I am not smarter than a 5th grader! And I couldn't go in and pass a Praxis test without help from this site!
Apparently I had tried out this site before because I had an account already, but had to change my password to get into this again. It was very easy to do that and now I have the new password written down so I can continue to "play" in this site. I had tried some of the elementary tests before, so this time I tried a middle school geography test. I didn't flunk the test, but I could have done better. Last week when I was working on this assignment, I tried a few questions in the Praxis test. Today I decided to try it again and give it a better chance. I found out I need to do some more studying before I could pass the test and it suggested other tests to try to get some practice. It's nice to know what I need to study. I liked being able to go back and look at the questions I got wrong so I could see if it was in the areas I was struggling with my answers. It gave me a clear look at where I'm lacking!
In the job search and workplace section I did the job interview portion. It has been some time since I've been on an interview and I'm not comfortable with how I present myself. I really liked all of the suggestions the site gave for the practice answers I gave. It is a useful tool to get your mind in the right frame to be ready for the questions you may get. While I was doing this portion, I was sharing my responses with one of my co-workers, who had a previous job of helping people get ready for job interviews and she was a great resource to help me make my answers better.
Finally, I downloaded two different e-books. One was on studying geography for 20 minutes per day to help me with the middle school tests. The other was on deciding if you want to be a teacher before you get into taking college classes. I didn't look at the copyright date of the geography book, but the teacher book was a 2009 copyright. It still has relevant information for helping you decide if a teaching career is for you.
Overall, I found this to be a very useful site.
Thanks, Kathy. I like to think that we learned that 5th grade stuff and then forgot it because we had to learn more important stuff, not that we're dumber than 5th graders. :) Thanks for giving this such a good try and for your comments. I hope you will show this to your patrons!
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