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The 4-Way Test ‍‍‍‍‍How can this‍ 4-way test ‍help the world? Is there a certain time and place for this test? Can this test help ‍‍‍‍you ‍‍‍‍ figure out what we should say? I say yes. Sometimes people say things they wish they thought through. It can help with ‍‍answers, insults, and speeches ‍‍. ‍‍‍‍‍ ‍The 4-way test is very helpful for figuring out if the answers we want to give are good answers ‍. Let’s say a five year old girl comes up to me and asks me if Santa Clause is real; I have the choice of telling her the truth and ruining her imagination, or telling her a lie and knowing I lied to her. ‍‍‍‍‍First thing I would think of was if it is the truth, obviously if I tell her he is real I would fail this first question, but also keep her imagination alive. ‍‍‍‍‍Second is it fair to all concerned? Most likely yes if I lie to her, because if I don’t everyone will be not as happy every Christmas now that the little girl knows the truth and isn’t as happy. The third question is will it build good will and better friendships? If I tell her yes Santa is real, she won’t try to ruin it for other friends of hers and they will all still be happy at Christmas. The last question we have to ask ourselves is will it be beneficial to all concerned? Like the second question yes Santa Clause is real works best here because she will be more excited on Christmas then if she knows her parents are secretly giving her presents. So if we add all the questions up you should tell her he is real and wait a little longer on sharing with her. The second type of speaking style that this would help the most in is insults. Insults normally come out and are taken rudely even if the person who said it was joking. Even if the person knows the other person is joking, people should always take this test to forestall any misunderstandings. First of all, is the insult someone is telling true and will it not bother the person they are speaking to? Most of the time people call other people stupid or idiots, but think about it, are they really? That would involve an insult that is most likely not true. Then there are some names my friends call me because it’s true and I’m fine with it. Names like shorty, midget, and leprechaun I am fine with, but others might taking rude and mean. Now you also have to think, is it fair to all concerned? Not really because a lot of people might be offended by the name someone gave someone else. Even though it was not directed towards them, it still hurt them. Will it bring good will and better friendships? Probably not. If someone was being called something that they would take as cruel or rude, they are mostly going to stay away from that person who called them it. Believe it or not, people don’t like being friends with bullies or jerks. Is what was called beneficial to all concerned? No, the person doing it might think it’s funny but no one else does. That person is also losing friends as he does this more and more. So if it’s not beneficial to the person doing it, then it definitely isn’t beneficial to everyone else. So taking this test we find out that most things involving insults do not pass this test, so don’t do them. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍The not-last but the last one ‍‍‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍‍I will be talking about is speeches you could improve on using the 4-way test. When people give speeches they always prepare and plan out what they are going to say before the speech. How do they do it? Do they take this test for every sentence they say? Well it would be helpful. See if people want to give a good speech they have to do it by saying the right things. The first thing they got to do is make sure it is truthful. If they lie to the people they are not going to trust that person very well. Like saying using gasoline is good for the atmosphere is lying and they won't want to ever believe a liar. If they say gasoline is bad for the atmosphere, they will listen more because they know that reporter isn't lying. Second of all is the speech fair to all concerned? Well if the speech is a false report, no. If it is truthful then yes. Will this speech bring good will and better friendships? Well if it is a nice speech with no rude insults and it is not lying, then yes it could possibly bring that person good will and better friendships. Last of all is it beneficial to everyone around? Telling a good truthful speech of course would be beneficial to everyone. That is how you can apply this to a speech. ‍‍‍‍So I just showed a couple ways how this can be applied to talking, but if we think about it, we can apply this test to anything we want. Doing this test could save you on a lot of things. I hope we can now use this test to help out the world.

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