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My dh says I would have made a great risk management specialist. Because no matter the situation I always see the problems better than anybody else he has ever known. LOL. I am taking that as a compliment
Oh Missy, you’ve opened a can of worms for me…….
Long story short worked on corporate finance for several years, quit to take care of DS (I HATED my career so it was no loss), blah blah blah ended up accidentally tutoring a few kids and loving it, applied and got accepted to a Masters of Teaching degree but have been told that it’s better to be a speech therapist as there is a huge shortfall in Australia, now torn between a very expensive masters degree (that will only take 2 years) and a Bachelors degree in speech pathology (4 years). I’m in my early 40s and worry that I’m too old for the bachelors.
If I do teaching I would love to work in the public system for at least a decade to give back but I think speech pathology will be very rewarding too. I just don’t know what to do, if I can do it at all. What if my brain doesn’t work anymore???
Could you already work in speech pathology during the 4 years?
A big chunk of the course consists of placements (unpaid) so it's not all class time but it will take 4 years to be fully qualified and be able to work in my own right.
That sounds good. However, from what you write... you would like to teach, right? Then go for it! It's what your heart tells you!
I would but I have a few friends who are teachers who have left the profession and who tell me don't do it so I am wondering if I am fully of starry eyed naivety.......
Have never done a science based degree so the speech therapy would be so interesting but that said there is lab based work and I wonder if my 40ish year old brain can cope going back to school with the 18yr olds!
Speech pathology is entry level Master's degree here in USA. What is the entry level in your country?
My dh says I would have made a great risk management specialist. Because no matter the situation I always see the problems better than anybody else he has ever known. LOL. I am taking that as a compliment
I would but I have a few friends who are teachers who have left the profession and who tell me don't do it so I am wondering if I am fully of starry eyed naivety.......
Have never done a science based degree so the speech therapy would be so interesting but that said there is lab based work and I wonder if my 40ish year old brain can cope going back to school with the 18yr olds!
I would but I have a few friends who are teachers who have left the profession and who tell me don't do it so I am wondering if I am fully of starry eyed naivety.......
Have never done a science based degree so the speech therapy would be so interesting but that said there is lab based work and I wonder if my 40ish year old brain can cope going back to school with the 18yr olds!
Have never done a science based degree so the speech therapy would be so interesting but that said there is lab based work and I wonder if my 40ish year old brain can cope going back to school with the 18yr olds!
Oh Missy, you’ve opened a can of worms for me…….
Long story short worked on corporate finance for several years, quit to take care of DS (I HATED my career so it was no loss), blah blah blah ended up accidentally tutoring a few kids and loving it, applied and got accepted to a Masters of Teaching degree but have been told that it’s better to be a speech therapist as there is a huge shortfall in Australia, now torn between a very expensive masters degree (that will only take 2 years) and a Bachelors degree in speech pathology (4 years). I’m in my early 40s and worry that I’m too old for the bachelors.
If I do teaching I would love to work in the public system for at least a decade to give back but I think speech pathology will be very rewarding too. I just don’t know what to do, if I can do it at all. What if my brain doesn’t work anymore???
My dh says I would have made a great risk management specialist
Omg this! I was accepted into a masters of teaching at the end of last year with full placement accelerated so I could already teach now. But I had a baby so.. and teachers don't get paid nearly enough for the amount of work that they do. It would take me about at least 5-10 years after the masters to earn somewhere close to what I'm currently getting. It's a hard choice. Also have you looked at other unis? Deakin has a masters of speech pathology 2 years but that's in Melbourne.
I looked! My previous degrees were law and commerce (mistakes of my youth) so no dice. The finance component was good enough for me to get an offer for the Masters of Teaching (I qualified as having enough maths for the key learning area of Mathematics) but there’s definitely not enough science (well none at all) in my degrees for them to let me into the Masters of Speech Pathology.
Thank you for listening to my first world problems everyone! I actually haven’t been accepted for the Bachelor of Speech Pathology yet. Still waiting for offers with the younguns
I shall keep you all updated in another thread when I get some news. It’s really helped to get it off my chest and not subject my poor family and friends to my constant fretting!