It's Monday!

Monday's for me are usually good days, but I have a few that are hectic, and that was definitely today! I don't know if it is something in the air, just getting back from a great weekend away, or just me, but today was crazy!

So I haven't blogged in a while. Last Tuesday I took the Special Ed Content test. Shawn drove to Amarillo with me. Usually with tests I do not let myself second guess and I am usually done with in 2 hours. Tuesday it was 2 1/2 to 3 hours. I thought I would love taking the test on the computer, but I love my test taking strategies. You know mark out the answer choices, underline key words, and all that junk... Anyways, I went to find Shawn after the test and when I saw him he asked like anyone else, "How was the test?" Down came my tears lots of them. I was sick to my stomach. I knew I did the best I could, but the questions on there were tough. The practice test I had taken and the ones we did in my special education classes were mainly scenarios and over laws, the major disabilities, and assessment stuff. So that is what I was prepared for and my test was not like that at all. I maybe had a handful of scenarios and a few laws everything else was stuff I may have heard about or thought I could figure the answer out by common sense, but every answer looked right and their was just a difference in a word in the answers.

So I basically have been planning on retaking the test, but on paper. I had a date picked out and money set aside. Friday on the way to the airport I was checking my email on my phone and it said my results came in, but I couldn't look at them on my phone. So I told Courtney that the first thing we were going to do when we got to Houston was check my scores. We get to Houston and go straight to their apartment. We couldn't get my scores to come up fast enough, I really set myself up for failure. They finally come up (it is a pdf file) and I see PASS! I screamed and just started crying. I couldn't believe it. Then I looked at my actual score... I didn't just barely pass.... I really passed by a lot!! I think Shawn, Shane, and Courtney thought I was nuts for a few minutes. I think I may have even jumped up a couple of times. I called my mom with tears still in my eyes and told her the good news. It made the weekend even better to be there with such awesome friends to celebrate with! Even last night on the flight home, I was like Shawn I passed it, I can really be a teacher now. I know it may sound silly to some, but it is such an awesome feeling to have and know. I looked today and there is a job opening or two for a special ed in this district.

Tomorrow morning is my last scheduled test. It is the EC-4 generalist content test. I am pretty confident about it and think I will do just fine on it.

Well Shawn is home and we have to make a trip to Walmart. I will try and update sometime this week about our weekend in Houston.