I am thankful that edTPA is behind me, it is an experience that I hope never to repeat. In retrospect, my self-diagnosis is that I experienced some form or learned helplessness. Throughout I was stressed to the maximum and constantly editing instead of moving forward and completing the product, just never satisfied. I had an extremely difficult time focusing and understanding the requirements for most of the questions. The easiest section was probably the Instructional Commentary and the most challenging the Assessment Commentary. I received words of encouragement from many people, but because of the mental rut that I was in the effects lasted a fleeting moment. I had much support from school, the professors, and many of my peers including
