Over the course of my life from childhood to adulthood I have endured many significant events. These events not only impacted my life in both positive and negative ways, but they have strengthened me mentally, and challenged me to make better decisions in my life.
The first significant event I encountered was the lost of my father at the age of nine years old. Losing a family or friend can be devastating and overwhelming. The thoughts I had when I was informed about my father’s death were thoughts of negative and insecure. I felt lonely, abandoned and lost. At times I would dwell on how my life would turn out since I did not have my father to protect me, and give me the guidance I needed. I lost not just my father, but my best friend. Depression set over me throughout my last elementary school year through my entire middle school term. I was grieving, I felt as if I was alone and nobody could understand my pain. I often wondered why this would happen to me as if no one else lost loved ones. It was difficult to open up my emotions and speak about my issues to people, but as I started to open up I soon realize that having someone to talk to at that time did help me gain a better understanding towards my situation. I felt a load come off of me whenever I discussed my feelings to others. Going through this tough moment in my life not only made me stronger, but it helped me to learn that death is something we all will experience one day.
The next significant event I have faced in my life was becoming a mother. I gave birth to my son at age 20 years old. The challenges I faced with becoming a mother was not easy. I had issues with co-parenting my son and getting along with his father. The man I had a child with was very immature, a...
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...ard in life, it still might be hurtful to keep hearing from people about the death of friends and loved ones, and parents left to raise children alone; because I will be resurfacing my old hurt and pain. Hopefully I can find it as being supportive by sharing my testimony to help them move forward from their hurt.
Everyone will face challenges and significant events throughout their lives. Some people will overcome them and some will let their issues govern them. If we can recognize our issues and search for a way to prevail over them we will be allowing ourselves to grow and move forward in life. The challenges I faced were difficult, and I feel I will be an asset to people’s life because I can relate to some issues they face today. With the knowledge and education of social work I feel I will be equipped to help redirect people’s lives toward positive outcomes.
Social workers address people’s problems every day, but it’s the identification of people’s strengths that provides clues for how to solve their problems and improve their life situations (Saleeby, 2013, pp.17-20).
Social workers level the playing field for individuals and families that have experienced hardships, terminal illnesses, mental health disorders and other adverse environmental situations that inhibit their ability to thrive within society. Social workers accomplish this by providing individuals and families the resources necessary to ensure that their needs are being met. Social workers serve an essential role to the functioning of our society, as they are committed and dedicated to increasing the quality of life for underprivileged community members. I fully intend on actively contributing to this endeavor, as I believe social workers have the responsibility to ensure that all community members have their needs met and the opportunity to
As I look back on my life, I can see how a lot of certain events have shaped my life. Where it They helped me become more independent, have some of the greatest accomplishments, and understand the importance of living your own life.
A person does not experience many events that shape their life in a large way, whether it be for better or worse. I have had just one major situation that has sculpted me into the person that I am today. In February of 2008, I was diagnosed with a life changing disease; it would relieve me of the agony I had been experiencing for as long as I could remember, but also restrict my diet for the rest of my life.
I knew I loved to help others but it was not until I was an emerging adult that I knew what my calling was. My devotion to improve the quality of life for those who are disadvantaged is one of the reasons I have chosen to pursue a Master’s in Social Work. After obtaining my masters, I plan on diversifying my masters by getting licensed and becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I would like to study social work because I feel it will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers available, as well as giving me the chance to combine helping people 's mental well being with their physical
Finding out about my grandmothers death was the saddest moment in my life . I didn't understand . I didn't expect it to happen , not to me . I wondered why god had taken an important person away from my life , ad for that i felt confused and miserable . I cried for hours that day . Nothing could have brought me joy that day but the presence of my grandmother , but she was gone and i found it hard to overcome the situation.
I have always been drawn to serving others. I enjoy listening to the challenges people face and helping them arrive at a healthy conclusion. I take pride in advocating for those who are unable to advocate for themselves and genuinely care for every person who lacks access, or is denied access to services their community provides. However, I never thought of social work as a profession. I always thought psychology was what I needed to study in able to obtain my long-term goals of working in a school setting or becoming a therapist. It was not until my junior year here at Monmouth University, I realized psychology was not the right field for me. As psychology became a more research-based program, I began to examine social work as a major and explore the classes they offered. The Introduction to Social Work class opened up so many more opportunities. I finally understood the content I was learning and was able to apply those learning’s to the kind of work I potentially saw myself doing. In other words, I felt at home in the field of social work, like I had finally found my calling.
