Last week, when Chicky was home for her Spring Break, I came home from work to find this stuff spread out on the kitchen table…
Yeah…Chicky spent part of her break studying for the same General Knowledge Test that I took just a few days ago.
It seemed rather strange that I, an almost forty-year-old woman, would be taking the same job certification exam as my nineteen year old daughter, but that is exactly what happened.
She had been nervous about the reading section of the test, and I had been nervous about the math.
We made quite the pair, let me tell you.
It was nice to have her to sympathize with. She kept reassuring me, and I did the same for her.
As you already know, I passed my exam on Tuesday.
Today, it was Chicky’s turn.
I did not sleep well last night.
I was nervous for her.
You see, she had to pass this test in order to pass one of her classes at school. Southeastern University is known for its education program, and the requirements for those majoring in education are very stringent.
Students are required to take the various State exams at various intervals throughout their time at the college. That is why Chicky had to take her test during her first year of college.
And so I woke up early…between 7 and 7:30am.
I could not go back to sleep.
All I could think about was my sweet baby girl taking a very grown-up test.
I began praying.
I counted off the minutes in my head.
8:50 – She should be done writing her essay. I hope she got an easier topic than I did.
9:40 – She should be done with the grammar.
10:30 – She’s starting the reading section.
11:20 – She’s ready to begin the last section…the math portion.
However, I was in for a surprise.
Around 10:30 (Central time…she’s an hour ahead at Eastern time), my cell phone rang.
It was Chicky.
I thought something was wrong. Why would she be calling me in the middle of her test?
“Mama. I’m done.”
“What? How can you be finished already? You’re supposed to working on the math.”
“Mama. I finished every section early.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. It only took me 45 minutes to do the math section.”
This is when I started feeling stupid.
Or maybe I felt my age.
Perhaps if I had taken the test twenty years ago…before children…I would have been able to fly through it as well. Everyone knows that mamas lose half of their brain cells the moment they give birth.
Then, Chicky gave me the news…
“Mama, I passed!”
My heart filled with the joy that comes when a mother watches her child succeed.
Chicky’s journey toward teacher certification is now officially underway. She still has two more exams to take, and she’ll get them done, eventually. For now, she can breathe a sigh of relief.
I, as her mom, will walk around with a huge smile on my face knowing that my baby is a chip”let” off of the old block.
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