I applaud Dr. Aguilar for his visit to yesterdays class, he kept me engaged the whole class period and questions ran through my mind.
What can I do as a future social worker NOW to improve my later work field?
Should I tunnel myself in these of ideas of theories, proposals, concepts throughout our readings?
How will I manage my case load? Mentally? Physically? Emotionally?
Not much or better yet said, not enough can be said in a time of an hour and fifteen minutes but a lot can be asked and there was much asked. I titled this blog "A Sigh of Relief" because it did exactly that, it made me a bit relief but at the same time created some troublesome ideas.
I absolutely loved that he shared his personal experience with us. I'm sure many of us could relate to him either by being first generations college students, juggling a job and school, juggling family, juggling with identity... shoot! We are related to him in the sense that we are undergraduate students and share common yet not so common experiences. It felt absolutely comforting to know that some people have overcome adversity and have done so extremely well, he kind of provided hope for me. Not that I think I can't make it but many people out there believe I won't. And like Cody stated, all odd are against "us."
Not only did my sense of relief come from what was stated above but also from the one questions he told us we should as our clients when we enter the field. "What can I do for you? How can I help you?" and really mean these questions. Lets not assume what kind of help they need but simply ask and find out for ourselves. Why waste time with something that may not "work" and get down to what the client wants.
My last sense of relief would have to be the idea he told us at the very beginning of his visit. We are drowned in theory and believe we need to memorize each and every single piece of them when in reality we need the concepts. Us as future social workers in teh field and not academics need to know how to APPLY them not memorize them.
Once again, I applaud Dr. Aguilar for his visit and it truly was a treat for me and I'm sure it was for the class as well.
-I leave you with your thoughts.
I agree! His visit was a treat. I too loved the fact that he shared his self with us. He did provide a relief with all that he said. Gave hope and lightened the load.
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