GOING FOR THE CHALLENGE

Ok....a little breather would be nice...This week means double time. Two papers due on the same day! I'm excited for Thanksgiving.

The past week, I decided to take one the challenge of getting two credentials!!! One in Multiple Subject (which was part of my original plan) and one in Single Subject, emphasis on Math (the new decision)...crazy, i know. I was informed that I only had one extra class to take (which is a total of one weekend...just ONE WEEKEND in ONE SEMESTER! Thats amazing! (the only thing is I need to take another CSET exam for Math...a whoppin' total of 3 subtests). I really decided to go for the challenge because it would open up a wider access on jobs. Plus, I can make the most of having had higher level math classes in high school, which I was teased for by my friends (up to this day). To make the long story short, I basically didn't go with them to New York because I decided to go to "Math Camp"...it was worth it, I got a 4 on my AP Calculus. So to make a first move on this new decision, I actually had a lovely chat with Kimberly in her office (she's our credential analyst in the Grad. Ed. Dept.). I just updated her of my decision to also go through with the Single Subject Credential as well. She further confirmed that i would have to only take the one class and CSET. I left her office feeling so excited that I made the right decision. It would have been such a bummer if I didn't know that I could've done just a little more work to do get a second credential and didn't do it :( but now I am!! Also, I actually went online today to check on CSET test dates. I'm hoping to do all the CSET exams in the Summer (which by that time I will have just given birth to my second child! I am totally out of mind...) I also checked out and emailed UCI's Free CSET Test Preparation Course for CSET Subtest Math I, II & III. Hopefully, I'll get a response from them.

So even if I'm super busy already...I know somehow at the end this program, it will all be worth it, not just for me personally, but especially for my future students.