I have recently been thinking a lot about what I really want to do with my life (because of the newspaper article the other day)... and I think I've found something that fits me better than teaching. Although I love teaching, I think what I love about it is the fact that I'm working with kids and helping to make them better. However, I don't think teaching is the way I want to impact childrens' lives. I think I want to be a social worker at a place like the Pregnancy Care Center. I want to talk with people that are going to be parents and have either chosen to keep their children or give them up for adoption. I think that social work can open a lot more doors for working the type of job that I see myself working. I see myself working with troubled youth, and even more, I see myself working with pregnant teens, teen parents, and their children. I want to help provide them with things they wouldn't have had otherwise like resources for child care and things like diapers, wipes, and bottles. I don't just want to work with the teens that have accepting parents and a good support system- in fact, I'd rather not work with them. I want to work with the kids whose parents don't support their decision or teens who just have no place to turn. I want to be that place, and I think social work can really help me with that. Although I love teaching and I love the kids that I work with when I cadet teach, I really think that I can impact more lives the way I want to if I were to become a social worker. I'm pretty excited :)
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Friday, September 10, 2010
Freewrite: September 10, 2010
If I could do anything...
So our topic today was, well, anything we want to write. However, the inspiration I chose came from a question: "If you could do anything without limitations, what would you want to achieve?"
My personality is that of a mother. I'm not one... but I act like one. I grew up in a home where there were almost always seven or more kids in the household. My parents were foster parents. We took in more than 100 kids in 12 years. They ranged in age from about 2 days old to about 12 years old. I grew up in a house full of love, patience, and understanding because that's what these kids needed. I also grew up in a crazy, hectic, loud house that always smelled like little kids. This kind of explains how I am. I helped my mom out a lot when I was younger and I developed a personality that almost mirrors hers. She's a mom, so I act like one.
Because I grew up in a home where needy kids were taken care of, I now want to help kids throughout the rest of my life. The way I want to do this is by opening a non-profit residential facility for pregnant teens and teen mothers who don't have a place to stay. I want it to be a relaxed atmosphere where they learn about parenting and get help from adults who know what they are doing. I also want them to be able to get an education and have resources they wouldn't normally have if they weren't there. That's what I want to do.
So our topic today was, well, anything we want to write. However, the inspiration I chose came from a question: "If you could do anything without limitations, what would you want to achieve?"
My personality is that of a mother. I'm not one... but I act like one. I grew up in a home where there were almost always seven or more kids in the household. My parents were foster parents. We took in more than 100 kids in 12 years. They ranged in age from about 2 days old to about 12 years old. I grew up in a house full of love, patience, and understanding because that's what these kids needed. I also grew up in a crazy, hectic, loud house that always smelled like little kids. This kind of explains how I am. I helped my mom out a lot when I was younger and I developed a personality that almost mirrors hers. She's a mom, so I act like one.
Because I grew up in a home where needy kids were taken care of, I now want to help kids throughout the rest of my life. The way I want to do this is by opening a non-profit residential facility for pregnant teens and teen mothers who don't have a place to stay. I want it to be a relaxed atmosphere where they learn about parenting and get help from adults who know what they are doing. I also want them to be able to get an education and have resources they wouldn't normally have if they weren't there. That's what I want to do.
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