Timothy Lake
Tarot Certification Board of America- a critical appraisal
Good Day!
These questions are fairly simple and yet underline some internal frictions. The frictions lay in the fact that none of the Board Members know how to change a website. The Website remains a thorny problem with its low tech and poor graphics. There are also spelling mistakes and that list of members. I personally don't like it. Have all of the the folks listed been certified to that level? Yes. Before our time( George Heisler, Allan curthoys and Myself), some of the very influential people in the Tarot Community were awarded Honorary CTGM degrees by the President of the Board. All had asked for and knew that they had received them and in fact went through all of the lower degrees. At one point, the CTGM was purely an honorary service degree for in house folks. I have expanded it to a specific skill and accomplishment set. From time to time, we may also bestow an award of degree for merit in the Tarot community. This is rare( twice during my watch)since 2002.
The TCBA is not a member driven organization. We are a testing body like the folks who produce standardized tests like the SAT, ACT and MCAT and the dreaded LSAT. All those three and four letter words}, . Those candidates who pass our criteria are certified. We certify that readers have met and practice under a certain level of expertise, quality and professionalism. We do not test a readers capability of reading.
Hope that helped our esteemed delegate from Australia. Next?
Tim.
Good Day!
These questions are fairly simple and yet underline some internal frictions. The frictions lay in the fact that none of the Board Members know how to change a website. The Website remains a thorny problem with its low tech and poor graphics. There are also spelling mistakes and that list of members. I personally don't like it. Have all of the the folks listed been certified to that level? Yes. Before our time( George Heisler, Allan curthoys and Myself), some of the very influential people in the Tarot Community were awarded Honorary CTGM degrees by the President of the Board. All had asked for and knew that they had received them and in fact went through all of the lower degrees. At one point, the CTGM was purely an honorary service degree for in house folks. I have expanded it to a specific skill and accomplishment set. From time to time, we may also bestow an award of degree for merit in the Tarot community. This is rare( twice during my watch)since 2002.
The TCBA is not a member driven organization. We are a testing body like the folks who produce standardized tests like the SAT, ACT and MCAT and the dreaded LSAT. All those three and four letter words}, . Those candidates who pass our criteria are certified. We certify that readers have met and practice under a certain level of expertise, quality and professionalism. We do not test a readers capability of reading.
Hope that helped our esteemed delegate from Australia. Next?
Tim.