Adoption Personal Statement

When I first started college I was set on working in adoption and foster care. The whole reason I wanted to be a social worker was because of the book A Child Called It. If you have not read the book, it is about a boy named David whose mother abused him in the most unimaginable ways. When the social worker came and removed him from the home I knew that someday I wanted to be able to rescue a kid like David from his home and help him to find a better life. This is why I like the idea of adoption and foster care. The day I left for college changed my thinking again. My great grandmother became very sick. Her right eye had closed and she was having trouble seeing. That next day they took her to the hospital and found out she had a brain tumor