Dr. Crawford spent the first week of June in Louisville, KY reading AP U.S. History exams for the Educational Testing Service. The experience consisted of a grueling schedule of reading essays eight hours per day, seven straight days.
Despite the difficulties of maintaining alertness, the experience is always useful. Not only does ETS pay well, but Crawford had the chance to talk with other university professors and also practicing social studies teachers. That is the true value of the week: to hear about conditions in the teaching profession. It can truly be viewed as a graduate seminar in teaching the social studies.
It was not all work, however, and Crawford found time to take in a Louisville Bats baseball game and touched bases with friends he hadn't seen in a while.
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