Why do you want to become a speech-language pathologist? What was it about being a speech-language pathologist that drew you to this profession?

It is kind of a weird story as to how I came about wanting to study communication disorders. It’s similar to Mrs. McCommas’s actually. My freshman year first semester I was studying engineering. I wasn’t sure if that was what I wanted to do or not, I just knew that I liked math and science, so becoming an engineer seemed like a good idea. Half way through the semester I knew that engineering was not what I wanted to be doing the rest of my life. I didn’t care how much weight a rope could hold when you consider the weight of the rope and the angle of it, etc. No thanks! Luckily, I was taking UNI 101. One day I was sitting in the class and I got to talking to a girl about her major: Communication Disorders. I asked her what classes she needed to take and what being a speech-language pathologist consisted of. I soon became very interested and convinced that being a speech-language pathologist was what I wanted to do.

My mom was very happy and supportive when I brought the idea up to her. She is a special education teacher and most of her students go to a speech-language pathologist.
After I got done talking to her, I had made up my mind. It seems like a perfect job for me. I love children. Helping them learn to communicate with others would be very beneficial to me. I believe that I will enjoy working with them and seeing how my knowledge & instruction has helped them.

I also like the fact that I will have very many options as a speech-language pathologist. Yeah, I love working with children and right now, I think that I want to be in the school system, but what if I decide that I want something different, or need a change? There are many other places I can work. I can work in a clinic or in a hospital with all ages. To me, I feel like being a speech-pathologist is going to give me the best of both worlds: I get to help people and have the option of being in different settings.