Posted by Dory on October 7, 2007, at 14:17:44
In reply to What is the silver lining of child abuse?, posted by happyflower on October 7, 2007, at 10:52:23
one thought HF... you could write your paper looking at both ways of thinking.. your own ideas about what you feel came of it for you, and maybe exploring some of the things expressed here. In the end it all comes down to personal belief.
i do believe, and someone can correct me if i am wrong, but it's appropriate and accepted to use "victim" statements and case studies as appendices. i would certainly be happy to give you my own if you wanted it. You don't have to though.
an interesting side story about that idea though.. a gal from the uni i originally attended wanted to become a social worker for abused kids/teens. She wrote a paper for a class and did what i said above ***except** she didn't identify it as a case study.. the prof thought it was a self-admission of abusing a teen. Instead of contacting authorities or confronting the student, she went to the dept chair and together they identified the student to children's services as a potential abuser. SHe was red-flagged in the system. Trouble is, no one told her. SHe did not gain admission to the school of social work and could not get a job doing anything near what she wanted. Letters were being sent here and there preventing her from getting into programs, etc. At some point someone noticed she was living with her long-term boyfriend and his kids, so they contacted him privately to tell him. That's how she found out!
anyways, it ended up in a huge lawsuit (go figure) and it went into appeals, etc because the uni didn't want to own up to ruining this gal's life. SHe got a million dollars in the end but totally not worth it imo.
so moral is : double check your source credits. yikes.
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