Ok, job talk. 

Part-time job talk that is. Many of you are wondering if you can have a part-time job while in grad school. In my case, Winning Speech is my part-time job. I know others who have one and I even know others who have a full-time job while doing their SLP masters. The girls that I know who have a full-time job both already are speech teachers. Remember the article where I gave a few tips on what to do with an undergrad degree? Yep, they already have their TSSLD and can do speech therapy in schools while going for their masters.

However, I haven’t heard of anyone with a full-time job that isn’t in speech or for that matter a speech job that isn’t
being a speech teacher.
 
From what I’ve seen, it’s not easy handling a part-time job and a full time curriculum. It’s even harder if pursuing both full-time. How hard is it? Well those with a part-time job end up reducing their hours or quitting altogether. But some do manage to keep theirs, so it is doable, just be ready to work hard, to have incredible discipline and to say
goodbye to your social life. The little free time you have will be spent sleeping. If you’re not, you’ll most likely be too tired to want to go out. 

In the case of speech teachers, quitting or reducing work hours isn’t an option because NY state requires that they hold a masters within a 5 year window. So they do the best they can.