Leave us kids alone!

I have finally gotten a kick start on what will hopefully be my career path. Huzzah! I took the first two subtests for the CSET on Saturday. It was really weird going in to take a test like that. Haven't done it since the SATs so long ago. I studied more than have in a long time as well. I feel confidence with my career choice (so far) because even though it was non-stop reviewing world history and when I was taking a break, watching History Channel documentaries on the Civil War, I felt a revival of interest in the subject instead of a loathing for the hours "wasted."

In so far as the actual test, it was very so-so. I was very confident going into it, thinking that the CliffNotes CSET prep book and online resources helped prepare me for the worst, but in actuality the test asked a lot of questions I feel I wasn't prepared for. For example, US History barely touched on the Revolutionary War, and I can't remember one question on the Civil War. It was all about policies, expansion to the west, and more modern things. I was rather angry at that because both wars were very important and the whole point of this test was to test my knowledge on the subjects. I feel good about World History though, seeing as the essay topic was comparing quotes from John Stow's Survey of London, and... *drum roll* a quote from the Decameron. Can you believe it? Haha what luck I have!

My next test is not until May which is nice, seeing as the topics are civics (ugh), econ (cringe) and California History (cinch).

On the down side, I was looking up credential programs in the area, SFSU being my first choice. They cut out their part time program and so far the only other school I've really looked at was USF.. which is rather expensive and would mean I would have to get my masters straight up, not necessarily bad, but I dunno. A Jesuit school might be fun, or really awkward. It would be kinda cool to say I have a BA in Mediveal History and a MA in Education with an emphasis in International and Multicultural Education and/or Teaching English as a Second Language. Sounds so professional. Haha getting carried away. How exciting!


Oh, by the way, don't get to find out my unoffcial scores till April 15th! How rude!