Blog #3

I won't be able to answer this blog because no one shaped me into choosing the Human Service field.  I was kind of pushed into it because I didn't want to stick with my first major so I just picked another choice.  But, what I can say is that I do like this field and I love my internship.  I like doing what I do there and I like my coworkers and the residents.  The residents actually taught me a lot because I learned not to be judgemental and not everyone tries to get things for free.  I also expect to learn a lot more because there are a lot of interesting things in this field and learning from NTC.  The Psychology classes were awesome and I have a much better understanding of people and their minds.

Blog #2 for Field

I actually learned a lot from the Salvation Army.  Being in school and being at my internship taught me how to tolerate people a lot better.  That is my greatest accomplishment because people irritate me.  But I learned that some people have had some really unfortunate things happen to them and they're just looking for some help.  Sitting in on case meetings taught me to look at things in a different way because there is something unique in everyone.  They all had different goals and some are doing it all on their own.  The lives of others changed mine because it taught me to be more tolerable with others, more respectful and more openminded, not everyone is trying to get freebies, but I have ran across some that are.  I hope for the best in all of our residents, I really do, it's hard sometimes to see people in these positions because I never wanted that for anyone but I hope they learned from this experience that there are people and agencies who really want to help them.

Blogging for Field 2, #1

Really?  This having to blog is really stupid and pointless.  The good thing I did was keep calm when I really wanted to smack someone.  For those who know me, I cannot tolerate ignorance and stupidity, I hate it when people waste my time.  What I learned this week is everyone deserves a second chance when they start losing faith in themselves and let themselves go.  Most of the time it's an unfortunate thing that happened to them and sometimes, they choose to live the way they do and do nothing about it.  I feel that I am learning a lot doing these Field Experienced because they teach me at the Salvation Army to not let myself get overwhelmed and burnt out because careers like this can be very stressful.  For the assignments for Field, I think doing these blog posts are a waste of my time because basically, that's what the discussion boards are for.  To me, it's pointless.  As for documentation logs, those are actually good to do because it keeps track of our hours and we can discuss issues on them.  The discussion boards I find very interesting because we can read what others do at their internship.

Blog post 12

I'm not sure if I really understand your question but I will try.  I don't think that I made a difference in someone's life but if I did, it would be awesome.  I often daydream that I really made a difference and I could see that I really did change lives.  It was something that I thought that I could never do, but in my daydream, I accomplished it, like taking a child out of a really crappy situation.  And I think I do this is because I know a girl, she has 2 kids and she really is a bad mom.  She parties, into drugs and constantly leaves her kids with 10 and 11 year old kids.  I have been to her house and its disgusting.  At the time her son was 2, he drowned 4 puppies because she was passed out on the couch.  What if that was him drowning? 

So, I honestly do think thats why I daydream about situations like that.  I see a lot of horrible things when it comes to single mothers raising children and it makes me really angry that I wish there were something else I could do to get the child out of the situation and be happy.  In my little daydreams, they do come out very happy with a normal childhood.  So, I could see all that.  The child has two loving people that want them and don't feel like a burden to them.  A child whose parents love to spend all their time with them and teach them things.  A house with a white picket fence.

So, is this what you were asking?  If not, let me know because I will redo it.

How's it going?

Honestly, I'm really getting sick of school, it feels like I have been here forever.  My classes are going pretty good and I love my internship.  The staff and residents are awesome and it is a great place to be at.  The really cool thing is that I can be myself there.  Between being there, school and a full time mom, I'm pretty tired but at least I am going for my goal and I'm going to reach it soon. 

Feedback

I get awesome feedback from the Salvation Army.  I ask a lot of questions and they never got frustrated.  I got good, clear answers from them.  I can go to their office, track them down if I need, call them or leave notes and everytime, I had got my questions answered.  Those people are very polite, they really care about the community and their needs.

Self care activities

I have done many self care activities this week.  Of course I showered everyday so far and I also brushed my teeth everyday.  I even gotten a little ahead of myself by looking over my Sociology seeing as how it starts next Monday.  I am trying to do things one at a time so I don't overdo it and become stressed out and forget about it all.

I also tried getting a hold of Bob Quam from the Salvation Army in St. Point, he never returned my phone call but I did get an email from him about signing up for hours, but he never officially told me that I have the job and we did discuss and interview.  He said last week, that he would contact me by Monday for an interview, but he never has.  So, I will still try to get a hold of him..  This is starting to get frustrating, I do not want to have to withdraw from this but I don't know what else to do.