First "official" post! Exciting stuff I tell you!
I must be honest with you all, while reading the Pelton essay I had to pause a couple of times and take everything in. By the first paragraph let alone the first page of the essay, I questioned my understanding of justice as I know it. Not to mention, my understanding of social work itself as well. As I lay here reflecting on the essay I find myself stunned and discombobulated with ideas (I must admit, I have yet to create a stance of my own). This has brought me to see many different angles of not only social work but of discrimination as well as nondiscrimination. I feel as if within the aiding circle (social work) their are plenty of enemies (discrimination) of many forms we must face but then find ourselves as future social workers as "enemies" as well?? Very compelling idea that I hope to dig deeper into on Monday in class.
I might also add, writing my thoughts out in cyber space like this is a very different experience. My opinion can't be graded as right or wrong but the idea of being completely different from others perspective gets me antsy... don't hesitate to comment; I love constructive criticism or just a different POV.
-Goodnight for now. I leave you with your thoughts!
I couldn't agree more. Trying to get a well enough understanding was hard at first but once you start getting into it comes to you. Seeing the Discrimination and Non Discrimination in to in the work environment had the same effect on me as questioning us "social workers as enemies as well?"
ReplyDeleteWhen I read your comment about how we, as future social workers, could be enemies as well, it made me think a lot. It is a very interesting thought and I completely agree with you. So now that we are aware of reality, we have the knowledge and ability to make things better for each individual in our community. Very well said!
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