The Beginning of Preparation

Test-prep is never any fun ...

So, my unemployment activity of the day was not really related to the job search. I am taking the Social Studies TeXes exams in order to be "highly qualified" for all social studies and eventually become a fully certified teacher.

On the TeXes website, there were study guides for the exams and sample tests. I will be taking 2 exams on June 21: Social Studies 4-8 and Social Studies 8-12. The only part I did today were both of the practice exams, which although were not full practice exams, they include the types of questions that will be on the exam.

I went to Starbucks to take the practice exams and tried my hardest. I went ahead and graded them, but just taking the tests was nerve racking! I definitely, before even grading it, know what areas I need to study. I had almost no trouble with the world history stuff, but Texas and US history were subpar and the economics was flat out scary. I did reasonably well, scoring an 84 on the 8-12 and an 89 on the 4-8.

I now am armed with the information of what I need to study. I am going to do that over the next week.

As for the job search, I will be applying to another school tomorrow.

Keep your fingers crossed, do whatever pagan ritual you can think of, light a candle (or seven), and/or say a little prayer ...

And so goes the life ...