Stressed

In exactly 7 days, I will be sitting down and taking the Praxis which will determine whether or not I get to teach next year. I've just about completed the study book. I also have a Portfolio assignment and a test on Wednesday. I switched shifts to get off tonight because I didn't wanna deal with all the drama of the 1st LSU game. Apparently, a fight broke out Thursday night. I wasn't there for it but thought about picking up because my class was canceled. Thank God I didn't. I don't need anymore stress this week.

Tomorrow night and Tuesday are my only 2 scheduled nights for the next week so I should be able to get a handle on things and be ready for the test. While I've been in study mode, I didn't really notice all controversy about Obama's speech to students on Tuesday. There is a petition going around locally urging parents to keep their kids home. As a future teacher, the first thing I did was read the memo that was sent to schools. My personal feelings for Obama aside, I will say that the discussion questions and assignments were not Early Childhood friendly. I can understand showing the program to upper Middle and High School students, but there's no way in hell that I'd show it in my classroom. Early Childhood classes are not allowed to watch t.v. 99% of the time and it has to be heavily scrutinized before they view it and cannot be longer than 10 minutes. I honestly don't think they're showing it in the Elementary Schools around here anyway so parents just need to get a grip. He's in charge, was elected by the people, so let him have his time. Most kids aren't gonna be paying attention anyway.