CBEST

Holy crap I'm taking the CBEST on Saturday. After working 12am-7am. It starts at 8am. It will take me almost an hour to get to the testing center. I think I may have a heart attack. And then die.

For those of you not living in my head, the CBEST is one of the many hoops that I have to jump through in order to get my elementary school teaching credential. I've been humming and hawing for years about teaching little monsters and I think that this might be the time to do it. It's not like my career is taking off or I have little babies at home. I need to take a couple of exams (the CBEST is the first), a few classes, then a two semester course and BAM! I are a teacher in California. Or at least I am legally qualified to be a teacher in California.

I'm not worried about the reading and mathematics portions of the exam on Saturday, because:

1. I'm smart
2. I aced the practice exams

However, the writing portion scares me. I think I remember someone saying that everyone fails the writing portion at least once. But I also (maybe?) remember someone saying that the exam is cake if you have a brain and something resembling an education. Which I do. Maybe. Fuck. I sure done hope that this here ole blog writing doesn't fuck up my mad 5 paragraph essay writin' skills. Fuck. Any suggestions?