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Yesterday was our Yom Hamah.  This day is meant for girls not going into combat and boys with a lower score on their physical testing to undergo several tests to measure which job you will enter.
The day started at 7 am and ended around 6 pm.
It was broken down into 7 stations.
 The first that my tzevet (group) went into was that of a 2 hour long computer test.  In this test there were lots of directions in Hebrew, light math, reading graphs and my favorite - a ten minute activity where every time you saw a red square you had to press the enter key.  This was meant to test your reflexes and the amount of concentration you had before wanting to throw the computer screen out the window.
There were some tests that I didn't really understand and don't think I really excelled at such as telling the difference between addresses, money, percents ect in the manner of seconds.
And one test where we read the weather.
Other then that the hardest thing I found about this station was staying still and concentrating on my Hebrew reading.  I am still on the level of a Forth Grader when it comes to reading Hebrew - like a very slow dyslexic Hebrew 4th grader.



After this station we went into a situation room where we were given some situations and asked how we would role play to deal with it - mine was be a clerk in a store and tell someone they can't return something.


Story of my life.

Then we had to put together a puzzle together where we had to make a seires of slides form together and make a marble go down it. - I excelled and finished before time was up.




After that we had several stations like crawling through sand and placing sandbags on the floor to make a big map- working on our team work. We were also forced to do two public speaking practicals.
The first we were meant to stand in front of the class and speak about a topic for a minute then instruct on that topic and make it interactive.   I taught everyone about Pilates.
We had another speaking practical where we were meant to read an article and then present it to the group.  In the middle of the 4 minutes we would be interrupted and it would show  how we would deal with interruptions. 


My article was about how teenagers regard celebrities.  Being so brilliant and well coiffed on this topic I started rambling about the Jersey Shore.  Yes, on one of the most important test days of my life I spoke about a 5 foot orange bad influence.  I am sure you are all impressed now.



Overall the day was very long and confusing, but I feel ok about it. 

I am now waiting for my Minila folder to see my options.
Lots of Love,
Michali