4th Grade Science Test.. Oi Vey!

It was interesting to take a fourth grade math test again in the beginning of the year. It seemed so easy, that it's hard to believe that at one point such common knowledge for me was something so new and foreign. I was incredibly nervous, however, that I would get one of the questions wrong. How embarrassing would that be to get a question wrong that a fourth grade student should know. Alas.. when I compared my answers with the answer key I did indeed get one question wrong. I was mortified, and still am to a certain extent, but at the same time I can give myself a pat on the back, and give credit to my teachers in elementary school. The fact that I can still remember some of the things that I learned in elementary school that aren't common knowledge, or used on a regular basis shows that my teachers did an outstanding job at making sure I would remember and comprehend what I was learning. I hope my students will be able to look back 10 years from now and remember what I taught them as I remember what my teachers taught me.