After waking up at 6am, I made my way over to the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure testing center. I was surprisingly awake and coherent for only getting about 6 hours of sleep. (It's a rough slumber week when you've been battling a migraine for the past 3 weeks. Needless to say, I found Excedrin to be a friend of mine.) I even saw a girl from my Grad Inquiry Seminar there! We chatted briefly and wished each other good luck, then come to find out we were in the same testing room. Straaaange, yes, but nice.
I'm a little apprehensive because I was the second one finished with the exam. I'm NEVER the second one to finish on ANY standardized test. SATs = horrible. GREs = even more horrible. MTELs = ????.
The test itself wasn't bad. It was pretty much like the "Ultimate English Major Exam Ever." Finding out what's incorrect in a sentence almost made me go "Are you for serious?" after looking at the word "sucessfull." And defining words made me smile (but it also made me think that this would be hard for someone who doesn't like to read very much... I feel sorry/bad that it came so easy to me...). If I could use a red pen on this bubble sheet, I would have had a field day. But alas, my fun was cut short when I realized time was ticking away.
Contrary to popular belief, I'm sometimes a slow reader, especially when it comes to objective reading comprehension tests that freak me out because my interpretation could be completely different. I've learned the tricks over the years, but it still doesn't ease my anxiety of that "what if it's wrong?".
You know, there was no real anxiety during the exam, but my apprehension comes from hindsight. I know I definitely got two answers completely wrong (I totally boffed defining "rote" and "declarative sentence"... and of course, afterwards, I was kicking myself.), but other than that, I feel somewhat confident about the rest? I know I'm supposed to be become a teacher as my "short-term" life calling, so I'm going to get there regardless what happens, but I can't help but think if I have to retake one of them... how much is this all going to cost?!
I handed over my materials at 11:15am and made a dash to the wonderfulness of public transportation to get to church to help serve lunch to volunteers. It was a good day and an even better day after my nap.
So, in summary, this is the MTEL that is supposed to be a piece of cake. 70% passing rate. We'll see on November 24th when the results come in. I don't have to worry about the next one until March 3, 2007 when I take the Foundations of Reading exam. That's the big one... the one everyone dreads for its definitiveness on phonological awareness and miscue analysis... no, I won't even think about it now. Time to go get ready for some pumpkin fun.
- Miss Chelsea :)
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