Today is the long anticipated and most important day for me personally. Today I get my results from the test I took for teacher certification. I am currently anxiously awaiting to receive the email which will enclose my future as an educator. If I pass both subject areas, I will be eligible to start teaching in the fall. If I do not pass either one of the test, I will have one more opprotunity to take the test before I am scheduled to student teach in the fall.
The day of the test prove to be a little bit better than the day I took the Basic Skills Test for teacher certification. The morning of said Basic Skills Test was for lack of better word rough. The night before that test I went to a Detroit Tigers baseball game, and since I was in the company of some drunk people (none of which were driving) we made a stop a Denny's which delayed my return home until two hours before I wanted to wake up to get ready for the test. When I awoke two hours later, I stumbled to get ready and headed out to my car. As I turned the front yard light on, I was surprised by a cow standing in my front yard. Well after I finally got to the testing site. When I got in my testing room, I noticed the seating arrangements did not cater to my ..... um ...... well have you ever tried to fit a large ball into a small square hole? Well picture that with me tring to fit into the desk. Anywho to sum up this long drawn out story, I took the test through a rough morning and past all the areas of the Basic Skills.
These Subject Area Tests I took happened on a better day. I got better sleep, had a nice breakfast, and no cow in the front yard. The two test themselves (both Math and English) proved to be very difficult. Michigan currently has the highest standards for teacher certification, and the test shows this. Each test took me approxiamately two and a half hours to complete. Here a month later I await my results.
Well I started the blog a few days ago before I got my test results, my test results are here. I passed both of my subject area tests, leaving me to only finish out my degree before I am a certified teacher. I am very thankful for passing the test, and look foward to finishing this degree.
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