Two boys walked into my speech room yesterday mid conversation about "swag." I'm guessing they were discussing who and who does not possess it. The 7th grade boy asks his friend (totally serious) "Does God have swag?" and his friend replies, totally straight faced and serious "I don't know, I haven't seen him yet."
The scariest part about that story is I almost missed the total sweet, hilarity of it all because my mind was anywhere but at work. The focus and motivation I had last week was totally gone yesterday but this conversation helped me to refocus for the morning and appreciate how sweet middle school boys can be.
They also brought up an important question: "What is swag exactly and how can I get some?" I want the good kind of swag, though. The swag that signifies confidence and professionalism but that is not condescending or arrogant. Do you know any SLP's with swag?
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Hello World
Hello, Good afternoon, Happy Tuesday!
Background Information: This will be my very first post on my very first blog. To be honest, I've wanted to start a blog for a long time but because I am a little bit of a slacker, hence the title of this blog, it's taken me all year to do so.
Reason for Blog: Since beginning my career close to a year and a half ago I have been mildly obsessed with all the speech and language therapy blogs out there. My current favorite speech blogs are (in no particular order): Speech Room News, Speech Lady Liz, Speech Time Fun, Simply Speech. These blogs are so pretty and filled with totally ingenious ideas and activities. Every time I read them I wonder where the authors find the time (and especially the motivation) to create new, fun activities, write their blogs and work their normal jobs. I don't even really understand what clip art is. Ok, I know I probably do have the time (I'm single with no kids or pets), but motivation and creativity are in short supply. I would so much rather watch Real World Portland (this season is surprisingly good!) when I get home than do even more work.
Qualification: Anyways, what I feel I do have to offer to the world of Speech and Language Pathology is a little bit of humor and somewhat balanced perspective on day to day occurrences in the life of an SLP (e.g. crazy parents, terrible, soul crushing IEPs, what I sometimes do when I should be working). I will also have the help of some super funny friends from Grad School to tell their favorite stories, too.
This is gonna be fun people...
Background Information: This will be my very first post on my very first blog. To be honest, I've wanted to start a blog for a long time but because I am a little bit of a slacker, hence the title of this blog, it's taken me all year to do so.
Reason for Blog: Since beginning my career close to a year and a half ago I have been mildly obsessed with all the speech and language therapy blogs out there. My current favorite speech blogs are (in no particular order): Speech Room News, Speech Lady Liz, Speech Time Fun, Simply Speech. These blogs are so pretty and filled with totally ingenious ideas and activities. Every time I read them I wonder where the authors find the time (and especially the motivation) to create new, fun activities, write their blogs and work their normal jobs. I don't even really understand what clip art is. Ok, I know I probably do have the time (I'm single with no kids or pets), but motivation and creativity are in short supply. I would so much rather watch Real World Portland (this season is surprisingly good!) when I get home than do even more work.
Qualification: Anyways, what I feel I do have to offer to the world of Speech and Language Pathology is a little bit of humor and somewhat balanced perspective on day to day occurrences in the life of an SLP (e.g. crazy parents, terrible, soul crushing IEPs, what I sometimes do when I should be working). I will also have the help of some super funny friends from Grad School to tell their favorite stories, too.
This is gonna be fun people...
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