On Friday I had my interview for acceptance to the Masters of Social Work program. I was completely caught off guard by a couple of the questions I was asked during this interview and to be honest, I was not quite sure how I was supposed to respond.
The first question was, "How would you respond to a client who was of a different culture."
Crazy liberals!
How dare you question the status quo?
How dare you have high hopes for the future of our nation?
How dare you hope for peace?
How dare you work to level the playing field for all people?
How dare you care about the least among us?
How dare you spend our taxes for the betterment of society?
How dare you NOT spend our taxes on war?
It seems like today there is more intolerance than ever. Everywhere you look there is a war, genocide, fight, all words meaning one thing: Intolerance.
War and intolerance has been going on for all of time. Why don't we change that? It seems that in today world with such change going on and so many modern thoughts that we should be figuring out how to get along.
So what's with the bleeps? Are we watching network television or music on tv or something, that every other word has to be BLEEEP.........I always thought that it was stupid on TV (everyone knew what the person is saying) and I think it's stupid here too.
There are plenty of things that are very different here in Finland than back at home in the US. Of course, I'm not used to being in cities anywhere, let alone oversease. Still, there are many things that I can't help but notice as being completely different from any place I've ever been in the US.
Well, it's terribly tempting to just tell anyone who's willing to listen all about everything that has happened while my Madre is resting her feet. But I'll try to just keep it down to the basic points.
Today in college we were to critique each others projects in Design Fundamentals for the first time. The project was to draw an asymmetrical and a symmetrical picture. He explained to us why critiquing is important. (It prepares us for interviews, presentations, and having an open mind.) I have a tendency not to speak-up in these sort of situations. I am not a confrontational person so this is a little bit of an uncomfortable process for me on both ends.
