Putting the ‘You’ in ‘Team’
By Sam Weatherford
I have always had a deep-rooted disdain for collaborating and working in groups. I never played team sports and was not one for board games growing up. I would consistently pick playing with Barbie by myself or reading a book over interacting with my peers. Two younger brothers meant that I rarely had to share, and as the oldest, I often called the shots.
School was not much better. Nothing made me squirm more than a group project. I would pout, shun my partner, and quickly take over the task when a teacher asked me to pair up. I was always of the mindset that others were not going to be as accurat...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - July 31, 2012 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Putting the ‘You’ in ‘Team’
By Sam Weatherford
I have always had a deep-rooted disdain for collaborating and working in groups. I never played team sports and was not one for board games growing up. I would consistently pick playing with Barbie by myself or reading a book over interacting with my peers. Two younger brothers meant that I rarely had to share, and as the oldest, I often called the shots.
School was not much better. Nothing made me squirm more than a group project. I would pout, shun my partner, and quickly take over the task when a teacher asked me to pair up. I was always of the mindset that others were not going to be as accurate, ...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - July 31, 2012 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Getting a Life
By Samantha Weatherford
I was recently asked on a phone interview, “What do you like to do outside of speech therapy?” Oh. My. Gosh. What do I like to do? I have no idea.
I have been studying speech-language pathology (SLP) for the past six years, and two of those six have been nonstop SLP. I am good at speech therapy and I am not good at a lot of things, so I really need to take advantage. I eat, sleep, and breathe SLP. My friends are speechies. My role models are speechies. I only take SLP classes. I blog about SLP. I attend SLP conferences. I watch movies like The King’s Speech and Children of a Lesser God. ...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - June 29, 2012 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Getting a Life
By Samantha Weatherford
I was recently asked on a phone interview, “What do you like to do outside of speech therapy?” Oh. My. Gosh. What do I like to do? I have no idea.
I have been studying speech-language pathology (SLP) for the past six years, and two of those six have been nonstop SLP. I am good at speech therapy and I am not good at a lot of things, so I really need to take advantage. I eat, sleep, and breathe SLP. My friends are speechies. My role models are speechies. I only take SLP classes. I blog about SLP. I attend SLP conferences. I watch movies like The King’s Speech and Children of a Lesser God. I r...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - June 29, 2012 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Fighting the Fluff
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Fighting the Fluff
By Samantha Weatherford
I have been pondering what to write for my first blog post on The Hearing Journal’s website for a few months. Literally, months. Would I lie to you? No, I would not. Seriously, months!
When the editor asked me to write for The Hearing Journal in February, I was so excited and honored, but then I remembered, “I am a speech-language pathology student. Why would The Hearing Journal want me?” Then I felt sad because I would have to tell her the truth and risk being shunned. My speechie ways would be sent packin’. I was assured, however, ...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - June 1, 2012 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Fighting the Fluff
Sam’s Student Lounge:
Fighting the Fluff
By Samantha Weatherford
I have been pondering what to write for my first blog post on The Hearing Journal’s website for a few months. Literally, months. Would I lie to you? No, I would not. Seriously, months!
When the editor asked me to write for The Hearing Journal in February, I was so excited and honored, but then I remembered, “I am a speech-language pathology student. Why would The Hearing Journal want me?” Then I felt sad because I would have to tell her the truth and risk being shunned. My speechie ways would be sent packin’. I was assured, however, that SL...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - June 1, 2012 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
If You’re Under 80, It’s Time to Join Twitter!
By Samantha Weatherford
“Last call for Sunday dinner. If I don’t hear from you via Facebook or phone by 11 a.m. tomorrow, I’ll take that as a no.” That’s a direct quote from my Grandma. On Facebook.
My Grandma, Dee, is 76. She unplugs the computer when it freezes up. (Dee, seriously, stop that.) She always thinks someone is hacking her account. She doesn’t want a phone with a camera. And she is one of my most favorite humans on Earth.
She Facebooks. She “likes,” comments, posts, tags, shares, LOLs, calls my mom her BFF (best friend forever). She is a Facebook machine. A champion o...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - May 18, 2012 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
If You’re Under 80, It’s Time to Join Twitter!
By Samantha Weatherford
“Last call for Sunday dinner. If I don’t hear from you via Facebook or phone by 11 a.m. tomorrow, I’ll take that as a no.” That’s a direct quote from my Grandma. On Facebook.
My Grandma, Dee, is 76. She unplugs the computer when it freezes up. (Dee, seriously, stop that.) She always thinks someone is hacking her account. She doesn’t want a phone with a camera. And she is one of my most favorite humans on Earth.
She Facebooks. She “likes,” comments, posts, tags, shares, LOLs, calls my mom her BFF (best friend forever). She is a Facebook machine. A champion of Fac...
Source: Sam's Student Lounge - May 18, 2012 Category: Speech Therapy Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
