My interview with a speech language pathologist

My interview with a speech language pathologist - May Mahmoud

I interviewed a Speech Language Pathologist. She has a master's degree in the field and before she started her undergraduate studies, she had no experience in the field at all. She knew she wanted to work in the school system instead of a health care facility. She claimed her undergraduate studies were very general and that it just helped her grasp what the major was basically about and what she would be seeing more of in graduate school. When she first started she was just going to stop after she got her Bachelor’s degree but she found out that you can only be a certified assistant with that degree. She then decided to continue her education to get her Master’s degree and be able to become a speech language pathologist. She now works in the school system and she says that she is very satisfied with her position but she does dislike the fact that she sometimes works off hours because she's only required to work seven and a half hours a day, and like most of us, she dislikes waking up early. Also, she strongly dislikes the fact that people often call her a "speech teacher" because she feels that it her title as a speech language pathologist is overlooked. She loves her job because she loves working with kids. She enjoys working with kids of all age groups and her position allows her to work with the kids not only in groups, but individually as well. She informed me that in order to be successful in this field you have to be very patient because you're working with people of all age groups.

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