My childhood was somewhat gloomy due to an alcoholic father; verbal and physical abuse was part of my upbringing. An event that I remember that shaped my life was when I failed the first grade. As a child I could perceive it, and these events helped to reinforce and mold future behaviors. During my teenage years I had much difficulty with love relationships even at times having inferiority complex after a breakup.
...l in an urban area. When working closely with students in the past, it was difficult knowing that I could provide extensive support but didn’t have the expertise. I 've explored different careers involving help children and their families but it always led back to social work. As a graduate student, I expect to be challenged as a student and a professional. I expect to learn all the different theories, practices and policies in place to properly help students. I look forward to the combination of coursework and practicums to enhance my skills. In retrospect, practicums can be the most challenging areas. To overcome this challenge, I’ve observed the school social worker at my current position and have developed a better understanding of the daily responsibilities. I am confident that I will succeed and to be able to help and advocate for students through social work.
These events have strengthened me mentally, spiritually, and educationally. Regardless of what occurs in life, at work or in school, I have the ability to overcome the obstacles and the strength of mind, a compassionate heart and the knowledge to succeed in any task I undertake.
The things that impact you can be bad or good, depending on your situation and how severe they were to you personally. I’ve been through many hardships and great things. Things like, being beaten as a child, raped, enduring racism, placed into the system and taken back out after a year or so, dropped out of college, overall failed at life so far; Went to a job where I worked hard, learned things about life, working hard, and that you can get more out of life if you want it, you can get more, you can be more, that there is an upside to every bad situation, and that other people are just that, real people. These things that have happened to me personally have shaped a lot of my personality and my outlook on life. Things that make you realize that other people go through events and have issues I believe are the things that make you an adult. This event for me was when I was working at EPB and really went through life every day with people of so many different ages and seeing the very real things that trouble them and let them enjoy things. This comradery as well as a want for everyone around you to be better and do better made me realize that everyone is going through the constant struggle I was. It wasn’t anything incredible or anything that made me realize it, but it changes everything on how you look at things and how you take in how other people act. I believe that
My name is Erica James and I am here today to talk about the Social Work profession and what it has not only done for me but for others and what it would mean to me to become part of the MSW program. I believe that so much of our life is affected by how we were raised and the experiences we had during childhood. Regardless of whether we are ever able to comprehend fully many of the events, our emotions and opinions are real. From birth we are placed in a social setting among things that have us either more vulnerable to living a beneficial or dysfunctional life. Society continues to create wide forms of social injustice that delay gradual change towards individual well-being and human equality. However, the ambition of gradually overcoming
My reasoning behind deciding to pursue a career in social work stems from my seemingly innate desire to see others succeed in fulfilling their potential. Although it feels somewhat of a cliché, my passion and desire for the field of social work originates from a genuine wish to make a positive difference in people’s lives.
Becoming a social worker would be the greatest and rewarding achievement I could ever accomplish. The social work profession facilitates social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. (Australian Association of Social Workers, 2016, para. 2).The area I’m interested to work in is Child Abuse and young people with disability because of personal experience. One of my major inspiration through her quote is (Mother Teresa 2001) “If you can 't feed a hundred people, then feed just one". I connect with this quote because I know I can never change the whole world but I can make a different in one-person life. After I completed year 12 of high school education I wasn’t sure is social work was for me. I decided to do a diploma of community service to get more idea of what social work do. Studying a diploma of community motivated me more to pursue a career as a social worker. This essay will reflect on my past experience and the things motivated me the most to become social work practitioner. This reflection will discuss the values, beliefs as social worker.
Throughout this whole process I was not myself, I was far from it. I had to learn how to cope with the situation while continuing on with my daily life. I put a smile on my face, cracked jokes with my friends, and ran around with people to make it seem like everything was okay. I learned that a death is not the only time someone has to pretend to be okay. There are many times when a person has to move on and continue to live their life; they cannot put anything to a halt because life does not work that