One Week Away - Just Kill Me Now...
Part One of my certification test to become a teacher is next week!!! By this time next Wednesday, August 4, I will have finished the monstrous test and will be breathing a bit easier.
For now, however, not so much...
I still have a few more chapters of content to read through, which I plan to do today. Then I have to write practice essays 'til my fingers bleed.
The practice essays are supposed to be the hardest part of the entire exam and is based upon a given prompt to write a letter, essay or memo to somebody that relates to an educational situation (i.e. requesting funds for a field trip, telling teachers how to do something, writing a letter to parents, etc.) I'm completely freaking out. I wrote one practice already, but its impossible to judge your own essay. One one hand I feel really good about it, but on the other, I keep counting all the possible mistakes.
I'm going to do a complete practice test tomorrow while in my classroom. The baby will be at the sitter's so I'll be able to concentrate, but I'm going to simulate as much as possible - I'll come in to work at the same time, bring the same materials and go in the exact order until time runs out.
Here's hoping I pass!
For now, however, not so much...
I still have a few more chapters of content to read through, which I plan to do today. Then I have to write practice essays 'til my fingers bleed.
The practice essays are supposed to be the hardest part of the entire exam and is based upon a given prompt to write a letter, essay or memo to somebody that relates to an educational situation (i.e. requesting funds for a field trip, telling teachers how to do something, writing a letter to parents, etc.) I'm completely freaking out. I wrote one practice already, but its impossible to judge your own essay. One one hand I feel really good about it, but on the other, I keep counting all the possible mistakes.
I'm going to do a complete practice test tomorrow while in my classroom. The baby will be at the sitter's so I'll be able to concentrate, but I'm going to simulate as much as possible - I'll come in to work at the same time, bring the same materials and go in the exact order until time runs out.
Here's hoping I pass!