On Saturday a couple of us took the School Leaders' License Assessment. It began at 7:30am [!] and luckily for me it was given over at UVA. Some people drove in from D.C or other points. All for the privilege of paying $500 to take a 6 hour essay exam. Thanks, ETS.My hand hurts. Still. It's Monday, and it's a little sore; this is most likely my fault, as I never mastered the correct handwriting grip so perfectly displayed to the left here. It's been a long time [never] since I hand wrote for six hours. I ran out of ink in one pen.
Compared to 'real' injuries or other professional licensing exams [e.g. the Bar, Medical Boards, etc], this has been easy.
But at least this exam provided an opportunity for a rare event: a January blog post.
And by the way, ETS [the company that produces and sells the academic cash cows of the SAT, GRE, SLLA, Praxis, etc etc etc] is listed as an organization on the web. Their website is www.ets.org. Get that? Dot Org! Not dot com. That means that they're an organization, not a company. Really? How is that possible?
