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Thursday, 23 August 2012
Mad world

Fourth day at placement.

I just need to write stuff down before it gets lost forever...Anyway, today was crazy full-on compared to last week. We literally walked into the office at 830 and did stuff non-stop until we left, at 5pm. It's kinda hard for me to remember everything I've observed today. I think I zoned out a quite a few times and Alice told me she was taking a nap in the car while driving back to the office after we finished our session with one of our kids. I was so exhausted myself that I didn't even realise she had fallen asleep (lol).

It's so sad sometimes to see these children and see how loving they can be, and know at the back of your mind that the real world has no place for people who can't keep up with its harshness and ever-increasing pace of life. You see these absolutely lovely kids who are so happy and content in their world and who have so much love to give you, and you just think to yourself that, I don't know...I just think to myself that life is just too bittersweet.

On the other hand, it makes me really want to do my job well. When I see the difference that therapy makes for these children, how they start to initiate communication with others and develop relationships with others...it is so inspiring, it makes me want to be a good therapist. Though having said that, I literally freaked out over next week's session plan tasks. It was 430, and it had been a seriously long day...my clinical educator casually comes to us and says "So for next week, prepare an activity to do with XXX and decide what the goal should be on your own". I think my jaw might have dropped...I had no idea what the goal should be. I mean, I sort of did...but sometimes you really want to be sure, you don't want to make the wrong clinical decisions, and I still felt like I wanted someone to define the goals for me. Oh well, I'm glad I have my placement partner with me...we'll have to work something out together over the next week. I just feel really motivated about this, and I must say that doing this course is probably the best decision I've ever made for my life. Maybe not the best, but would definitely come close to it.

So tired my brain is twitching. Goodnight all.

love, 23:05
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