I'm an initiate

Hey there ho there.

What a weekend. For those of you who are not aware, I spent the weekend being spiritual - taking a class how to be a good and happy person. It is just the beginning of a long journey, but I am so excited to see where I go from here. Did you hear that? Me - excited about life and my future. Very good.

Just got the initial unofficial CBEST scores. I guess you need a score of 41 to pass each section even though it is possible to pass with as low as 37 on a section if the other sections make up for it and add up to 123. I got (drumroll please) exactly a 41 on the math - phew! Which means that I passed without the help of my reading or writing sections. This is great news. THis means that unless they are illiterate and can't read the big words I used in my two essays, I have unofficially passed the CBEST and can try to get a job subbing - although it is not that easy and I still have to get transcripts etc which is a pain in the ass.

It is a great relief to know that I may be done with Math forever - unless of course I choose to move to a third state wherein I must take another ridiculous exam. That makes four teaching exams in a row that I did not study for and still passed (at least I passed 2/3 of this one so far.) What does that say about the educational system in this country? Don't you think that all teachers should be challenged in order to be put in front of children? Lawyers and Doctors and Accountants struggle with their board exams...Hell JFK jr. failed the NYS Bar how many times? But folks like me can walk into a teachers exam with no preperation and do fine. Listen I am not saying that I am of average intelligence, because let's face it I'm brighter than the average bear (except when it comes to math) but it should be a bit of a struggle to earn the privilege of teaching.

Cracky #2 is on her way over. I haven't really seen her in the three months that her bf has been in town from Holland. She took him to the airport today and is really bummed out because I think she realizes that she put her whole life on hold for him and let go of all of her relationships. But I already told her that I was hurt so there is no need to make her feel worse about herself - so I told her to come over and I would her feel better.

I promise I will give more details later on my class -

Oh - I got to meet Barak Obama this weekend - a pretty good perk for a volunteer who was working the bathrooms.

Congrats to the Spyceter for being done with Classes forever (until he goes to biz school.)


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