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I Am a Grammar Natzi

According to “Being the Grammar Police” by Daryl L. L. Houston, sometimes correcting someones grammar on their personal blog can be more hurtful than it is helpful. I’ve always loved the English language and have excelled in spelling and grammar, so when someone uses the wrong form of “your” and “you’re”, it drives me INSANE. Granted, I’m not perfect. Sometimes I forget where a comma should be placed, or I may place it after the end quotation mark when it should be placed before. Regardless, I feel that if you are going to post on any form of social media, you should make use of spell check or have someone proof-read your posts before you post them. I find it extremely difficult to read a post that is full of grammatical errors. As I am reading, I correct the mistakes in my head, therefore making it impossible to retain what I just tried to read. On the other hand, I agree with what Mr. Houston had to say in his blog. Although it bothers me when someone uses poor grammar, if they were to constantly be corrected, it may hurt their feelings, or piss them off. Speaking from personal experience, I correct my family members all the time when they use incorrect grammar when they speak. They all feel like I am disrespecting them because they are older than me and feel it’s not my place to be correcting someone older than me. By reading Mr. Houston’s post, it has really put things in perspective for me when it comes to correcting other people, especially on social media. From now on, if I feel like I want to correct someone on their post, I will merely go to another blog before I comment, correcting their grammar!

Money, Money, Money!!

One of the WONDERFUL perks of choosing speech therapy over teaching is the salary. Even though most people say, “money isn’t everything” or “money can’t buy happiness,” money CAN buy a lot of things that make you happy 😉

Salaries all depend on the place you decide to work.. If you decide you want to work in the school system as a speech therapist, you won’t get paid as much as if you decided to work in home health.

Since I am from the beautiful state of Alabama, I’ll post the salaries of speech therapists here according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Elementary and Secondary schools- $66,490
  • Health Practitioners- $82,240
  • Hospital- $76, 910
  • Nursing Home- $87,810
  • Home Health- $90,530

Where Can You Work As a Speech Therapist?

As a speech therapist, you aren’t limited to a private practice or a hospital. Although those are great places to work, you have SO many more options!

Speech Therapists can work at

  • hospitals
  • nursing homes
  • home health
  • private schools
  • public schools
  • private practices
  • community clinics
  • colleges
  • health departments
  • research labs

With each of these places of employment comes different job descriptions, hours, salaries, and different client ages

What Do You Need to do to Become a Speech Therapist?

Becoming a Speech Therapist is no walk in the park by any means! Like I mentioned in my first post, I attend the University of Alabama where I am currently studying to become a Speech-Language Pathologist (commonly known as a speech therapist). In order to become a licensed Speech Therapist, you have to attend a LOT of school.

Not only do you have to get your bachelor’s degree in Communicative Disorders, you have to go BACK to school to receive your master’s degree. As if all of that schooling wasn’t enough to certify you as a speech therapist, you also have to take a test with ASHA (American Speech-Language Hearing Association) to receive your certification. ONLY when you complete all of these will you be a licensed speech therapist.

You could always go back to school to obtain your doctorate if you want the title of “Doctor”, but that’s just not in the cards for me 🙂