Interview

Months ago I applied to the University of South Carolina. I am interested in their Master in Special Education program for first time teacher licensing. I applied at the last minute so I guess it is appropriate that I am interviewing at the last minute.

I had never been on the USC campus, it seems pretty nice what little I saw of it. I was mainly interested in finding the education building.

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This is a big step in my life. If I commit my time and money to this program then I need to be serious about finishing it. I am concerned about the time required for the classes. Class periods are at a bad time, 4:30 to 8:30, not good mommy times to be in class. I mentioned this during the interview. One of the interviewers, who would be my adviser, wrote up a schedule for me for the first semester that included online courses. I guess that was an indication of the interview.....that she was advising me.

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The interview went well. I meet all the criteria with my GPA and Millers Analogy test score. She said that my test score was good, I thought it was merely passing since I was so sick when taking that test.

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We talked for quite a while about other subjects because one of the interviewers had adopted two children from Russia (was Russia when she adopted). We talked about behavior, attachment issues and such.

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After the interview I had one hour to read two articles and write a summary and critique them. I did fine on the first article. I did struggle because it was an outdated article about inclusion and I know the outcome of the IDEA legislation. The second article I struggled with more because I couldn't critique it too well. I wrote one paragraph critiquing the article and then the rest of the paragraphs were my opinions on why the author was wrong! Oh well, they got a sample of my writing (and some of my opinions). I find it sad that at this level of education they need to see if you can read, comprehend and write.

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I did come out and tell them that I didn't realize that I was so opinionated. They said that it was allowed.

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Overall, a good day. I should know soon if I will be accepted. My next concern is financing....how am I going to afford this? School starts next month.

I returned to my car to find that I had two minutes left on my meter, what timing.