With all due respect to my tutor's expertise and experience in the area of counselling, I really left the first tutorial feeling uninspired.

Discussed things I already knew. I don't need to know that SWers and clients have potentially different world views and beliefs. I need to know how to work around this issue so that I can still be an effective counsellor.

Said that social workers are not ambitious. HELLO? Even if that was a half-joking remark made in jest, it was uncalled for. Just because a social worker doesn't want to be in management level doesn't mean he/she is unambitious.

I laughed when tutor said that in class. But I got pissed thinking about it. Why did it take me so many days to process this and come to the conclusion that the first tutorial was a little waste of my time. Darn. I better get rid of this initial prejudice and cut some slack.

I AM GOING TO BE THE BEST SOCIAL WORKER I CAN BE!

I don't have to be the best relative to all the rest, but I have to be true to what I believe in.

I want to be the social worker who's not afraid to challenge status quo when necessary.
I want to be knowledgeable in my work so that I can offer a better service to my clients.
I want to be far from mediocre.
I want to be a thinking worker.. a worker with a cool head and a warm heart.
I want to contribute in the area of research.
I would like to begin working in an FSC.

This means I need to be reading up and take my modules seriously.

I'm going to hold on to this dream.. a dream that contains other dreams.
I am not going to leave the field the same.
I want to be far from mediocre.