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Tips for New Social Work Graduate (MSW) Students

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  Happy start of the school year! Perusing social media, I came across a NASW blog article called “Guide for the First Year Social Work Student”. This post provided lots of great information tailored for new undergraduate students interested in studying social work. I wanted to take that NASW post a bit farther and compile a list of tips specific to graduate students pursuing a masters in social work (MSW). In my opinion, graduate school is a completely different experience from undergraduate, so my hope is that these tips will serve to be beneficial. Tips for New Social Work Graduate (MSW) Students -Don’t worry about grades so much When I was in graduate school, one of my professors told a story about a straight A student who committed suicide several years after graduation. His point was that given the people we need to work with, we social workers need to focus less on being perfectionists (as demonstrated by obsessing over grades and test scores) and work on being empathetic and co

Stitch Fix Review #3

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For those of you unfamiliar with the Stitch Fix shopping service, please go here first: Stitch Fix Review #1 Shortly after writing Stitch Fix Review #2 , I received a really nice e-mail from Kate of Stitch Fix.  She apologized for my Fix not working out and offered tips on how to improve the next one.  It was really nice of Stitch Fix to reach out to me personally, so I decided to give them one more chance!  Here's how my third Fix turned out: Item #1: Emperia Murphy Two-Tone Stud Detail Crossbody ($38) Nice quality vegan purse with gold hardware, which I like. However, I recently stocked up on a bunch of bags from various Little Black Bag (now Pose ) sales and really do not need another. I'll have to add a request for no purses to my profile. Verdict: RETURNED Item #2: Ace Swiss Dot & Floral Tie-Waist Blouse ($68) Item #3: Pink Martini Joshua Colored Ankle Jean ($64) I wasn't really a fan of the dot/floral pattern combinations, which seemed too busy f