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 SLPs read The Hearing Journal. Whew! Flash forward three months, and I am sitting in my mom’s apartment (I do not have Internet access in my studio apartment — whatever) staring at a blank Word document. The Hearing Journal has been waiting patiently for me to get my act together, and all I have is a blank page and a blank brain. This is my brain on grad school. I wanted to write about, at first, why AuDs and SLPs should be best friends. I probably will sometime in the future, but I recently attended a conference and have been in contact with professionals in the field. I always come out of conferences with epiphanies, and I have some realizations to share. You should go to conferences, too. Your brain will hurt, but it is totally worth it. What I want to tell you, students and professionals alike, is to be critical thinkers. Associations at the ...
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