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Goal Accomplished (somewhat)

I did it...I took the Praxis I exam today. I left feeling like I had accomplished my goal...now, I have a new goal: passing it. I feel very strongly that I passed the reading and writing part, but those math questions were HELL. After reading the first one, I felt that I was doomed for the entire section. I should have taken it as a sign when I the test administrator asked who was there to only take the math section and about 75% of the people raised their hands. That shyt was HARD...maybe it was just me, but I really don't think it was. I am confident that I answered 5 out of the 40 questions correctly. The only way I passed that section is if I picked the right letters to bubble in...otherwise, I'll be taking that section again.

Ok, just let me vent about standardized testing for a minute...

I don't believe there is anything wrong with standardized testing except that time crap! I truly believe the folks who are in charge of these test should reconsider the time they give people to take it. For example, me and the math section of the Praxis: ALL of the problems were word problems. This means I had to read the problem, figure out how to solve the problem and actually solve the problem...I had to do this 40 times and I only had 60 minutes...yeah the hell right! THEN, let's talk about the writing section. Now, I consider myself a strong writer (don't judge me by this blog, I could care less about punctuation, grammar rules and all that stuff on here). Today, we had 30 minutes to read a question, mentally answer the question, organize our thoughts so that we could write an essay about the question, then actually write the damn essay...all in 30 minutes? Ummmmm, maybe if I was typing, but I was writing...and then we had to use a pen on top of that...pissed me off. I believe I did well on that part, but still...30 minutes is not enough time to do all that and come out with a top notch essay.

All I can say is congratulations to all those who passed that math section cause that right there was 60 minutes of torture on my Saturday...I get my scores in four weeks, so in the meantime, I'll be studying math, cause I'm pretty sure I have to take that part again.

But, all in all, I'm glad I finally took the test. I did accomplish THAT goal :). Oh, and I got my hair done on Thursday, so it was nice and fresh for the test, although no one knew that but me...lol.

posted by Madeehah @ 5:04 PM