Are You Smarter Than an 8th Grader?

Here. Take this science test. It's 8th grade level, so you should know most of it. Easy as pie.

Yeah right!

I was completely ready to ace this little test. I wasn't too worried about it, considering it wouldn't affect our grade. It was just for fun, just to see where we're at. Well, I'd soon find out I wasn't "at" where I thought I was. I received a 32/47. I guessed on a good amount of questions. This got me thinking. We, as prospective teachers, might think we're ready to jump into a classroom. But the truth is, we need classes such as Life Science to refresh our memories on the subject matter we learned way back when we were kids. There's no way we could retain information for that long.

Even though these classes can be difficult, I just need to push through. Sooner or later, I need to come to terms with the fact that this is the path I've chosen in life.I need to "man up" and get my degree. One day, I'm going to be in my own classroom. That's awesome AND frightening all at once. So even though I was surprised at my great failure on this little science test, it proves that I have some room for learning- learning so that I have the ability to teach my future students the best that I can- even though it may seem daunting right now.

It also proves that I am not, disappointingly, smarter than an 8th grader.

EJ