Linda Poindexter The Field Of Social Work

One small crack does not mean that you are broken; it means that you were put to the test and didn’t fall apart. This quote, by Linda Poindexter, is one that has great meaning to me in my life. You, see the experience that influence my decision to enter the field of Social Work originated from situations that my siblings and I endured in our upbringing. I am from a low-income neighborhood in Chesapeake, Virginia growing up my mother was a single parent of three girls, she did not work and received benefits from the local human services to support us. Although my mother was unemployed and living off government assistance, she was an educated woman. My mother graduated from college with a degree in nursing, but was never able to go forth and