A few days ago, my teaching license came in the mail! It was great to finally have that hard-copy of my accomplishment of passing the Praxis II exam for English. When it arrived, and also when I saw my score online, I had feelings of relief. I no longer had to take more classes to obtain the teaching license, even though I had already taught in Japan and as a substitute teacher for Japanese (and other classes, but for some of the Japanese classes, I was able to make my own lesson plans because of how close I was to the teachers). However, now I have feelings of the test being too easy... So, the test was multiple choice with 2 short-answer questions worth very little to the overall score. This same style of test is the one that is given for all other subject areas at the university (that I know of) for want-to-be-teachers.
It makes me feel like even though I passed the test, if I am to be a Language Arts teacher, I definitely need to read more of the canon texts (i.e. Shakespeare, Wells, The Great Gatsby, A Farewell to Arms, etc.) that I did not read in high school and form an opinion about them so that if I get asked questions like, "What books do you see yourself using for you LA9 classes?" I would be able to tell them my opinions. But, I don't really know what the teacher interview process is. Do they ask teachers that sort of question? What about giving an impromptu lesson on a certain topic? What about answering questions about a certain author? Ugh. Well, I don't mean to be a pessimist. I really am looking forward to having my own classroom someday, but I don't think I will ever feel truly prepared for the interview, regardless of how much I've read. Do you have any books that you read in high school that really stick out in your mind as good or awful? Please let me know down in the comments so that I can go read them!
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