The reading this week was about storytelling as a way to
explain historical events. I think it is
interesting how a writer or reporter is able to retell history by telling a
story and it is only according to the writer’s perspective as to how history
may be retold. To add to this, it is
also the reader’s perspective as to how they perceive the story being told. They may have an opinion already and so when
they read this story they are already looking at it with a jaded eye.
I find this interesting because this is
similar to how our clients perceive situations they are faced with. Some look at it one way and others in another
way. This can make it difficult when as
a social worker you want to help a client understand they need to work with a
service provider even though they have decided that person had judged them or doesn't like them and so your client decides they can’t work with this person. It is your job to help them realize their
biases and mediate between them and the service provider so that your client is
able to receive the services necessary to help them overcome whatever problem
they are facing.
Men are disturbed not by the things that happen,
But by their opinion of the things that happen.
I find that in our work we write short stories about our clients every time we write a report. It turns out that we are documenting the history of the client. We write it from our perspective but try and stay neutral. If some one else was writing would it be the same story? We each document according to our view of the situation but still document history.
ReplyDeleteDeidra, I too think this was an interesting topic. It was a good way to look at history, that truly it is being written from someones perspective. And that may or may not be the same for everyone. I really like to that have ties this in to our field of work becasue yes it is true that this is similar to how our clients perceive situations they are faced with. Every person has their own thoughts and ideas about what happens in life.
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