The students walk in groggy-eyed, dreading what is ahead of them for the morning. I walk in to the library and the juniors and seniors are milling about, some in pajamas, others in yoga pants, or sweats.
The first year I did this I worried about behavior problems, but in the seven years I’ve done it I have never once had a student melt down or give any kind of problem. After all, putting 70 students into one room is normally not a great idea.
I was lucky this year because there were other people in the building facilitating another event, CREATE. I didn’t feel quite so lonely as I watched students bubble and bubble and bubble, and then write their hearts out.
This morning I proctored 70 students as they took the AP Lang practice exam our school offers. I have never had that many students take this exam. We arrive at 7 in the morning and are finished by 11. We offer this experience so that our students understand the endurance involved in taking this exam. I was exhausted afterwards, and I didn’t even take the exam.
These students? They’re committed.
robbinswriters 
Love your title; a nod to your students but to you as well. After all we can’t really ask for that kind of commitment if we are not willing to give it ourselves.
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What a great thing to do! I will share this with my husband; I don’t think they do this at his school. Yes, I’m married to a high school English teacher.
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Good choice, girlfriend!!
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What’s CREATE?
It seems like the counter to TEST.
🙂
Kevin
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Funny! It is: Creative engineering and technology expo
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WOW, that is dedication on both the part of the students and you! It is such hard work to get through those AP Exams.
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