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Here's a picture that I took near the area that we camped at on the trip.
Beautiful, isn't it?
Beautiful, isn't it?
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The Original Sharp-Dressed Man
18 May 2007 @ 08:20 am
You won't be seeing much of me this weekend, online or offline. This evening, I'm leaning on a 3-Day hiking trip to the Grand Canyon with Rich (my brother) and Jen. We plan on getting there sometime around midnight, sleeping till around 5 A.M. and then beginning the hike down to where we're going to be setting up camp. Jen said that it should take us around 4 hours or so to get to that spot.
I've got all my gear packed (I'll take a picture of it and upload here), and I think I'm good to go. Weather should be fairly nice all weekend, with temperatures around the upper 80's during the day. There's a chance of rain tonight, but it should pass as we're driving up there. All that's left for me to do is fill up my Camelbak (3-liter) and Canteen (2-liter) and my water supply should be fine.
I'm really excited to be going on a trip like this. I've been wanting to get away from civilization for a long time now, for various reasons. This is the perfect opportunity to do so. Well, I've nothing left to write at the moment, so wish us well, and I'll have a report when I come back Monday evening.
I've got all my gear packed (I'll take a picture of it and upload here), and I think I'm good to go. Weather should be fairly nice all weekend, with temperatures around the upper 80's during the day. There's a chance of rain tonight, but it should pass as we're driving up there. All that's left for me to do is fill up my Camelbak (3-liter) and Canteen (2-liter) and my water supply should be fine.
I'm really excited to be going on a trip like this. I've been wanting to get away from civilization for a long time now, for various reasons. This is the perfect opportunity to do so. Well, I've nothing left to write at the moment, so wish us well, and I'll have a report when I come back Monday evening.
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excited14 May 2007 @ 05:23 pm
A lot of people think that their college experience is over when they graduate and get their diploma (which I did in December of 2006) - well, that's not necessarily the case when it comes to people in the teaching program. If you didn't take the AEPA (state certification exams) during the school year, you have to take them after you graduate. Just because you have a diploma doesn't mean you're a teacher, no, you still must be certified by the state. This entails taking a minimum of two 4 hour (each) tests, each with 250 multiple choice questions and three essays. The ones that I had to take were the "Professional Knowledge - Secondary" and "History" exams.
Without a doubt, these were the hardest tests that I have ever taken in my entire life, no joke or exaggeration there. Every single one of the questions were phrased almost identically to the following:
"Which of the following would be the BEST course of action to take...?" Then they would give you a full paragraph scenario, followed up by 4-5 multi-sentence options for you to choose. The kicker: each of the options is acceptable in most instances, you just have to pick the supposed best one. Needles to say, I was extremely worried that I had not likely passed the tests. The questions were just too confusing, and the options/answers even moreso.
Well, today some higher power must have smiled upon me - I got an e-mail saying that I had passed both tests! Oorah! You cannot imagine how relieved I am - the journey to becoming a teacher is finally over. No more tests to take, no more classes to attend. It's finally over.
All that is left is to wait for my official papers to arrive from the testing agency, get one last transcript from the University, and then sent my application for my official certificate to the AZ Dept. of Education. I feel as if after so many years, I can finally rest - it's a wonderful thing, trust me.
Without a doubt, these were the hardest tests that I have ever taken in my entire life, no joke or exaggeration there. Every single one of the questions were phrased almost identically to the following:
"Which of the following would be the BEST course of action to take...?" Then they would give you a full paragraph scenario, followed up by 4-5 multi-sentence options for you to choose. The kicker: each of the options is acceptable in most instances, you just have to pick the supposed best one. Needles to say, I was extremely worried that I had not likely passed the tests. The questions were just too confusing, and the options/answers even moreso.
Well, today some higher power must have smiled upon me - I got an e-mail saying that I had passed both tests! Oorah! You cannot imagine how relieved I am - the journey to becoming a teacher is finally over. No more tests to take, no more classes to attend. It's finally over.
All that is left is to wait for my official papers to arrive from the testing agency, get one last transcript from the University, and then sent my application for my official certificate to the AZ Dept. of Education. I feel as if after so many years, I can finally rest - it's a wonderful thing, trust me.
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