Shamso Yusuf
The Ohio State University
I do not know where to start this reflection, however I clearly recall how long it took me to start to find a place in the house to sit in order to videotape. I basically procrastinated the videotaping itself, I have no idea why I was so against being in front of the camera, but something about it was making me uncomfortable. So at the time gotten closer I started calling one of my friends in this course to assist me with videoing, and so I can also return the favor, which worked out perfectly fine. On the other hand, the feeling I got from another person videoing me was weird and I felt insecure, especially under the eye of the camera was surreal. I mean, I am used to using the popular social media of snap-chatting, but when I put my head that this is a professional work, I automatically felt …show more content…
I prepared and took out of my bag, my notebook and pen to commence to notate the abundance of mistakes that I would see, and somewhere in my mind, hoping to acknowledge the positive things that I liked to add to my crappie hand written notes. After a while of observing and evaluating the video, I comprehended that perhaps the whole requirement of this video is not to observe a perfect interview between client and social worker, but rather to observe to understand the mistakes that could be fixed in order to achieve a better rapport, and to learn to get information from clients quickly and efficiently. After that I started noting all the positive things on one side, and the negative ones the other side, at this point I did not care which side the notes took place, but understanding the value they hold for me: to learn more and to do better next