Sweat was dripping down my brow as I watched my timer. I should have done more Praxis practice tests in my exam prep. I was DOZENS of pages away from finishing my Praxis Practice Test...

...And yet my evil timer told me that my remaining five minutes was almost up.

Tick, tock. Tick, tock.

I started to scramble for answers. I didn’t even know what I was writing at that point; I was just desperate to reach the finishing line. My hand started cramping through the sheer effort of racing against my kitchen timer.

And by the time it finally went off, I was nowhere near close to finishing my Praxis II Practice Test. To make matters worse, my resulting score wasn’t just dismal – it was downright embarrassing. I mean, I could just picture the folks over at ETS laughing at my puny attempts to answer these vague and – quite frankly – insultingly tricky test questions.

I knew I faced a terrible dilemma. If I couldn’t manage to finish my Praxis practice tests in the comfort and privacy of my own home...

...How the heck was I going to finish the actual exam on the big day?

Praxis II practice tests aren’t helping your time management efforts – period.

In fact, if you’ve been using ETS Praxis practice to prep yourself for the big day, then you might as well kiss your dreams of standing in front of your own classroom good-bye. There’s no way that your home can reflect the terrifying conditions at a test center.

The clinical-looking wooden desks that will hold you captive for the next two hours.

The dozens of test takers surrounding you, all with their own dreams of passing this exam.

And let’s not forget the incessant ticking of the clock as it counts down the time you have left to complete your test...

…Or rather, the time you have left to panic and vaguely hope that a minutia of the answer bubbles you’re frantically filling in are correct.

To make matters worse, ETS tools lull you into a false sense of security about your time management skills. Their Praxis tutoring tells you that you’ll be just fine if you take a deep breath and focus. Their Praxis practice tests are so extraordinarily easy that you actually dare to hope you’ve got a shot at passing this test.

Well, I’m sick of the time management lies the popular study guide books are peddling.

It’s time that we fight back against the shoddy Praxis II practice tests that keep us from achieving our true potential as certified teachers. It’s time to demand the real secrets to effective time management, such as: