A little drama in careers guidance.

I liked the following when I read it. This is why careers advisers should do their job properly:

"Klapp (1969) likened the social system to a play or theatrical performance, asking: What if we are defective in role casting? Then the social system becomes a disenchanting play in which "most of the actors are dissatisfied with their parts; or, worse, extras standing around with no parts at all".

All My Hard Work

More and more I am realising how subjective the measuring of our work is. I really value the practicality of this course, as we have so many opportunities to practice. However I am frustrated with the differing ideas that assessors have. I know that they are only human so these differences are inevitable. Some of the good things that I have done as a result of true industriousness and hard mental labour have went unnoticed, as it is just not possible for assessors to grasp everything that we are doing or why we are doing it, just as it is not possible for me to be the perfect student. I guess we are all only human...so on that basis I forgive everybody. Where does this lead me in reflective practice? Well, if the outcome of our efforts is not what we were hoping for, then we should be satisfied that it could not have been otherwise as it was not due to a lack of effort on our part. Just as Anne of Confident Futures told us!

Social constructivism

As I understand it, social constructivism means that we all start from zero at birth taking on constructs as we develop. Our constructs are the formation of our belief systems, values, and general way of seeing the world which implies that someone from a different culture will probably have a totally different set of constructs.