Today was the big day. I have been asking my Life Group to pray for TAKS and one girl asked me this week why we were praying for taxes still.... yeah I had to laugh. Anyways, today was the day that my freshmen took their Math TAKS. The day that the whole school year has been working toward. These results are suppose to tell me if I am good teacher or not. But no offense to the wonderful state of Texas but a test that happens one day out of the year is not a good judge of my ability as a teacher. It can not measure the relationships that I have formed with my students. It does not show how much my students have improved as a person. To watch them grow each day. How do you measure that on a test? However one good thing come out of TAKS this week. I was able to make a new friend. I had a new helper for the math TAKS, Mr. Torres. He is trying to get a history teacher job here in Levelland, actually the one he is substituting for right now. We had a wonderful conversation on Wednesday about what it meant to be a teacher and how we in American are very privileged but can't seem to see that. His daughter was one of the senior girls on the volleyball team this year.
So I just wanted to thank all of you who have been praying for my students this week and all the students across the state of Texas. Also wanted to let you know that after talking to two periods of students I think they did a pretty good job. I can not wait to get back the results. I hope you all have a wonderful week!!!
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