Thursday, November 13, 2008

I'm in big trouble

On Saturday I am scheduled to take the South Carolina English education exam. It's a two part test consisting of grammar, literature, an essay question about who knows what and how to teach all of those things in grades 7 through 12. I officially screwed. I have been trying to study, bought a study guide and everything, but between caring for a 17 month old child, a grown man who just had his thyroid taken out, working and trying to remember to feed us all, I have procrastinated. And I am doing that now as I write this instead. I took the practice test and missed ONE THIRD of the questions. That's a lot of questions. There were 10 that I left blank because I couldn't even remember the author/literary device/teaching strategy that applied. Let's just go ahead and top it off now with a sick child, so I had about 3 hours of sleep last night and I am anticipating about the same again this evening. So, instead of napping or studying, the two things that I should be doing now, I am trying to get sympathy from my fellow bloggers and I am soliciting prayer as well. I am in way over my head at this point and can only hope that the 3 years that I spent teaching will suddenly flood over me, AND that I will somehow end up with a test designed for people with special needs.

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