Landmarks Along the Way

Last week, I passed two milestones on this journey of mine. First, I passed my Special Education licensure exam. While fellow students like to make each other feel better by saying "Oh, it's easy, don't worry about it!", I did not find it particularly easy. It was 100 multiple choice questions, and each question had 5 possible answers - all of which were "right". I had to determine which of the five correct answers would be the first thing I should do or consider. While this definitely wasn't as hard as the GRE I took and foreswore 12 years ago, it certainly wasn't as easy as the general licensure test.

Additionally, I was a co-presenter at the Colorado Affective Needs conference last week. I was honored that one of my favorite professors asked me to co-present with her last summer, and it's been hanging over my head ever since. I researched and presented about 10 minutes worth of material on using mentors for gifted students with Asperger Syndrome. I consider it a success, as I had three or four good questions that came out of it, and a teacher who thanked me for giving her an idea to use on a student she's been having a difficult time with. Honestly, I'm just glad it's over and now I have something good to put on my resume - which I need to seriously get working on!

So - two less things are hanging over my head now, and as my mother-in-law reminded me yesterday, the two years that seemed to stretch and loom ahead of me are almost over.