Thanks to everyone who prayed for me and the test I took this morning. It didn’t exactly go how I had envisioned it. I did have a great peace this morning and really thought I was going to go in there and kick some Praxis booty. However, Baton Rouge High doesn’t believe in air conditioning and halfway through a sweat session in Math, I realized this test was going to be even harder than I had imagined. (Language was pretty easy, but that’s my best subject anyway)… Once I encountered the Social Studies and Science sections, it began to sink in that everything I had studied was pretty much for nothing. I didn’t recognize 75% of the information in those two sections. I used 3 different study guides (including one from the test-makers) to study over the past 6 weeks; yet, somehow lots of questions crept in that I had never seen before.
The good news: it’s over and now I get to concentrate on the fun stuff- my baby and Lauren’s wedding!!! The bad news: if I didn’t pass (which is most likely), I have to keep retaking this thing again, at a cost of $130 a pop and more endless hours of studying HUGE quantities of info. Plus, I won’t be able to enter my certification program in the summer and will have to jump through hoops in order to keep my job. It’s a scary place to be, but I KNOW that He has got a plan, and it’s better than mine… so I am going to just keep my eyes on that fact.
Thanks again to everyone who kept me in your prayers. Now, it’s time to gear up for baby and finish out my last few weeks at work! The rest of the weekend we are having fun fun fun!!
I smoked the Language part too because that was my strongest. The social studies part I thought I failed miserably because like you, everything seemed like it was in a different language to me although I had studied. I ended up passing it, though, and I’m sure you did too. Your optimistic and enthusiastic attitude is definitely encouraging and inspiring, and you are so awesome for trusting God no matter what your silly little flesh is telling you. I love you girl!