I registered to take the Praxis exam two days ago. It is the national teacher certification test and I have to pass the content knowledge and pedagogy (teaching styles) portions in order to be certified to teach in North Carolina. The test is being offered on March 13th, which is the Saturday that our spring break ends. So, instead of going to Mexico for eight days, we are going to New Orleans for five days. Saturday the 6th to Thursday the 11th. It's going to be a good time because we have a hotel one block down from Bourbon Street and two blocks from Jackson Square. There will be copious amounts of time spent in Pat O'Brien's drinking Hurricanes.
I have to go home to New Jersey to take the test. It was being offered in DC, but by the time I registered all the spots were filled. Instead of driving 45 minutes to some random place in Maryland (when I have to be there at 7:30) I'm just going to go home at take it 5 minute's away at my high school's brother school. Prep tends to offer all standardized tests. I took the SAT there twice.
Washington, DC was sucker punched with two blizzards in four days this week. We had off from class for six days and the city is still at a pretty solid stand still. Stores have only just started to reopen and the Metro has begun to resume above ground service, which means CUA students are no longer trapped on campus. Over the past six days, I probably should have started studying for the test but I didn't get too much done. For some reason, I don't think its that big of a deal because I think I'll pass the test the first time. As long as that happens, it doesn't matter if I get all the questions right or one more than is necessary to pass. But I think I'll do better than passing by one question.
In other news, I LOVE THE OLYMPICS!!!!!! They're amazingly patriotic and, as usual, the US is going to dominate. I will be saving every extra dime I make over the next two years during Teach for America and will be attending London 2012. I desperately need to go to the Olympics.
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