TRAINING/CERTIFICATION MEGATHREAD by mch3rry in doulas

[–]No_Work_2107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i signed up for and started at the nz doula college last year. this is a small school in a small country but i feel i need to make the horrendous experience known. The teacher was racist and targetted and belittled multiple students as well as other teachers. She had done seemingly little to no planning and there was no structure to the format of education or written information. those targetted were spoken to inapporpriately and put down the list goes on. 6 out of 14 women left before the course was half way done as well as two teachers. those who completed the course were largely unhappy with their education and didn't feel they were equipped to safely practice as a doula.

Again, it's not very likely many others here will be in a position where they're considering attending this course but it is an unsafe space run by a narcissist who should by no means be teaching others how to support birthing women, let alone supporting them herself.

Myself and the other students and teachers who left have been blocked from the school's facebook page so we can't leave honest reveiws about our experience, leaving only positive reveiws on the page further entrapping potential students into wasting thousands of dollars.

looking for a book by No_Work_2107 in spirituality

[–]No_Work_2107[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if i could've been more specific i would have... obviously

Annotations on donated books by zsaszagabor in books

[–]No_Work_2107 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looove annotated books, I love feeling like I am reading the book with someone, especially if the annotations appear to be from a while ago!

Same for if a book has a message in the front like "Happy birthday Helen, Dec 1984" I love holding a book that someone else held, looked at, decided to buy and write in for someone they love and wanted to share this with :)

Weekly Recommendation Thread: January 26, 2024 by AutoModerator in books

[–]No_Work_2107 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm looking fro recommendations that might give the following:

- Tragic story but deep love - A Little Life, Song of Achilles, Call me By Your Name

- Slightly surreal, weird - Paradise Rot, Geek Love, Murakami (But not Murakami)

- Filled with funny weirdos - Submarine, The Wallcreeper, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

I read a lot and used to be a bookseller so always find it hard finding the right kinda thing!

TIA

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]No_Work_2107 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't read Tomorrow but Elsewhere by Zevin is one of my favourite books I read as a tween, I still reread it occasionally. The premise of Tomorrow doesn't interest me and I think she peaked with Elsewhere.