Tomorrow I start placement for uni. My last one before I qualify. It’s working with the elderly services and I’m excited and also nervous. I haven’t worked with the elderly in over 23 years. It’s not an area I think I’m interested but we’ll see. A short entry but so [read more…]
Today is the first day of the last year of my degree! I’ve honestly no idea what to do with this qualification but it’s time to start thinking about it. I’m toying with the idea of doing a masters and have some choices to make. – Deaf Studies – Gender [read more…]
I’m doing my placement at the Galway Centre for Independent Living. It’s a great place the offer some great services. The Independent Living Movement came about because of the disability rights movement in the US, which started in the 1960s. Ed Roberts was a quadriplegic who dealt with discrimination. His [read more…]
Here I am starting my second year at university. After completing last year I officially get a certificate in Social Care. A certificate that essentially doesn’t mean a lot if I want to take this career further. I’m still trying to arrange a placement. My placement last term was cut [read more…]
I’ve never been too good with taking written exams. Practical exam, where I have to show someone something, I can ace but if I have to sit and write stuff out I struggle. Due to “the rona” I’m now going to be taking exams online. Still timed, still written, but [read more…]
Coronavirus has ended my placement. I’m 35 hours short and don’t have all my paperwork to submit. I’ve spoken to uni and they’re okay with it and will let me know what I need to do. No idea what’ll happen to those missing hours!
This entry was actually posted on 18th March 2023. The day I decided to start posting my university assignments to my journal. This is the first assignment I wrote and submitted in December 2019. Looking back it’s good to see my writing style improved greatly. The subject was all about [read more…]
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