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July 22nd. Already.
I have spent this past week "studying" my little butt off just to be reminded that some of you may never even have heard of this horrible little thing. The PRAXIS is basically set in a few parts. The first is only to get you into the education program at school with a test very similar to that of the SAT. It has a math, reading and writing part to it. That can sometimes be waived by getting good scores on the actual SAT. However, the PRAXIS that I have been bitching and moaning about lately is the PRAXIS II. The big daddy of the education program because essentially, many states require one to take the PRAXIS in order to get the certification to become a teacher. It is comprised of a few parts. The normal multiple choice aspect for a few hours, with questions ranging from the 4 main subject areas, the integrated subjects to curriculum and instruction along with 4 essays in a matter of 2 hours (eh?). Now, the question that always got me was as far as to why the test name itself was capitalized. Does it stand for something? Nope. However, I did find this out:

Prax-is: [prak-sis] –noun, plural prax⋅is⋅es, prax⋅es.
1. practice, as distinguished from theory; application or use, as of
knowledge or skills. 2. convention, habit, or custom. 3. a set of examples for practice.

So I guess that kind of makes sense. IDK. Dumb teachers. Right Corey? Which reminds me, this one is for you buddy and I am so sorry to many people who in fact may really feel like I've died this week due to being preoccupied. Sorry that I have been absolutely MIA. This will change next week! pwomise.
Despite the fact that I have been sitting here studying, I've also been reading Harry Potter. I am now on the 3rd one and I simply cannot put these books down. I'm going through them like crazy-or as an acceptable human being. Which reminds me of Stacey! STACEY IS NOW A 4th GRADE TEACHER! Congrats to that lovely lady. I had been hopelessly confused as to what this teaching thing is really all about until we got to talking. It is so mind boggling to think that one of my own friends is a real life teacher. We're growing up and I cannot even believe it. Speaking of growing up and such, in an effort to study from my prior knowledge I went through all my old notes that I've taken in all my education classes. Boy was that a bad idea; merely a trip down memory lane. However, I really just can't believe what kind of classmates and teachers I have been blessed to have. I can still hear Dr. J's voice saying Bloom's Taxonomy. Never will I ever forget what a schwa is. So in essence, I really am not too stressed about this dumb little test (eff you standardized testing-hehe) I know I have plenty of resources to help me through that. This afternoon, Kelsey, Carmen and Valerie came to visit. I absolutely love those girls. They really put a smile on my face. We read Stellaluna and they asked me more questions than I could answer. It's just another wonderful little reminder of the things that usually get me through most days. How could I not teach? After all...Dysautonomia, you thought you had beaten me but guess what? i can drink coffee...who said anything was wrong with decaf. HA!

The best thing to hold on to in life is each other."- Audrey Hepburn