I know I've been MIA for the past week or so but that's because I've been studying for my ridiculous content area exam for my license.
Let me just break down how important and how stressful this chain of events is so that you get the full depth and breadth of understanding.
This exam covers world history and geography as one subtest, US history and geography as a second subtest, and CA history, econ, and civics as a third subtest. The first two have 39 questions and 3 short responses; the third test has 40 multiple choice questions and 3 short responses.
If I pass then I get to do my student teaching in January which means that 12 weeks later I will be eligible for my license and can get a teaching job in CA.
If I don't pass, then I won't be able to do my student teaching until Sept. That's assuming that sometime before Sept, I pass this exam.
If I don't student teach in Jan., then there is a possibility that I'll need to take a different state's exam b/c we may not even live here in Sept (remember, hubby is getting out of the Corps in July). I don't even know where I would need to be placed in Sept since I don't know where we'll live.
If I don't student teach in Jan, then I won't be eligible for a license and I won't be able to teach once we get out. I may be the primary bread winner for a while and that stresses me out! Especially since I may not be in a position to do that!
That's just a lot of "if"s but this is what I'm dealing with these days.
But it's over now. And I only feel so-so about it. But either I passed or I didn't so there isn't a damn thing I can do about it so I'm just going to wait until Dec 3 when I get my score to figure out what the next step will be.
It is what it is...
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Now that it's done
Posted by Maria at 10:53 PM
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In my all-time favorite movie, "Out of Africa," there is a passage where Karen Blixen (aka Meryl Streep) is walking toward the house and says something like this: "In Africa they say that the world is round so that we can't see down the road." (Then she collapses - it's quite dramatic!)
What I'm getting at is a simple point: thank goodness we don't know what the future will bring. It would be so boring and we would never have chance to "rise to the occasion."
With all the possible permutations of variables that John and Maria are facing between now and next summer, any number of outcomes could materialize.
But whatever does come, I know that the two of you will meet the challenge together and it will all be good.
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