Yay!

Thanks for writing Mary! The rest of you that haven't posted should follow her lead. :)

Don't worry about having new classmates. I understand that feeling. My first day I was like "This is weird, I can't do it!" But it's really OK. Definitely not the same, but it's refreshing as well, to get perspectives not only from different people, but from different schools. I continue to believe that we went to the best BSW program (just cause I'm biased) and I continue to think "what would the morning chatters say about that?" when people say stuff that I question. Nobody will ever replace us, that's for sure, but it's kind of exciting too. Report back and let us know what the school is like!!
My classes continue to be wonderful. My teacher for HBSE introduced us to the DSM (which is the basis for the course) the other day by explaining to us the history of mental illness and the theories which, looking back, were ridiculous. She was trying to show us that we shouldn't look at the DSM as a bible for our profession by any means because it is absolutely not set in stone, and is still very much theoretical even though most professionals fail to recognize that. It was cool to hear about how much has changed since she was in grad. school in the 80s, and how we view different diagnoses today vs. then. There used to be a diagnosis for homosexuals, and now there isn't, but there is still a gender identity disorder of some sort that I can't recall the exact name of right now. It's so exciting to think of how much things will change throughout our career, although sort of discouraging also because we're spending so much on an education right now, haha.

Ok I'll stop now. Write more, lovers! I miss you all so much! <3 xoxo
Marcia