The one with all the options...

So my life has a few options right now and I am trying to decide which one is the best option or actually which one will end up working out: Option 1: This was originally the path I wanted to take, but am now thinking no. I am going back to school to get my teachers certification, I started this journey back in October so I talked to SFA to see if they had any online options for me since I was moving to Louisiana. They said yes, I was super excited all I had to do was take this PACT test to get in. So I signed up for my test which I could not take until January due to moving/other obligations/holidays. I took the test this past Saturday and am waiting on my scores, I really have no idea how I did, I couldn’t find any study materials for this test and my brother took a similar test and said there was no real way to study for it since it is 90% situational questions. Here is an example: Ms. Ruiz is teaching her students about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Which of the following activities would foster critical thinking in her students? A. Students classifying rock samples as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. B. Students watching a video that details the characteristics of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. C. Students researching and then listing the characteristics of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. D. Students labeling igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks using their textbook. Now I am not a teacher, I have not taken any teaching courses so I don’t see how they expect me to know how to answer 140 questions just like that one and it cost $120 to take the test, sounds like a money making scheme to me but that's just my opinion. I used my common sense, but who knows hopefully I passed. I am a little agitated because my brother did not have to take this test, which is basically the TExES exam but they renamed it and made it a pre-test, to get into the Alternati9ve Certification Program, but whatever. So whether I passed this test or not, while taking it I was already thinking that SFA would not be my best option. My initial reason to attend there was to get in state tuition and it would be easier because I just graduated from there. However getting my certification through SFA would require me to move back home for 13 weeks in about a year to do my student teaching. Initially I was ok with this but after thinking it over I really do not want to have to uproot my life for 13 weeks. So I don’t think I will be attending SFA for my certification, I’d like to start on some classes because I plan to continue on to complete my masters, so if I pass the test I will enroll in some courses, if not, it’s not the end of the world. This brings me to… Option 2: If I wait until August to begin school I can attend in Louisiana and get in state tuition, I won’t have to move back home. I can do my student teaching here or do an internship which basically means you can teach your first year on probation while getting a full teachers salary, this is what my brother did not sure if it’s for me. I think I’d do better testing the waters as a student aid than jumping all the way in. Then I could continue on with my courses to get a Masters of Arts in Teaching. Option 2 is the one I have decided I want, but that requires me waiting to start school which sucks, but in the long run I think it will be for the best. So that is where my education/future job prospects look like. It is killing me waiting on my scores, I am an over thinker, I never stop and when I am waiting on something that could change what I am doing for the next few months, I go into overdrive. I can’t help it. So now I wait, I should get my test scores back maybe today or tomorrow, not sure it’s within 7 days but the lady at the testing center said it usually only takes 2 days which would be today. -♥- Cara

*****Update*****

I passed my test!!!!!!!!!