Teacher Empathy Quotient Test

An informal test of your ability to "feel with" children with learning disabilities


1 Have you ever had days when you got up feeling cross and irritable for no apparent reason?
yes
no
   
2 Have you ever had days when you were clumsy, broke things, bumped into things? ?
   
yes
no
 
3 Have you ever felt that your thought processes were operating slowly, you were unable to absorb information or express yourself orally as quickly and smoothly as usual?
yes
no
   
4 Have you ever had days when you cried easily about little things? or lost your temper with little provocation?
yes
no
   
5 Have you ever made silly spelling mistakes which horrified you a day or two later when you noticed them?
yes
no
 
6 Have you ever noticed that your handwriting varies from day to day? Or had writer's cramp?
yes
no
   
7 Have you ever been told that you have "no sense of direction" - you lose your way in a strange building or an unfamiliar city, or you can't read a road map?
yes
no
   
8 Have you ever had trouble with directions East, West or left and right?
yes
no
 
9 Have you ever found that time had passed much more quickly (or slowly) than you thought?
yes
no
   
10 Have you ever typed the same error over and over again (Example : hte for the)?
yes
no
   
11 Have you ever had so much to drink that you became giggly, uninhibited and lacking in judgement? Or lost your balance? Or became critical, irritable and nasty?
yes
no
   
12 Have you ever been unable to get a tune out of your mind?
yes
no
   
13 Have you ever been so tired that your vision blurred and you had difficulty making your hands or feet do what you wanted them to do?
yes
no
 
14 Have you ever had medication that made your speech slurred or impaired your balance?
yes
no
   
15 Have you ever been so keyed-up after a party or meeting that you couldn't sleep because bits of conversation or ideas kept running through your head?
yes
no
   
16 Have you ever driven through an automatic car-wash?
yes
no
   
17 Have you ever felt that your pant waistline was killing you?
yes
no
   
18 Have you ever been unable to remember the name of someone you knew well?
yes
no
   
19 Have you ever stumbled over words like "statistics", or unwittingly made spoonerisms ( Example: Sumb-thucking , stink sopper..etc)
yes
no
 
20 Have you ever been told that you "talk all around the subject" instead of coming to the point?
yes
no
   
 
 
  Once you have answered all questions, click on Results
 
Results

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