This past Friday night I stayed up late finishing my binder and flashcards. I was so stressed out thinking about taking my five school boards in the morning; I couldn’t even eat! I knew that I was going to go in there and take them with barely any studying done, and that worried me. I told myself this would really show me what I have retained throughout the year. I thought about taking Saturday off and studying all day and just taking the tests on Tuesday night and finishing my 750 hours then, too. But for whatever reason, I went in Saturday, sat down, and started taking the tests.
The hardest part about the tests is that you don’t know what’s going to be on them. I had no idea what I was going to sit down to. Surprisingly, I knew more than I thought I would! I went really slow on the first one and I put a line next to the ones I was not sure about. Since there are 100 questions, you can get up to 20 wrong and still get a passing grade of 80%. So if I had more than 20 that I was unsure about, I REALLY tried to think about those ones and put down the correct answer. If I was pretty confident about at least 80 of the questions, I knew I was in good shape! It was so nerve-wracking! I think there is just so much pressure because we know that once we pass these tests we are officially done with school and just have the state board left.
I passed Test 1 with an 84%, I passed Test 2 with an 86% and I passed Test 3 with an 80%. I took a break after those and had some lunch and tried to calm down. Then I went and took Test 4. I got a 77% on Test 4; I missed it by 3 points and I was really bummed. My teachers kept counting up the ones that I missed to make sure they had counted right, but I told them it was OK. I didn’t have a good feeling about that one when I turned it in. I honestly think at that point my brain was a little fried! One of my instructors told me to stop for the day. It was almost 4 pm, and we would all be clocking out then anyway, and I agreed that stopping would be a good idea.
I will re-take Test 4 on Tuesday night, and I will also take Test 5 for the first time. I studied all day yesterday, and I know which ones I got wrong and I am feeling confident! Two more to go!
October 6th, 2008 at 11:15 am
What School is everyone going to?? I live in Va. I have had trouble finding a school in my area that puts out any quality. There is one in our area that is just absolutely horrible!! The instructor thinks she is all that, I had my training in Nevada in a very high end school. I went there and couldn’t believe what they were being taught, It was very unorganized, unprofessional, and the owner had no clue what was going on.
Well I am done venting.