This past Sunday I started tutoring someone else for the GRE! How exciting is that?! The person that I am tutoring is a teacher in New York City who is looking for a career change.
She's funny... she asked me for a week's worth of tutoring session because she was hoping to take the test at the end of the month. Problems with that: she hasn't registered for a testing appointment yet and in New York City the slots fill up fast; she hasn't been in school for a number of years, which doesn't mean that she won't do well, but does mean that a lot more time has passed to allow for a lot of knowledge to be stored a little too far back in the brain; she needs to spend more than the 3 hours I meet with her on days that I tutor her to study for this nutty test. Good things though: she is excited to learn, she is capable of acknowledging her strengths and weaknesses, and she has materials. All of these things add up to a big plus in my book. That materials part is important, too... GRE prep material is expensive.
Paired with this, I have started studying, too. I know that in a relatively recent post I've spoken about my need to study for the Psychology GRE. I've finally forced myself to begin a diagnostic test... thank you Barron's. Haven't finished it yet because I got distracted (I know, I know... I should do it in one timed sitting I'm sorry...) because I had to eat something.
Under no circumstances should studying take away those precious times of day when you nourish yourself, mk?
Going back to the Psych GRE... it seems as though what I learned in my Psychology courses at my alma mater did not cover everything that is one the Psych GRE. Whoop-dee-doo... *sigh*
On that note, I'm going to go finish that diagnostic test. I'm halfway there. You can already let the music (or should I say the funeral dirge?) play. I'll be back soon :)
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