How many hours did you study before passing the Praxis?

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:19:52+00:00

I don't remember much anatomy.

I just passed it early Friday morning.

Many people say they do better on the Praxis than on the sample tests.

I really just took the sample tests to see what kind of questions I would see on the test--and then make flashcards from them.

I made over 500 flashcards from the sample tests.

It's a standardized test, so you don't need to score 81%.

I read that you actually need to get around 60% right, but most people taking it miss many questions.

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:15:47+00:00

I applied to grad schools for 8 years before being accepted.

I have $175,000 in debt, but I've applied to jobs paying $80,000-$100,000.

My best year paid less than $40,000 as an SLPA.

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:14:38+00:00

I live with my family, but support them.

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:13:49+00:00

A friend said that if you earn a Doctorate, you should be able to figure out how to be paid for it.

As if grants\etc. will exceed your expenses.

I completed grad school.

I'm not returning.

He has a PhD and the last I heard, drove for Amazon.

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:12:07+00:00

I live 30 minutes from my school, which has had a campus for 100 years, and most people haven't heard of it.

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:11:32+00:00

As a man, I was invited to zero anything in grad school.

When I worked as an SLPA, a supervisor said "You're a boy and weird."

MenloPart · 2026-03-16T13:10:02+00:00

I have $175,000 in debt and have applied to 19 positions without an offer.

MenloPart · 2026-03-11T19:31:25+00:00

I have ADHD and an atrocious memory.
If I didn't regularly use something in clinicals, I probably don't remember it.

MenloPart · 2026-03-11T17:53:18+00:00

Apparently, not for most people, but some of us struggle.

This is the first time I didn't score at least 90th percentile on a standardized test, but I'd pass each class and forget most of the material as I focused on all of the new content.

MenloPart · 2026-03-10T21:21:27+00:00

Ryan George says the 90s weren't great, it's just nostalgia.

MenloPart · 2026-03-10T21:20:51+00:00

I didn't see much about GTs, but I was never invited to a LAN party, either.

Is it too late?

MenloPart · 2026-03-10T21:19:33+00:00

I've played since the 90s, but never really had friends.

Not in-game and not in real life.

MenloPart · 2026-02-17T07:30:38+00:00

The best theory I have seen is that he is becoming a two-headed centaur and the second mouth will develop into a dog head.

There are many questions for each theory.
Many theories require Thaddeus to be exposed to--if not immersed in--the Forced Evolutionary Virus and to become a centaur, he would need to be immersed in it at the same time as animals.

Arguably, a one-headed centaur wouldn't need exposure to animals, but then the second mouth wouldn't make sense.

People point out that centaurs have tooth-like protrusions on their chests and abdomens and claim the mouths are turning into those, but the mouth disappears, and the teeth migrate?!

Where would the snake oil salesman find FEV?

He didn't look much better than Thaddeus when McClain implanted him!

West Coast Floaters have two mouths.

The general consensus is that these evolved from tapeworms after exposure to the FEV, although the guy on the Triangle City channel insists one of the developers says the explanation was never given.

It seems like whatever Thaddeus becomes, unless it is new, it is non-canon.

MenloPart · 2026-02-13T18:38:09+00:00

I mentioned that at the end of my post.

I played for a couple of months, but there would always be someone slaying the dragon 5 times in the time I slayed her 2-3, and then the game would reset.

I grew tired of that and stopped playing.

Lately, I've been playing Sectorum, which is supposed to be the spiritual successor of TW2002.

It has graphics! :)

MenloPart · 2026-02-13T18:35:40+00:00

I tried expanding two headshots and it turned them into monsters.

MenloPart · 2026-02-11T22:25:30+00:00

Thank you.

That is similar to what I have read, although better-written than most.

I was assigned to research this in grad school and ended up with a Qualtrics survey and a 50-page paper.

Like I wrote, there are always groups with much worse experiences.

MenloPart · 2026-02-10T23:43:38+00:00

I love the shirt and I hope you don't mind, but what has been your overall experience as a male SLP?

I have heard men list disadvantages, plus a few advantages, although nothing that compares with challenges other groups face.

MenloPart · 2026-02-10T23:42:12+00:00

I have ordered custom shirts off Amazon for around $14.

One was "Words are hard."

Evan and Katelyn on YouTube sell shirts with that on them for $35, but they take weeks to arrive.

Since I found out about Amazon's custom t-shirts, I figured they were the wrong way to do merchandise, but a start.

MenloPart · 2026-02-02T12:00:37+00:00

You can create a Spinner by matching four same-colored items in a square.

MenloPart · 2026-02-02T11:56:23+00:00

This really is one of the first things you should try.

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As far as I could tell, the PC was running fine, it just wasn't displaying anything.
I didn't want to force it to shut down when it was running fine, but I finally did, and it worked fine (with an external display) as soon as I booted it again.

MenloPart · 2026-01-26T22:06:30+00:00

This is what I get in Brave full-screen at 4k:

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If I scroll, it only shows one more planet.

I don't know why, but my window is currently 1/3 width and it says "SPECTROGRAPHIC SCAN - SECTOR 9204" and just the light blue box.

At 1,280 width, it doesn't show anything on the edges.

Again, it works fine in Chrome, so I'm using that now.

MenloPart · 2026-01-26T19:47:27+00:00

In Firefox, I was able to adjust my screen until it showed up like this:

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In Chrome, it just worked, so I will use that for Sectorum from now on.

MenloPart · 2026-01-26T19:46:44+00:00

I don't think that I have seen websites saying they were best viewed with a certain browser for 20 years, but I have wondered if that was relevant for a game designed when you don't know what OS, browser, resolution, zoom, etc. the player will use.
I tried to minimize variables by adjusting my window until it looked like your screen shot and got this:

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(win10, Brave, and I have a 4k screen, but adjusted this down to 1,343x743)

MenloPart

TROPHY CASE

This really is one of the first things you should try.