-: I just love making a difference in these student's lives.
I mean, they're 10 to 14 years old
so they're still at an age where they want to learn,
they want to improve, most of them.
Some of them are at that age where they're kind of like
okay, I've had speech for a really long time
I don't wanna come see you.
But I try my hardest to kind of motivate them
and remind them, you know, I'm not here to be annoying
I'm here to help you so I think it's just rewarding
to try and you know, make differences
in these children's lives.
So I would say that working with
the middle school population
is a challenge in getting them to be motivated,
to want to change.
They've been doing, let's say they've been saying
their R sound incorrectly since they were
you know, they could talk, right?
So now they're 10 to 14 years old
they've had all of this time of using the wrong sound
and they have to train their tongue
while it's almost like riding a bike, practicing for soccer,
playing an instrument, you've gotta practice,
you've got to want to make a change.
So I think motivating them to do that
is one of the hardest things I face.
But that's, you know, one challenge
I would say another challenge is probably
the paperwork aspect, deadlines are really important.
So being able to time manage
and get all of the paperwork completed,
all of the testing completed
I think is another challenge but I enjoy it
even though it's a challenge so. (chuckles)