Social Worker Personal Statement
My name is Brianna Stewart and I am currently a senior at Kentucky State University. I have always wanted to be a social worker growing up, because I’ve watched my mother change so many people’s life in this career. A social worker helps people of all different cultures and backgrounds and doesn’t discriminate against anybody. I’ve always been a helping person and I’ve always been the type of person who people come to for advice. People always felt comfortable telling me personal experience because I’ve never been the type of person to judge somebody based on what they have been through. In my opinion, nobody is perfect and everybody goes through different experiences so it’s never ok to judge someone based off of what they are going through.
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Growing up I lived in a black community and grew up going to schools with majority African Americans people. After I graduate college I attended a HBCU in Kentucky and never had the opportunity to work with somebody outside of my culture or race. When I came to Kentucky, even though I attend a HBCU I have had to opportunity to be exposed to people of different cultures and race. Being exposed to people who are different from me can help me throughout my profession because somebody’s different background and culture can broaden my knowledge. People have to realized that diversity starts within ourselves because somebody is so quick to judge another person because they are considered different from them. Also, a lot of children views on diversity starts at a young age in their household. Whoever raises a child always has a big impact on their lives because their the main person the child looks up too. Parents should expose their child to people of different culture, religions, and races so when they get older they will be knowledgeable and well-balanced when around a person who is different from them. Also, bullying is very common within children in schools now and the people who get bullied are always the children who are different from others. As a social worker, a individual needs to be respectful working with diverse populations because of their different background. Like I previously stated placing judgment is not good and people have to treat each other the same way the would want to be
Growing up I lived in a black community and grew up going to schools with majority African Americans people. After I graduate college I attended a HBCU in Kentucky and never had the opportunity to work with somebody outside of my culture or race. When I came to Kentucky, even though I attend a HBCU I have had to opportunity to be exposed to people of different cultures and race. Being exposed to people who are different from me can help me throughout my profession because somebody’s different background and culture can broaden my knowledge. People have to realized that diversity starts within ourselves because somebody is so quick to judge another person because they are considered different from them. Also, a lot of children views on diversity starts at a young age in their household. Whoever raises a child always has a big impact on their lives because their the main person the child looks up too. Parents should expose their child to people of different culture, religions, and races so when they get older they will be knowledgeable and well-balanced when around a person who is different from them. Also, bullying is very common within children in schools now and the people who get bullied are always the children who are different from others. As a social worker, a individual needs to be respectful working with diverse populations because of their different background. Like I previously stated placing judgment is not good and people have to treat each other the same way the would want to be