I am getting a co-op placement at my old high-school in January (well, I will be getting it come Monday morning) and I am quite pleased with it. I hope my experience there will be beneficial to both myself and the students.
This is the first step of many towards my goal of becoming a social worker specifically for Aboriginal children and their families. One of my friends was enrolled in the same program as I. This past summer he mentioned his upcoming scholastic endeavour when a friend of his commented on how he "should take the program with all the white people". He assumed this program was for Aboriginal folk only.
That guy was uninformed about what the program is aimed at - Aboriginal people have different problems than non-Aboriginals. Social work involving Aboriginals needs a different spin to go along with generic social work. Yes, generic is applied to "white" people who require social work because they are not-different/the norm/non-minority. Generic!
Different needs, different backgrounds, beliefs, ancestry, living situations etc etc.
I am proud to be a part of this relatively new program.
And I sincerely do want to help out my fellow peoples.
I also want to listen to some music right now but the little guy is down for his nap.
He will be quite pissed if I wake him early.
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