Personal Narrative: Our Identity

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Farzie, Tom, I am with you when and Kondrat (1999) when you say we are better professionals when we are self aware. We can better work with our clients and their families if we know where we stand on our bias's. What Swartz (2010) said that our identity is an ongoing process. I am behind this statement, if someone is a social worker and has been for many years they probably aren't going to have the same values they did 15 years ago than they do today. We tend to evolve with society. I'm sure this especially resonates you, you learned how to adhere to the environment. In a way, we all do that a bit. But like you said, overtime you have changed your perspectives on life because you are no longer in such a harsh environment and there

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