First Week is Done!

Well, my first week of school is done! I started out with 5 classes and have reduced the  number to 4. One of my classes was identical to a class I had taken in undergrad, so I asked if it was necessary for me to be enrolled. They decided no, so I dropped the class and returned the books. Saved us lots of money! 

So, classes seem like they will be somewhat challenging this semester since there will be lots of reading and about 100 hours of observing/teaching. I got assigned at the same school as last term which is good, but have yet to get a hold of anyone to help me set up my starting date. I will have to continue my harassment on Monday. 

Other then that I have lots and lots of reading to do (my least favorite thing to do in school... since most of it is so dry and uninteresting). I better get to it... 

Later Gaters!

WEST-B on Saturday

Well, it has come to that time... I am going to be taking Washington's version of the Basic Skills test on Saturday. I must say I am really nervous about this whole thing. I hope that some of my basic reading, writing, and math skills are still sharp enough to get me through this God awful test!

I don't understand why we are even put through Standardized testing. We are told that they are not good, they are biased, and that we shouldn't put all of this emphasis on testing yet that is what we, as teachers, do to ourselves as well as our students. RIDICULOUS!!! Rawr!! 

Anyways, so this all means that I have to get up at 6:15 AM to be at my test site prior to 8AM which is when the test begins in Tacoma. Yuck!! So... early to bed on Friday night... so much for partying the weekend before classes start!

On another note... my second semester of Grad School classes start Monday and I was just informed via an e-mail from a different teacher that one of my Monday classes will be canceled... nice of the actually teacher of the class to tell us isn't it?! Then we will again not be having class the following week due to MLK Jr. day and I am guessing that the following week we will be having to read all four of the text books she made us buy for this class. Grrr... 

Well, I will just use that time to figure out what I will be writing my thesis on... any suggestions? I have three ideas:

1. Autism

2. Aspergers Syndrom

3. O.D.D. (Oppositional Defiance Disorder)

Let me know what you think!! More after classes start... tootles!!