First Day of State Testing

I survived.
So did the kids.
Last year, in my old school, it was so different.
The kids did their state tests in the modern way (with technology ... a.k.a. computers).
It was also different in other ways...
I think it was that I had more control.
Here...
I.
Have.
No.
Control.
I just hope the kids did okay.
I heard many kids sharing their thoughts that it was a practice test (not surprised... I mean, we do about 10,000 of them.)
We kindly reminded them that no, it was indeed the real deal.
One more day tomorrow.
Then we have forever to wait to see how they actually did.
I'd like to think that we then have forever to go until our next test, but unfortunately, Math Predictive is coming up soon.
This City loves tests.
We test and test and test.
And when we aren't testing, we teach tests.
I want to be a teacher, teaching more than just tests (I guess I'll have to sneak it in when no one's looking).
This isn't what I signed up for.
My students will be able to take a test (maybe), but there's a good chance, they'll hardly be able to read a newspaper.