I'm getting my msw but the paperwork puts me off as well. I'm hoping to use it
as a stepping stone to either work in private practice or get a phd. my classes
suck balls but I love my field placement working with pregnant girls.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Billman
To: talk2
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List DUH...
The thing is, that you still can do good and give back to people in this
world without having a job as a social worker or what ever. The paperwork
wasn't the deciding no factor for me however, it was the fact that you spend
more time in most cases dealing with red tape and overload of cases rather than
doing the good for humanity that drew you to the field in the first place.
If you ask someone that graduated with their MSW why they got that degree,
their generic response is "because I want to help people," That's awesome, I'm
all for helping people, but you can accomplish that task by volunteering your
time coaching special Olympics or being a big brother or big sister, a victim
advocate or crisis center volunteer--go work for habitat for humanity. My
point, is that you can give and get back ten fold without a job as a social
worker.
Paperwork should be outlawed in my opinion. It exists in almost every
profession where you spend any time working with people, but it is still an
awful task! *frowns*
"CriFi. The apparent wireless network that connects children across a crowded
space, and allows them to start and stop crying with such amazing
synchronicity."
Amy Billman
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Ann
To: talk2
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List DUH...
Actually, the paperwork aspect is the biggest reason that I decided not, to
go into social. You hit the nail on it's cute little head, Patrick.
----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Perdue
To: talk2
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List DUH...
On 11/21/2007, 4:15:53 AM EDT, Mary Ann quoted:
I honestly can see this one being the case:
"Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we
received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if
there is a
change in your circumstances."
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
OK, maybe in Greenville, but if the social services department comes out
and officially says "May god bless you", then, well, that's not very
politically correct, now is it? You might have just offended said purported
dead person! Oh god, how could you live with yourself after that? The soul be
damned, and he/she will come back to haunt you for years while you're behind
your desk in that abysmal little office filling out paperwork
and being generally boring. Actually, that might make your job more interesting
if you're a social worker.
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