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March Is Social Work Month: Honoring The Rogues And The Renegades
A few minutes ago I saw a post about March being social work month. Along with it is the story of an oncology social worker. Lung Cancer Alliance: Hug A Social Worker My comments from Facebook: It’s...
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Does Your Heart Tell You To “Shut Logan River Academy”?
As noted in the About tab, even though my work history has been primarily in human services, it has afforded me the opportunity to wear many hats. Running “group” homes (for a variety of populations)...
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Libertarians And Social Work: #1 – The Questions
Do not tread on me, I am from the government and I am here to help. WTF? So begins my focused inquiry of this mess. Are social work and libertarians at odds with each other? It seems to be so. The...
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What Every Student Must Know About College Degrees
College degrees are long, expensive journeys rewarded with a piece of paper by the Wizard of Oz. That is pretty much it. Like everything else in the matrix, degrees are just another arbitrary human...
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Liberals And Conservatives: Get The Vote Out Of My Face
Most days it feels like nearly ten years of college stifled my desire to write, as well as my creativity. Rather than sitting down and diligently writing about a topic, in detail, it is easier and...
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Social Work And Perception: Agents Of Change Or Agents Of The State?
The following response is to The Guardian’s “Ten changes to reinvigorate children’s social work – Free social workers from bureaucracy and let them do their jobs”. My immediate response is followed by...
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Social Work, Democracy And Self-Deception
My search for hidden meme-ing continues and as usual, it found me before I even stepped out to take a look. There are days when it seems I am the only voice of dissent in the worlds of FB and Twitter....
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Social Work: We Like Us! We Really, Really Like Us!
Short rant or long, there is yet again a thorn in me side, with a twist. Arr! That’s right. Arr. I am not waiting for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I gots me reasons. And don’t go confusin’ a...
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Psychiatry Misses The Point With Image Problem
It baffles me how both psychiatry and social work are concerned with image problems, yet both fail to get to the root of their problems. Rather than look at services provided, or how services provided...
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Inject Me With Stupid, But Tell Me First
“Diet, injections and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the...
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Mass Psychology (Mind Control) And Education
Mass Psychology (Mind Control) And Education [Edit: Originally posted in April… I bumped it up] During tonight’s episode of “Down The Rabbit Hole“, once again I was reminded about Bertrand Russell....
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