Speech Pathologist Quiz
Today I took an online quiz entitled "Should You Become A Speech Therapist?". Normally, I would have scrolled right on by this search result but for the sake of this blog I figured I might as well give it a go. Many of the questions were completely predictable. As I took the quiz I recorded the questions that stood out to me.
1. Do you like your work to be structured or do you prefer to make things up as you go through your day? Interesting question, I like structure but not monotony So I answered a varied structure.
2. Which statement best expresses your opinion about honesty? Here I responded honesty is the best policy It seems like that is the right answer however the other response is if I get my work done, why should honesty matter? This questioned concerned me.
3. Would others describe you as sensitive to their needs? Personally, I think I am extremely conscious of other's needs. I myself have always had the overwhelming need to make others happy. This is my favorite question because it means a SP should be sensitive to other's needs.
So, after all the questions I got this result:
"You have many of the characteristics needed to work in this field, but not all of them. Before you go any further, you will need to do some more research."
Immediately, I knew what I was missing. I answered I'd prefer to not take a test to become a licensed professional. I have always know that the big test was looming over me, I just didn't think it would be an online quiz that would knock sense into me. Just because I have what it takes to be a speech therapist, does not mean I can ignore something as important as the test to get my license until the day I take it. I have been thinking about the big test now, and realize it is time to take every single lesson as serious as the next if I ever hope to be a professional speech path.
Works Cited
"Should You Become a Speech Pathologist?" Speech Pathologist Quiz Results. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Nov. 2013.
I really relate to this. One of the majors I am contemplating, veterinary medicine, includes a very rigorous test as part of the ability to get into the program and ge t a degree. This is so scary to me to!! its kind of like the ACT but worse! How can one test be so important to your future??? Not fair! The same as you though, I have realized that if I am seriously considering this field that this is part of it and I'm just going to have to accept that. When do you have to take this test?
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