Update on Mentor Hours- 02/04/2013

Though I haven't spoken to Karla since last week, I plan on speaking to her today after school to plan a day we can meet to talk more indepth about being a social worker and hopefully go over how to write a court report.

Blog 2- 02/04/2013

On Wednesday January 30, 2013 Karla and I spoke over the phone to talk about the different kinds of social workers each child in foster care has. She explained to me what an emergency response  investigation, family maintenance  family reunification, and permanent placement worker is. I was able to use all these descriptions in my peer edit draft of my Capstone paper.

Total Time- 30 Minutes
Running Total- 2.5 Hours

Blog 1- 02/04/2013

On January 17, 2013, My mentor Karla Rugama and I met. We discussed the project and how we'd have to meet for a total of 25 hours. We went on to talk more about being a social worker. We talked about a worker's case load, the different levels of social workers, and other aspects. We later went to her office and I was able to see the amount of paper work one social worker has for one child, its alot. After we went out to lunch with her intern, herself and I where we talked a little on having a caseload of sometimes 25 kids and being able to see them all with a month and still having to write court reports and attend court dates.

Total Time Spent- 2 Hours

Running Total- 2 Hours

Fiscal Cliff Response

During last year (2012)'s fiscal cliff, Democrats were willing to compromise with Republicans over what was to happen. The democrats wanted taxes to be raised for the upper class and to cut some defend spending. They also want to remove the debt that America has and not continue to raise it. The republicans want to not raise any taxes of any kind but the close loopholes and deductions. Republicans believe that "these (small businesses) businesses employ the majority of Americans and will be the most adversely affected by an increase in tax rates. (CBS)"


I conducted my research by searching 'Republican/Democratic stance on fiscal cliff'. I change the date to anytime in the past year. After that I looked through the titles of the articles and selected those that I thought were a reliable source. After reading the article, I went back and reread lines that I thought were the best answer to Fiscal Cliff problem.

• http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-07-15/business/35488509_1_middle-class-tax-fiscal-cliff-tax-cuts
• http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarotta/2012/12/09/the-fiscal-cliff-is-almost-everything-the-democrats-want/
• http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57555193/for-many-republicans-no-good-options-on-fiscal-cliff/

Capstone Project

For the Capstone Project, I hope to shadow a social worker.

To get a mentor, I plan to ask my
personal social worker or her supervisor.