I have been asked so many times why I chose social work and the answer is quite simple the reason Why I want to join social work is because of my passion to help people. In retrospect, I think social work too. I often wonder what career I would be choosing if I hadnt gone through the pain and sad experiences in life. My own personal background would make me an effective helping person. I grew up in Ethiopia in a single-family household, I and my five siblings were raised by my mother. My father left when I was four and I wasnt old enough to understand what happened nor mature enough to realize how much it hurt to not have my father in my life. My mother and older siblings worked so that the younger siblings could grow up not worrying about where the next meal would come from. As I become older I started to become more interested in social work, but my family was adamant that I has to study nursing. To appease my family’s wishes I decided to ignore my burning desire to study social work and went with nursing. I didn’t go further in my nursing major because I knew since I was in middle school that I wanted to he
lp people however way I can, I was an advocate for every student who didn’t have a voice and would often get in trouble because of this. Secondly, are the three premises on which social work is based. Which are very straightforward. First is that the person or group is important. The person or group has a problem that may arise from many different factors, and lastly finding a solution to help solve those problems so that person or group can live a better life. Finally, is the range of opportunities for a social worker in the field of social work. Social workers can be found in hospitals, schools, community health agencies, and international organizations just to name a few. My passion continued and strengthened as I started to see how my contributions were able to benefit people’s circumstances around me. I first realized this from an interpersonal point as friends and family would also come to me for guidance or for me to lend an ear and offer better solace to their hardships. I paid attention to them in a sincere and non-judgmental way, no matter how trivial, horrendous, peculiar, or prevalent the tale was.