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Jun 16, 2011
Graduate / Speech Language Pathology Graduate School Essay [3]
Knowledge is often provoked during unexpected circumstances. When my mother had a stroke the hospital assigned a "Speech Pathologist" to help her re-structure her vocabulary and speech. During these weekly sessions, I witnessed how she slowly increased her language skills. Although my mother had suffered a traumatic event in her life which prevented her ability to communicate with her husband and her children, she was now fully recovering. As her speech improved, her frustration decreased, and her smile became more prominent. In that moment, I realized the importance of speech, what role it plays in the relationship we share with someone, and the social and moral impacts it can have if one is unable to communicate thought and reason. Therefore, I have decided to dedicate my life and skills to those with language and communication disorders.
To pursue my dream, I enrolled in a speech pathology program at _________ College. After hard work and dedication, I decided to apply my knowledge and focus my attention on working with an after school program. As a volunteer at (INSERT NAME) a after school program for high functioning children on the autistic spectrum and children with developmental disabilities, I was handed a great opportunity to experience the joy of being someone's voice, a contingency which is incommunicable. Speech was a common impairment in most of the children at this school and being able to work with them first-hand on improving speech, motor, and developmental skills, allowed me to use strategies learned in my undergraduate education.
Working in New York with children from various backgrounds, low-income families, disparate degrees of disabilities, has allowed me not only to make a difference in each child's education, but also to find my love for the profession of Speech Pathology. Therefore, I believe I will be a great addition to the (SCHOOL NAME)'s Speech Pathology program. My ambition and experience in this field will drive me to provide others with the same hope and understanding I provided for my mother. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell when his influences stop- Henry Brooks Adam.
Knowledge is often provoked during unexpected circumstances. When my mother had a stroke the hospital assigned a "Speech Pathologist" to help her re-structure her vocabulary and speech. During these weekly sessions, I witnessed how she slowly increased her language skills. Although my mother had suffered a traumatic event in her life which prevented her ability to communicate with her husband and her children, she was now fully recovering. As her speech improved, her frustration decreased, and her smile became more prominent. In that moment, I realized the importance of speech, what role it plays in the relationship we share with someone, and the social and moral impacts it can have if one is unable to communicate thought and reason. Therefore, I have decided to dedicate my life and skills to those with language and communication disorders.
To pursue my dream, I enrolled in a speech pathology program at _________ College. After hard work and dedication, I decided to apply my knowledge and focus my attention on working with an after school program. As a volunteer at (INSERT NAME) a after school program for high functioning children on the autistic spectrum and children with developmental disabilities, I was handed a great opportunity to experience the joy of being someone's voice, a contingency which is incommunicable. Speech was a common impairment in most of the children at this school and being able to work with them first-hand on improving speech, motor, and developmental skills, allowed me to use strategies learned in my undergraduate education.
Working in New York with children from various backgrounds, low-income families, disparate degrees of disabilities, has allowed me not only to make a difference in each child's education, but also to find my love for the profession of Speech Pathology. Therefore, I believe I will be a great addition to the (SCHOOL NAME)'s Speech Pathology program. My ambition and experience in this field will drive me to provide others with the same hope and understanding I provided for my mother. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell when his influences stop- Henry Brooks Adam.
