Seriously NY?

[rosefaith]

So I took the CST and everything I've been taught NOT to do on a test, THEY DID!  They were mostly opinion questions.  "What's the best way to (insert irrelevant question here)?"  Then they would give you four ways, all of which would do what you wanted.  So basically I sat there for almost every question trying to decide what the state would think was the best way to do things.  Part of the problem is I'm a big proponent of whole reading, as was the program I went through.  Many times the state likes the phonics and skills approach.  I'm pissed that like 90% of these questions had no clear answer.  I am well aware that I overthought about 87/90 multiple choice questions.  And the writing part was a disaster.  I didn't feel like I could explain what I was thinking in my head and I'm hoping that whoever reads it will understand what the f I was trying to say.  At this point I'm convinced that I'm gonna have to spend another 88 bucks on another test because I'm fairly sure I failed that one.  :-(  It sux because I am really good at being a reading teacher.  All of the analyzing and writing and observations that other people aren't so keen on I love to do.  I understand all the concepts and theories and I understand how they can help me teach better.  Nothing I came across on that test was really anything that I thought would have helped me in any sort of real world teaching situation.

Also, I'm going out of town again.  I feel kinda bad cause I feel like I"m never around but...I have a phone.  It's always with me.  Anyone could call me.  That's all.