such a wide gap between theory and practice in social work organizations. such a long walk from weak, sick, and disenfranchised (in the words of the ruling majority) to empowered. what a fine line I walk as a student and practitioner, between effective action, revolution, and simply getting replaced. Reading SW theory- and remembering why I chose ( Read more... )

One difficulty with self employment is accountability and supervision. I crave both, and have had to put lots of time into estabishing these whereas being employed by someone provides these services automatically. Now I am writing my application for the junior field placement year of the Social Work Degree program, and I need 2 references. I ( Read more... )

Too much of a good thing is wonderful...as long as I keep cranking out school reading and papers ( Read more... )

The weekend was too wonderful for words. Or I just don't have the time. Tomorrow is the one month eanniversary of meeting the love of my life and quite possibly my future husband. And- here's the real shocker- the feeling is mutual. I'm trying to be grown up about this, keep doing the school work that I'm supposed to be doing, and getting ( Read more... )

As I read the online responses of some of my classmates in the course "the Human Body in Health and Disease" I am abashed by the apparent lac of care and thought most of they apply to answering questions. Why are they even in school? Is is just to finish the degree so they can earn more? Well, that's one reason I'm in school. But inadvertenyly ( Read more... )

This is an essay I submitted this week for my University "Maine Coast studies" class. My last essay was much more formal, academic and- at least according to the professor- over-cited. so this time, even though I did most of the reading and took pages of formal notes, I decided to write a more personal response essay. She gave me 5 points more ( Read more... )

Finally feels like summer here...swimming and strawberries ( Read more... )

Who woulda thunk that the class holding up my whole fall semester...and threatening to bring down my whole grade point average...would be painting? God, please yell at me and halt if I ever attempt to register for another college level art course with a professor as intense and time consuming as this one. I have my cerebral academic process down ( Read more... )

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Songs for Elijah to the tune of autumn and winter ( Read more... )