Kate's Advantage

Prompt: Kate's Conundrum

To be a social worker is to do just that. You make a commitment to serve those throughout the community who are less fortunate than most; and without such support they would not survive. Who are we judge why people end up the way they do? Perhaps they were never educated, had children at a very early age and never had the desire to better their life. No matter the cause, people need help. We all need help with some things in life. I’m sure we all have had unexpected situations occur and the last thing we would ever want to go through are others judging us.

It’s not so much growing up in a “poor” home. That’s not a reasonable excuse. Being poor does not make you a bad parent nor does it provide an unstable home. It’s sad when a child has to grow up in a home where education is not supported. There is no path for them to lead down in life; there is no guide to help them along the way.

If in Kate’s shoes, my first response would be directed at the school. What does it mean for our children and our future? What does it mean when an educational facility whose only purpose is to educate the world, turns their backs and condemns our children “uneducable”?

Dealing with an alcoholic as a young teen I know all too well. It’s hard as hell to live sometimes and all you want to do is GET OUT. As Kate, I might relate a probable cause of these children’s positions in life not only due to a family who is illiterate, but also the possibility of abuse. There is a pregnant child, school wants nothing to do with the children and there is an alcoholic father in the picture. Maybe they should be taken from the home altogether. If not, they will have reached a dead end without the hopes of a better tomorrow.

To work beside fellow employees who have derogatory attitudes, who took the vow to serve and help provide a support system to human beings, would deeply trouble me personally. It would bother me, but not to the point of having an effect of how I pursued my decision. Even now, as I’m starting my career in nursing, there are many discouraging individuals whom I have to look over. Their thoughts and opinions will never influence neither my work ethics, nor the support and care that I provide to others.

Yes, the government system is robbed everyday by those who choose to live off of welfare instead of getting a job; which then leads to the increase of taxes and angry Americans. In regards to the situation of this family, one would probably exhibit resentful perceptions. For example, women having children because they know they’ll receive an increased salary at the end of every month or an alcoholic who receives monthly disability checks because they can’t find employment that allows drinking on the job.

Slaying is something you hear of in a third world country; that’s exactly the definition I would use to define this situation. Even though losing my job would be inevitable, I would never forgive myself for an innocent life yet to be born, to be taken without the consent of the mother. The family would be notified of such decisions; it is their right.