Speech Therapy

June 2, 2007 by  

So I was placed on probation the end of this last semester (could not think of an introduction so I thought I would just throw it out there). I was debating if I wanted to write about this, but then I thought apart of creating this blog is to show the ups and downs of an actor and so here it is.

The faculty decided my speech is not up to standard. What probabtion means is that I have the following semester (and the summer) to “fix” the problem or they have the option of asking me to leave the program. This leaves me with some heavy work to get done. I was given a recomendation to work with Tom Burke and have met with him three times already. He is a great teacher and brings objectivity and specificity to the work. It is a little frustrating for Tom to give me an adjustment and realize if I was given that adjustment during the school year I might not need to be paying for extra work. He says I am doing well and we can change to half hour check-in sessions instead of the hour sessions we have been doing. This bodes well for me financially as the hour session is $80 as well as the $18 train ride to get into the city. I am nervous that my work I am doing this summer will not translate during the school year. Hopefully the trust will grow, but I also know that I have the paper work (Tom is wonderfully thorough is this area) to prove how hard I have worked. Removal from the program is not an option for me and my family. We moved across country, left family and friends, and it will not be in vain, hopefully…

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