Indeed, it has begun. I have started studying in earnest and have started misc. outlines and notes. I'm aware they're not perfect, but at least it's a start and writing things down is always a helpful way to remember the mental hoops I am jumping through.
I have also been looking over the GACE practice exams, reading forums, etc... you would think I was teaching already! Oh, the whining. "This is hard." "I don't understand." "Blah, blah, blah." Firstly, it is a well known, Marine Corps supported theory that you cannot complain about something for which you volunteered. As a second point, it seems truely sad that people that intend to teach are angry that they have to learn. Finally, but by no means the last arguement marble rolling around in my brain, the low level grumbling is unproductive and shortsighted. As a teacher, you have to do all of this anyway. You have to research every lesson plan you put forward, have to complete the background reading, work out assessments, and key terms... I digress, but I'm sure you are catching the drift. This is not only an opportunity to qualify to teach, but it is an opportunity to learn, to get ahead, to assemble enough lesson plans to get a job! I would be very interested to compare the outcome of an interview when a new teacher walked into the room with their transcripts and resume and the teacher that walked in with a resume, lesson plans, examples of student success, and classes they propose undertaking.
Just throwing it out there...
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