There are two more days of school left: it will be the last two days of Regents Exams (New York State Exams) Monday and Tuesday next week. The Living Environment exam, the exam I have been preparing my students for the entire year, will be on Tuesday. We’ll see how well I prepared my students on Tuesday! In New York, students need to pass five Regents exam to graduate. One of these exams must be a science exam, albeit Living Environment (Biology), Chemistry, Earth Science or Physics. The Living Environment is considered to be the easiest out of these four exams.
Now, I can reflect on my year. Watching over the video and seeing how far my students have progressed from throwing objects at me in the beginning of the year to completing the Regents exam now has been gratifying. By the end of the year, I allowed my preparation for the MCAT and medical school admissions to overshadow the quality of my teaching. Fortunately, the desire for my students to perform well on the Regents helped makeup for the decrease in my performance as a teacher. The Regents results will tell.
