Personal Narrative: My Volunteering Experience

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Countless sacrifices and sleepless nights have been a factor to where I am in life today. Six months ago, I went on a journey to find an agency that would be accepting and the perfect fit for me. I have always had a passion for working with children and knew I wanted my volunteer practicum to fulfill that passion. After countless inquiries, the Bowditch school crossed my path, I inquired knowing the worst thing that could happen was they would tell me no. Five months later, and I could not be more thankful for the opportunities that have come my way. The staff and scholars at Nathaniel Bowditch have been beyond supportive of my education and goals. The target of this paper is to integrate and articulate what my experience working with the …show more content…
At the time, this was in fact how I was feeling and I can honestly say it is the worst feeling I have ever undergone. All I wanted was someone who has gone through this to tell me exactly what to do to fight off those feelings. Since then, with the help of my therapist and counselor, I have learned to maintain these feelings and fight them when they do arise. This dreadful experience has been more than valuable to me in my volunteer experience. I was able to be the person I needed at the time of my breakdowns. Without releasing too much personal information, I was able to assure clients that I had to been through this and was able to fight my illness to live a normal life. Knowing someone else has been through the same struggle also allows for a path of honestly without embarrassment. The embarrassment of thinking something is wrong with …show more content…
Previously to this volunteer practicum, I had the mindset that since I am currently being educated on social work, I knew everything there is know about this field. I could not have been more wrong with this statement. Each visit to the Nathaniel Bowditch School brought countless learning experiences. All of the scholars and staff at the Bowditch school were willing to share their knowledge with me. A quarter of the ways into the semester I learned I should take every opportunity I had to hear the staff’s