I despise testing days! A test does not determine a students worth or even the scope of what all they do know! No one sees this part of teaching. Weeks of testing. Practice tests. Benchmark tests. Progress monitoring. Make-ups. Data days. More tests. We don’t get to choose it—but we carry the weight of it. Less time for curiosity. Less time for creativity. Less time to just teach kids. Teachers aren’t tired of students. We’re tired of watching kids feel like a score instead of a human. And we ke