Week One of Grad School in the Books

My first complete week of graduate school is in the books and it wasn’t so bad to be honest. I will say that when people tell you all graduate school consist of is group projects, reading, and writing they are NOT lying! I literally turned assignments in only to gain a new reading assignment and paper due the next time we met. Crazy but reality! In fact, one of my classes only meets twice a week and on the second day of meeting last week our professor assigned not one but SIX assignments!!! HELLO! Needless to say my social life is coming to a screeching halt or so I feel.

Now that I have let the cons be known I will tell all of you of the pros! Graduate school is a much more friendly setting in the classroom. Including myself there are 26 students in my class, therefore we all know each other on a much more personal level. Yes, I know we have only been in class a week but we have been stuck in a therapy room, study room, or classroom with one another for hours. It has been a lot of fun really getting to know each other on a personal level rather than just “Hey, that person is in my class.” I know the next 18 months will be hard but also fun because I have some pretty awesome classmates!

Aside from all the reading and writing I have done I also gave my first presentation at the 7^th annual Jane H. LeBlanc conference.  This past year our speech and hearing clinic started a pilot project implementing thematic units for the therapy services we provided. One of our professors asked me to speak on my experience using my thematic unit (ASU Sports Network). At first I was shocked that I was asked to speak however I soon found myself excited! I had a short time to prepare, but with determination I pulled the presentation off! Plus, it made me feel good that when it was over my professor took the time to send me a message saying my presentation was a hit! SUCCESS!

As you can see my first week of graduate school has entailed quite a lot but I have loved every minute of this amazing opportunity! Here’s making another post soon…