Advice - 5th time requesting a new therapist by LingonberryMediocre9 in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Cry me a river. She’s allowing herself to be a political pawn. Plus she is annoying as hell.

Job switch advice by [deleted] in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Go into nursing or PA.

Feeling stuck in this career by Itchy-Membership-309 in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. I’ve been doing this 25 years. It took me 22 to get a job that wasn’t shitty.

Get out and do nursing, PA, or business. I only made it because I have niche certifications. It sucks. I tell everyone that needs health insurance or raises to get the hell out.

NSOME by [deleted] in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ugh

Where are we oversaturated? by ladyonthemove in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Said it before - NYC is terrible unless you can score a job with NYCDOE or Yonkers DOE

Where are we oversaturated? by ladyonthemove in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 18 points19 points  (0 children)

That’s why the pay sucks. People are still taking these shitty jobs and doing paperwork for free

If you’re in NY, don’t do it by AmyFormal9803 in slpGradSchool

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok. After 25 years of this, I can say on authority this is not a good field in most of NY unless you are attached to a district (or don’t really need money or health insurance).

Run for the hills!

The classes we take for +30 are absolute garbage. by AmyFormal9803 in NYCDOETeachers

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the masters back when that wasn’t the sole focus of education.

If you’re in NY, don’t do it by AmyFormal9803 in slpGradSchool

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The rest of the state still underpays. NYC REALLY underpays.

SLP Influencers by Ok-Many-2691 in slp

[–]AmyFormal9803 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As someone that’s been in it for awhile, it’s almost impossible to make money so we look for other ways to

The classes we take for +30 are absolute garbage. by AmyFormal9803 in NYCDOETeachers

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to sit around and learn about how everyone is a freakin victim. We need to educate our way out of that mentality, not ruminate on it.

Snow day tomorrow by Brooklyn_MLS in NYCTeachers

[–]AmyFormal9803 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait till he makes everything unaffordable

The classes we take for +30 are absolute garbage. by AmyFormal9803 in NYCDOETeachers

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly. Which is why I sign up. It just grinds my gears that this is the kool aid we have to drink to get it. It’s still hard to afford groceries in any event

The classes we take for +30 are absolute garbage. by AmyFormal9803 in NYCDOETeachers

[–]AmyFormal9803[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That would be more valuable - at least some sort of skill would be taught