I made through most of the back reading before class. Astonishing to be able to skim 35 pages in an hour when I could barely get through 6 in 12 on Sunday. Thats what medication does. I dont skim well with it, but I cant skim at all without it. I fixate on details. Also, I went to the end of the assignment and read it back to front. I dont know why that helps, but it does. 40 more to go tonight. Or more likely tomorrow morning. I had a cool conversation this evening with a classmates mother whos a psychologist specializing in assessing people with learning disabilities. I had a question about a 3rd grader Im working with, and also about career trajectories. She was really helpful and kind, full of mother-ish advice. Among those discussions, I told her pieces of my story and how different life feels nowadays. Its still terribly on the edge, but I have so much gratitude that its getting better daily. Just a few more steps to having my own job and apartment and life and being a grownup standing on my own two feet. I havent done that since I was 28. Very concrete goals these days. I dont think I want to do assessments. Its fascinating, but I actually like the therapeutic part more, and I like research. I also talked to my field practicum prof at school about next years options. She asked if I didnt want another school placement and so I brought up the problem of being gay in a school system in a red state. Telling all kinds of stories today. She nodded. Shes very brisk always, but has come to trust me in 4 months. That feels good. We came up with three choices, any of which would be excellent opportunities and she said she already recommended me to her contact at my top choice. It would be helping people develop policy and programs for people with developmental disabilities and teaching college-aged disabled students life skills. Another is university-level student counseling. Even if this degree is a really expensive job placement program, it still feels worth it. I feel really blessed.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 03:13:06 +0000
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