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The TCKness Test
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Hahaha! Made you look!
No, there’s really no scientific test, of course, but a colleague of mine put together this “test” for his high school students (in an International School in China) to raise awareness of what it means to be a TCK/Global Nomad & their own backgrounds. I thought it was a fun idea & edited a bit, however if you all would like to add your ten cents I’d be interested in feedback. Any questions you’d add?! How do you score?! I’m over 60 
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Are your parents of the same nationality? Score 1 for No and 0 for Yes |
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Do you have other immediate family members with different nationalities? Score 0 for No and 1 for Yes |
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Were you born in your passport country(ies)? Score 0 for Yes, 1 for No |
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How many different towns/cities have you lived in? ½ point each |
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How many different countries have you lived in? 1 points each |
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How many different continents have you lived in? 2 points each |
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How many different languages can you speak fluently (very well) 2 point each |
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How many different languages can you speak a little of? ½ point each |
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How many different alphabets can you read? 1 point each |
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How many years have you spent outside of your passport country(ies)? |
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How many passports do you have? 1 point for each passport, but the first |
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| If you have never lived in your passport country give yourself a bonus of 2 points |
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If your passport country is not the same as your parents’, give yourself 2 points |
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What is the longest you have lived in one house/apartment? >10 years 0 points 5- 9 years ½ point 3-4 years 1 point 2 years 2 points < 2 years 3 points |
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TOTAL
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…I hope the format works!!! Otherwise this might look like a big mess!!
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February 28th, 2008 at 3:23 am
I’m glad people are trying the “test”. Of COURSE it doesn’t make you any less TCK if you score less & it’s not meant to be taken seriously. It’s simply a look at trends, I suppose, & if you follow TCK trends or not. I like the idea of using it as a TCK gathering ice-breaker
I added the question about the country you’re being born in being different than your passport country because a lot of people follow up the “Where are you from?” question with “OK, so where were you born?” as if this will explain everything & for many of us it doesn’t explain much or complicates it even further!! However, if you get a passport simply from being born somewhere I can see that it isn’t as simple! (Is it EVER?!)
As for languages, they are something TCKs TEND to have more exposure to than non-TCKs. I absolutely love them, but alas, I show no talent for learning them
As a Swiss I’m an embarrassment since I only speak English & German (NOT Swiss-German!). I only consider myself “fluent” in English as in German I still make mistakes & have to look words up & can’t write beyond a Kindergarten level!
Perhaps another question is how many languages have you studied… I only speak 2, but have studied 10 & suck at them all!
Lauren, did you REALLY score 491/2?!?! (I’m pretty gullible, but that does seem impossible)… You must have SOME story!!!
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February 28th, 2008 at 4:10 am
I got 45.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 10:05 am
OkeLAH, haha, thats so bhutanese
you can add another point
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March 3rd, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Dear Stef,
I think Lauren meant 49 and 1/2.
But I might be mistaken.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I got 41 and half…higher than I thought.
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