any time you wish. You can even take the quiz while you are looking at the answer spreadsheet if that turns you on. You don't get a "grade." No one gets a grade. But, interestingly enough, everyone may gain better understanding.
A significant good that can come from all this is that when a number of people give a "wrong" answer for a simple question, that may indicate the given answer is probably either wrong or poorly worded. And that is easily fixable.
Perhaps one day as various terms or phrases are brought up at a RBTI convention, everyone will see the same mental pictures. Cool, huh?
You may want to try your luck...
