Work, work, ...school?

My week at work seems to be a 5 day blur of me yelling "sit down and stop talking!" or "keep your hands to yourself!" The kids that I work with frustrate me. They don't listen and most of them have no idea what the word respect means. They don't have it for me, Ms Holly, or their friends. They are loud and rude. All of the time. All day. When I get home every night, I want to do nothing but sit in silence. Oh well... It's a paycheck. Only 6 more weeks until I'm done forever! No big deal.

The things that I do seem to remember from my week are all about the autistic child in my class. Everyday I learn something new from him. Everyday I am faced with a brand new situation that I do not know how to handle. Every day I learn first hand what autism looks like. And everyday I become a better therapist. I had no idea when I took this daycare job that it would help me with my future career, but it absolutely will! I wish I could go into more detail about his struggles, the progress he is making, and what all I am learning from him, but I'm just not quite sure about the legalities of it. If he were my client, I know I could never discuss him, but he isn't a client exactly... I just don't know. Better safe than sorry! I don't want to jeopardize my future! So I have deleted his name from the previous post and won't be going into a lot of detail. Although, trust me, I could write PAGES about it. He is an incredible nine year old!

In other news, I have also decided to audit a class in July at Ole Miss. Guess I couldn't resist being a UM student any longer.... Audit means that I am not taking the class for credit. I will not take any of the tests or do any of the projects. Thanks to my professor, it is also FREE. The "class" I am auditing is sign language. I always wanted to take it during undergrad but never had the chance. I will basically go everyday like a regular student, but because it is an undergraduate class, I won't have a grade for it nor will it count towards a degree. Fine by me

:-) I know that the ability to use and understand sign language will greatly benefit my works as a clinician next year and as a SLP in the future.

Love,

Amy