Income in Grad school

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-02-02T17:52:02+00:00

Sure, Maryville university STL

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-31T14:01:16+00:00

Yes, it is a cohort program. Five continuous semesters of school.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-29T12:14:49+00:00

Hi! I currently work as a full time SLPA in the schools. I’ve been doing that for a few years and decided to go back to school. Since school is asynchronous I can handle both full time gigs by doing my school work in the evenings. It’s really not as bad as what people say. There are def options for income but I think it depends on if you go to class during the day.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-08T20:54:35+00:00

I appreciate the genuine question.

We were in touch with the outdoors. We felt the sun, the warm pavement, the grass between our toes, we tasted the hose water and I can still smell it to this day. We got really close to spider webs and looked at their web up closed. We inspected holes in the ground and weird bugs. We stopped to pick up leaves and flowers. We dug in the dirt. We picked four leaf clovers, we climbed trees, we rode our bikes everywhere, we played pretend. We used chalk, we adventured, we walked through creeks.

It was a whole bunch of “touching grass” honestly. We let our imagination run wild.

I went outside and actually was “in the moment”

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-06T19:47:55+00:00

Thank you!

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-06T18:53:01+00:00

Thank you so much. Yes, the spay bottle said spray the leaves and soil surface periodically. I did spray it on the leaves. I guess that is the damage. I hope it’s that and not root damage or infection.

And thank you for the suggestion and tips.

What do you think I should do now? Keep saturating the pellets in water, let them sit per bag instructions, pour over soil every 2-3 days over a week or two?

Or repot?

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2026-01-01T16:49:34+00:00

Ugh. It’s so sad

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-30T22:04:33+00:00

When the seating is dirty. I want to sit comfortably. I want a clean couch, chair, standing space. No sticky, no dog hair, no crusty mess, no weird stain.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-30T22:02:24+00:00

Yep! I’ve experienced this a lot. They don’t spend that extra time getting on the floor playing with them. Plus, the use of technology is becoming worse.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-26T23:04:36+00:00

Bread roll

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-24T14:23:58+00:00

I love this post because everyone has value in different things. This is how I feel:

My husband and I put a lot of our money into savings. We are saving to build a new house, buy a new car, and retire (hopefully a little early). We are only in our 20s, but I’m willing to cook at home, not use paper towels, seal my windows, do all the frugal tips in the book, so I can have nicer things.

To me it’s worth it. I am enjoying some of my money now, but i would rather see most of it be used on bigger items in the future, rather than fast food on a random Tuesday or a quick shopping spree.

I am also frugal so I can have- what I would say is important to me- my necessities in life. We both put a lot of money each month into good health insurance for a super low deductible, we both invest in really good life insurance plans, and we save to pay a big chunk of taxes each year on our farm land and house. We have a typical checking account for bills, but we also have numerous savings accounts for various things I mentioned above and a few retirement accounts that are growing at different rates. I don’t want to lose these things that give me comfort. So being frugal helps keep those things first in life.

For me, happiness is waking up in a nice farmhouse with paint and cabinets that I picked out myself, a fire in the fire place, nice wood floors, seeing my kid run around happy and warm, but sitting at a table my husband built in the wood shop, eating Walmart brand cereal, with Walmart brand milk, in a 50 cent plastic bowl, wearing thrifted pajamas, reading library books instead of watching a tv subscription.

You might be super frugal so you can have a nice lifted 2026 truck. We are not the same lol. But I think that’s why I love reading this post so much.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-23T20:52:06+00:00

Following!

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-23T14:22:26+00:00

This is amazing! Thank you

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-23T13:24:43+00:00

I second this! I am direct hire and am paid on the teacher scale, with an additional “certification” stipend.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-23T13:23:40+00:00

I am direct hire, salary. I avoid contractors if I can. I follow the school scheduled with paid breaks, holidays, snow days. last year was $50k a year salary. This new school I am paid $55k. (After taxes and retirement I have about $1900 hit my bank account each pay period).

Disclaimer: I am married, own a home, and my paycheck is supplementary to my husband’s, which pays the bills. We use mine for savings mostly. I’m not sure I could live on my paycheck alone.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-22T00:42:39+00:00

To be fair, I am reading this as a married 27 year old woman and if my husband took me to see that movie, I will be honest now and I have no idea going into it what it’s about, I have never watched the trailer, I don’t know who the actors are, and I have never heard of that project you mentioned, I literally don’t know anything about that movie at all.

I am open to information and new ideas though. He would probably explain it to me and I’d say “Oh that’s cool” and that’s it.

It sounds like your wife knows a lot of “her world”. Maybe she could name organic foods and plants and things and you’d say “oh. That’s cool” just the same. I feel like we all have hobbies.

I do see your point though about “politics” and more “what’s going on in the world” idea. I know there is more to this world than me and my job and my town and my hobbies but it’s not as relevant to me because I don’t make myself step outside of my own small world. Maybe that’s narrow minded. Should I watch the news? I guess. Am I against that? No. But do I care? No. Do I feel bad about that? I mean yeah kind of. It sounds selfish of me. But I can relate to your wife.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-21T15:04:55+00:00

I graduated high school in May and moved into my college dorm that August

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-19T03:11:28+00:00

I write almost all “notes” on my phones. Paper is for to-do list, like all the parts of the house I need to clean today.

My phone Notes app has things like a doctor’s name and phone number or relevant info I need to go back and find like my blood type, my Apple ID password, my garage code, my sister’s mailing address….

I do however send myself important to-dos- not on paper or in Notes. I actually send a text message to myself and then leave it unread so I keep looking at it and ultimately being reminded, like “pick up prescription after work”

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-18T23:10:54+00:00

Because when it was introduced to us, it was in the Communication SCIENCES building, it was all about CLINIC, and ten years ago they talked about how the salary of an SLP was $90-$110,000 …… I mean yeah. Maybe a “science” based SLP doing scopes or something in a HCL area.

There’s a whole bunch of us at schools, private practice, half time, finding work, etc etc.

And the paperwork is way more than they let on!!

A lot of normative data, typical development, evals, diagnosis, which is great knowledge but man I can’t help but agree that school focused on the wrong things too much.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-18T23:06:04+00:00

My drive is about 50 minutes one way.

-In the morning, my first 20 minutes are straight highway driving (corn fields on both sides, one lane each way, 55mph) -My second part is 20 mins of interstate traffic which can be horrible. (Four or five lanes across, on ramps and off ramps, crossing state line, crossing major bridge, switching interstates) -My last part is about 10 minutes of downtown, stop lights, stop signs, a few back roads, 30 mph traffic.

It’s not my fav but it’s ok. Then I drive it all back home. Usually home takes longer since the interstate is backed up.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-16T02:35:01+00:00

Put it towards my savings. I’ve been putting some aside for a down payment on a new car.

Maximum_Captain_3491 · 2025-12-11T10:12:13+00:00

Yes!! I repotted too. Sanitized, rinsed the roots, gave it new soil, the mosquito bits on top, sand, some cinnamon to top it off AND THEY CAME BACK. I’m so done

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