As my luck would have it I would be the one that would have my interview first with the school in Scotland. Being the procrastinator I am I didn't really read through the interview requirements/topics until the night before. In which I realized that this wasn't going to be the normal behavioral type interview and that they would be quizzing me on grammar, spelling, and sentence structure. As any of my friends, high school teachers, and college professors can tell you grammar is not my strong suit by a long shot. During high school I don't think my best friend JD or I ever passed a grammar test with a passing score. JD and I had a class together in college, a huge lecture of about 200 people, in which the teacher put the following phrase on the overhead "Colonel Bob". JD had never seen such a word, "colonel", which of course he then asks me what the hell a "Co-loan-el" is. This of course starts a huge argument between him and I on whether "Colonel" is pronounced differently than kernel. This is noticed by the teacher who has overheard a good portion of the conversation and I am sure he was thinking these two won't pass the class.
Anyways, after that story, you should understand my limited grammar ability and if it wasn't for spellcheck and "Ashlee check" on these blog posts they would be quite difficult to read. The interview with the school in Scotland was of course at 7:30am, as I am such the morning person. The interview started well enough with the usual pleasantries and questions. It quickly made a sharp turn into differentiating tenses, spelling commonly misspelled words, and other grammar tests. A quick note, being as the school is in Scotland, not only did I have to attempt to spell difficult words I had to spell them in the "English English" fashion as instructed by the interviewer. Let's just say I didn't really have a clue in how to spell these words in Americna Engligh let a one British English.
After 45 minutes of sweating and confusion I completed the interview and to my delight they said that I had their recommendation for the program, but that I should do some refreshing on my grammar. Point taken.
Ashlee had a much easier time with this interview as she was able to learn from my blunders and studied up on the tenses a bit. Also add to the fact that she is a great writer and does not suffer from the grammar handicap that I do. Needless to say she was accepted by the school.
The next step was telling the parents.....
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