tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post4443456838969807384..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: MOTHER ASKED TO SPEAK TO YOUNG TRAINEESMimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-14680821746544780552015-05-03T10:29:24.742+08:002015-05-03T10:29:24.742+08:00I am not sure about being the first trained social...I am not sure about being the first trained social workers in Oz but obviously the first in W.A. as at that time there was only one university here.<br />You are so right in your comment re 'forever' students. I think a good combination of theory along with the knowledge that comes with experience is the best.<br />When mum and her colleagues set out they did what they felt was best for all concerned and, without any theory, I think on the whole they did a darned good job.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-89198697054831236662015-05-02T15:43:57.566+08:002015-05-02T15:43:57.566+08:00So this would be the first instance of trained Soc...So this would be the first instance of trained Social Workers in Australia? <br />Would they know more with the book learning? Or is the practical experience a better teacher? I'd say the practical, but with a few hints on how to handle certain situations via books would be an excellent grounding. <br />(Too many people these days rely too heavily on book learning, the "forever" students who never get any practical experience)Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-41503144017528688162015-05-02T12:35:20.521+08:002015-05-02T12:35:20.521+08:00Yes Susan she was a very wise woman. I often wish...Yes Susan she was a very wise woman. I often wish I'd been endowed with such wisdom as she had.<br />Thank you so much for paying a visit and your comment.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-43589916461441633482015-05-02T12:34:25.074+08:002015-05-02T12:34:25.074+08:00I would imagine those recordings are long gone, mo...I would imagine those recordings are long gone, more's the pity.<br />I guess each generation has it's own idea of how things should be run and/or done. Theory is fine and necessary but there is nothing like experience in the long term. xxMimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-8976751895379887612015-05-01T20:30:03.218+08:002015-05-01T20:30:03.218+08:00"Among other things, I remember telling them ..."Among other things, I remember telling them that when, like me, they had grey hair, they would probably look back and feel satisfied that their chosen profession had enabled them to do so much for so many people."<br /><br />How true! Your mother was a very wise woman, wasn't she?<br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-73011628872901081992015-05-01T10:18:34.090+08:002015-05-01T10:18:34.090+08:00Hari OM
OOhhhh, I wonder where those recordings ar...Hari OM<br />OOhhhh, I wonder where those recordings are now???<br /><br />I also wonder if any of those youngsters have now got their own grey hair and experience and are wondering at the idealism of a new set of graduates full of fine theory and 'do-gooderness'..??!! YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.com