Scaling.......maybe oneday I'll be good enough!!

Today I passed off my anterior scaling.............barely!! I was so nervous. I didn't feel like I understood or got the best instruction the day it was introduced. I felt really defeated that day. I try to practice but because I don't feel like I am doing it right the practicing does no good. I realize that I have been practicing it wrong. Anyway back to passing it off. So I knew the due date was coming up so I went ahead and decided to try and pass it off. I told Prof. Costley I was ready even though I was not sure of myself at all!! She came over and I started. I did well on the facials but then when I went to the linguals I got all messed up and could not get the rhythm down. She told me to get up so she could show me. At that point I figured I had failed. I continued through though. I figured any help she could offer would be valuable. I just kept thinking how they said nothing makes us madder than when you come and get us and you are not ready!! Anyway as we continued on. She offered great help and showed me what to do to correct my grasp and motion. In the end she said she decided to pass me because I am understanding what I need to do and correct I just need more practice. I was so grateful for her understanding. I really feel like this was the first day that scaling made sense. It frustrates me that the instructor on the day we were taught anterior scaling did not, in my opinion, teach it very well but I am just going to have to get over that and realize that we all have off days and maybe that was hers! I am just glad to have it passed off and now I can focus on posterior scaling for now!!