Umm.. excuse me... but your perfectionism is showing.

Today I had to give the WISC4. I've done it before, actually done it 6 or 7 times, but it was over a year ago. So I walked in, trying to remember the nuances of the 10 core subtests to the best of my ability. Then I find out that I will be observed during it by my supervisor. So that didn't bring out a lot of warm fuzzy feelings for me. I consciously told myself to take a deep breath and begin to barrel through it. You should know, my supervisor is a stickler for standardized administration of tests, read everything you are supposed to read, exactly the way it is written. I am kinda terrible at that and because my last supervisor was a gist sorta guy (which is my personal preference as well), so I've gotten out of practice. So, I tried my best to stick to the administration manual's script, it was rather cumbersome and formal feeling, but I did a pretty good job. My supervisor, who has given this test a bazillion times attempted to speed up my snails pace and  kept jumping in to speed up the students responses to get to the next question. A couple of times on the verbal tests I was scribbling as fast as I could. I managed to keep up and didn't seem to make any real boo-boos and I was pretty happy with the overall process. After I was done, my supervisor told me I needed to "relax and have fun with it." LOL for sure. I guess my uptight-need-to-get-everything-perfect attitude was a little obvious. Well, sir, once I get it perfect I will relax a bit! :)