Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The Test
Please answer the following questions in each skill area:
SOCIAL-ECONOMIC Potential Actual
I am useful to neighbors—I make or do something they need 200
I am a long-time resident of this area with many social connections and am well liked here 50
I am financially well off, without debt, can purchase most tools or other resources I need 200
I can organize people well and/or work well within a group setting 200
SUBTOTAL 850
I am confident, believe in myself, and act decisively and with poise 200
SUBTOTAL 1,550
I can lactoferment 5
I can dry/dehydrate 5
I can keep a vegetable garden in good condition all growing season 100
SUBTOTAL 635
I can treat someone for emergency/acute trauma if given the right tools, and I know how to use them 30
(emergency medicine, including CPR)
I know how to care holistically for my particular body type and mental habits, and I have learned to 150
maintain overall health to a high degree—I am healthy and know how to heal when sick
SUBTOTAL 840
Ropework: I know basic home and farm knots and rigging—bowline, clove hitch, trucker’s hitch, 10
fisherman’s knot
Vehicles
I can change a wheel 10
I can weld 5
I can repair and maintain buildings in general from rot, leakage, and mechanical problems 50
Ecological Awareness and Literacy
I can identify 10 common medicinal plants in my immediate area and make medicine from them 25
I can identify 10 edible plants in my immediate area and make food from them 25
I can eat from and live in local wild areas for one week 25
I can eat from and live in local wild areas for a year 100
I can eat from and live in local wild areas for a warm season 50
SUBTOTAL 860
TOTAL 4,735