lack of sleep is going to bite me in the butt, but for now...
Well, I've gone from one class down to 4 classes down. Probably the best part of finals week is being done with classes (I'll stop whining now, promise.)
And yesterday was productive, if the most stress I've had to deal with for a while. Planning things that I know are bad ideas makes everything difficult. Final yesterday morning, dev psych, it was fine... went from there to an ed meeting, where they tried to make sure that we've been taking enough math/LA/science/soc over our time, and if not, we had to sign up for CLEP tests. (College level exams for random classes.) I ended up ok (Dear God, thank you for making me think that absurd amounts of APs was a good idea) but not because I had actually taken the classes I was supposed to. Brenna has 5 CLEPs she has to take, Crystal has 1. Yikes.
But yes. At the moment, I'm going to be certified El ed: K-4, and Late el ed: 4-8, with a speciality in science. Sounds exciting, don't it?
I still want to get certified for art. But Swat can't do it. And honestly, I can't see myself at University of the Arts or somewhere for another year to get this certification. And seeing as Ann (my advisor) doesn't actually understand art ed, or what I would need in another school to get certified, it's probably not going to happen. Which is sad, but who knows. Maybe TFA will put me in an art class (I know Jan 18 if they want me... *nervous*)
So that was a highly productive meeting. And then I studied for Modern art for a bit (to be read: memorized things) and then chatted with my thesis advisors. They pointed out that I'm currently using 3 different voices, and that I need to fix that. I love getting paper advice that legitimately makes sense and that I completely understand. It makes me happy. So yeah. That needs a major overhaul, but should be done by Friday, and then I can come home and only have student teaching stuff that I should be doing.
Went dancing last night... with a final this morning at 9. (Took Ashley and Rachel and Ally, a new freshie. Cori came, but my brain was not in the right state to pay as much attention to her as she wanted. Things were unawkward with Alex; we got called out for going home early, and I think I somewhat actually understand Bal when I have a lead who knows what he's doing!!!) Actually, going was a terrible idea. But you know what? I was able to get myself out of the pounding-headache-doldrums and dance for a while, and actually managed to be really productive when we got home. And I don't think I failed the exam. Granted, I'm probably not going to get the A in the class that I might have managed, but I'm surprisingly ok with that.
(Though ewwww the essays. I did the memorizy bits, which I'm realtively good at, right? But then I go and look at what the exam structure is supposed to be, and half of it is "at one point over the semester you read all these articles. Here's 7 questions that you should prepare with examples of painters and names and articles that relate to these 20 articles. Two will be on the exam" And honestly, I had to skim through all of the articles last night even to remember what they were, and matching the name of the person who wrote the article with their argument has never been a strong suit of mine. I'll get the point, but screw up the person's name. Ah, well. Last exam of college, and it felt like a Miss Furry essay. I can deal with that. Though I have not handwritten that fast or for that long for a long time.)
Signing up for Praxis tests now. Great fun... Blah.
Coming home on Friday. Thesis due Friday. Sleeping... soon.
And yesterday was productive, if the most stress I've had to deal with for a while. Planning things that I know are bad ideas makes everything difficult. Final yesterday morning, dev psych, it was fine... went from there to an ed meeting, where they tried to make sure that we've been taking enough math/LA/science/soc over our time, and if not, we had to sign up for CLEP tests. (College level exams for random classes.) I ended up ok (Dear God, thank you for making me think that absurd amounts of APs was a good idea) but not because I had actually taken the classes I was supposed to. Brenna has 5 CLEPs she has to take, Crystal has 1. Yikes.
But yes. At the moment, I'm going to be certified El ed: K-4, and Late el ed: 4-8, with a speciality in science. Sounds exciting, don't it?
I still want to get certified for art. But Swat can't do it. And honestly, I can't see myself at University of the Arts or somewhere for another year to get this certification. And seeing as Ann (my advisor) doesn't actually understand art ed, or what I would need in another school to get certified, it's probably not going to happen. Which is sad, but who knows. Maybe TFA will put me in an art class (I know Jan 18 if they want me... *nervous*)
So that was a highly productive meeting. And then I studied for Modern art for a bit (to be read: memorized things) and then chatted with my thesis advisors. They pointed out that I'm currently using 3 different voices, and that I need to fix that. I love getting paper advice that legitimately makes sense and that I completely understand. It makes me happy. So yeah. That needs a major overhaul, but should be done by Friday, and then I can come home and only have student teaching stuff that I should be doing.
Went dancing last night... with a final this morning at 9. (Took Ashley and Rachel and Ally, a new freshie. Cori came, but my brain was not in the right state to pay as much attention to her as she wanted. Things were unawkward with Alex; we got called out for going home early, and I think I somewhat actually understand Bal when I have a lead who knows what he's doing!!!) Actually, going was a terrible idea. But you know what? I was able to get myself out of the pounding-headache-doldrums and dance for a while, and actually managed to be really productive when we got home. And I don't think I failed the exam. Granted, I'm probably not going to get the A in the class that I might have managed, but I'm surprisingly ok with that.
(Though ewwww the essays. I did the memorizy bits, which I'm realtively good at, right? But then I go and look at what the exam structure is supposed to be, and half of it is "at one point over the semester you read all these articles. Here's 7 questions that you should prepare with examples of painters and names and articles that relate to these 20 articles. Two will be on the exam" And honestly, I had to skim through all of the articles last night even to remember what they were, and matching the name of the person who wrote the article with their argument has never been a strong suit of mine. I'll get the point, but screw up the person's name. Ah, well. Last exam of college, and it felt like a Miss Furry essay. I can deal with that. Though I have not handwritten that fast or for that long for a long time.)
Signing up for Praxis tests now. Great fun... Blah.
Coming home on Friday. Thesis due Friday. Sleeping... soon.