Two hours of my life I'll never get back
I loathe multiple choice standardized tests. I took the Praxis II: Social Studies Content Knowledge exam yesterday, and I have to say, my score on that test has only the most minimal of anything to do with a) my content knowledge of social studies or b) my ability to teach it.
I say this because the bulk of the questions fell into one of three main categories:
The absurdly easy (real example: "In which region of the world did the religion of Islam arise?")
The absurdly irrelevant (real example: "What is the longest unfortified border in the world?")
The absurdly arcane (real example: "What is the significance of [some number] latitude?")
I don't know precisely when the idea arose that facts constituted desired knowledge, but it's not helping anyone.
In other Edwahoo news, I've been offered a Teach for America position teaching elementary school in Phoenix, AZ, which I do believe I'm going to accept.
I say this because the bulk of the questions fell into one of three main categories:
The absurdly easy (real example: "In which region of the world did the religion of Islam arise?")
The absurdly irrelevant (real example: "What is the longest unfortified border in the world?")
The absurdly arcane (real example: "What is the significance of [some number] latitude?")
I don't know precisely when the idea arose that facts constituted desired knowledge, but it's not helping anyone.
In other Edwahoo news, I've been offered a Teach for America position teaching elementary school in Phoenix, AZ, which I do believe I'm going to accept.
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on Sunday, January 08, 2006 at 9:28 AM.
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