Why Should You Accept Me Into Your Msw Program?
In looking at the criteria for this essay it has taken me quite a while to think about how I should answer these questions. I thought to myself I could write a book which would be completely inappropriate for this essay! So I have tried to put a lot of consideration into the length of this essay! My life has been the “event” and the “experiences” that have led me to the choice to pursue a career in social work! I was raised in a narcissist family in which my mother never was capable of loving me due to her mental illnesses and a father whom was an abuser. I learned to “survive” at a very young age and also developed a deep intuitive ability. I wanted that “perfect” family that I had so longed for my whole life and at 19 became a mother. I was bound and determined not to repeat anything that my mother or father had done. By the time I was 21, my son and I were living in a domestic violence shelter. I had left everything and everyone to get away from this abuse both mental and physical. My father had broken my nose and I couldn’t tolerate the abuse any longer. I continued to work with the women’s center while going through therapy and spoke at telethons to raise money. Typically, when people think of DV they don’t think of a parent abusing their children, I was determined to raise awareness. I also was fortunate enough to go to college on full scholarship through a great foundation called the “Sunshine Lady Foundation” in which they help women who were victims of Domestic Violence. When I look back now I wonder how I knew, how did I find the strength, the courage? I was very depressed during my days in the shelter. I attended group therapies and individual therapies. I thought the other women there needed my help though; I wanted to help all of them putting myself on the back burner. It was hard for me to watch more then half of them return to their abusers and I was bound and determined to find a better way and teach my son too. So the