Educator types, say it with me: there ain't no tired like standardized testing tired.
I wasn't even administering a test today, and I'm tired. At my usual morning duty station, I talked down the nerves of two students who were testing for the first time. After turning in my phone, getting the relief schedule, and gathering up a rolling chair, Kleenex, and my water jug, I monitored hallways, relieved teachers for breaks, delivered issues notices to the coordinator, replaced headphones, walked kids to the nurse, and watched classes while teachers turned in their materials. I put in five thousand steps before nine this morning, sang "American Pie" in my head twice, and discussed cool stress balls with a counselor who also had duty in the hallways.
I've got ibuprofen on board and an eye on an early bedtime tonight. I get a reprieve from testing next week, when I'll be "Speed Dating the Bluebonnets" at the annual Texas Library Association Conference. But the week after that...we get to do it all again.
