Praxis.

I took the Praxis today--two of them.  It's a little scary to think my eligibility as a teacher depends on two tests.  What's scarier, though, is hearing all of the people taking the test with me talk about how they've taken it before and didn't pass.  That is slightly disconcerting to me on two levels:  1) It means the test isn't a breeze, so I may not have done so hot, and 2) it means a whole lot of teachers don't know their stuff.  The fact that they were there for the second or third time, however, means they're perseverant.  They care enough about being a teacher to pay boocoodles of money and endure a long and boring test multiple times.  I guess that's a good thing.  And I'd rather have a teacher who really wants to be a teacher than one who is a genius but could care less about the students.

One of the tests asked me super random questions, it seemed.  I have one teacher who is always telling us, "Pay attention to this; there are questions about it on the Praxis," or "I wrote my test questions in true/false format because there are true/false questions like this on the Praxis."  I didn't see any of the things she quizzed us on to make sure we were ready, and I didn't see a single true/false question.  Maybe I should tell her she needs to start teaching about nose bleeds instead.