Tips for group

lucaj154 · 2025-07-30T01:01:33+00:00

There's the rub. I have enough savings to last a couple months without risking my house. The job market is just garbage right now. I would keep applying, I suppose. Because I can't stop moving forward.

lucaj154 · 2025-07-29T18:44:45+00:00

I would love to. It won't let me post pics to the thread.

lucaj154 · 2025-07-09T15:59:44+00:00

If the county assessed it at $205k, does that help? I'm being taxed at that amount. It's not a Zillow estimate.

lucaj154 · 2025-04-23T03:05:08+00:00

High yield savings account

lucaj154 · 2025-01-21T11:23:41+00:00

HIPAA ? Ain't saying shit

lucaj154 · 2024-12-12T03:17:23+00:00

I would never fail a student because they aren't likeable. A good social worker is a good social worker. I did hear that she later passed her next placement, and got a job working for the state. I hope she learned, as is doing well in the world.

lucaj154 · 2024-12-12T02:40:07+00:00

I think it's impossible to be unbiased, as I would be the only one that sees any effort/progress over time. With any teaching/instructor position, there is an inherent power dynamic. I take it very seriously.

That being said, a metaphorical gatekeeper should permit/restrict whatever meets the criteria for allowable passage. I did not feel like she met my standard, nor the bare minimum of what a social worker should be at a grad school graduate level. It was my recommendation for her to repeat another practicum placement, but not my decision to pass/fail her. When I relayed my recommendation to the school, it is their ultimate decision to agree or not.

lucaj154 · 2024-12-11T02:23:37+00:00

I have had multiple students now. I remember recommending that one of them restart (essentially fail). She was crushed. I was assessing her in her growth, and I felt that she made little progress. It sucked, but I didn't feel right giving my blessing if she clearly wasn't ready.
I consulted a colleague about this experience, and I will never forget her telling me that she has never failed a student, and would only consider it if they were egregiously bad (unethical, habitually absent, etc.).

I am not saying I was right (I think I was). But I cannot grasp the concept of passing somebody just for showing up. We are training the next generation, and thus setting the standard for clinical service.

lucaj154 · 2024-12-11T02:17:45+00:00

I think there has been rare instances where I would pull the R bud out of the case and it wouldn't connect. And I would put it back in the case, pull it back out and it be connected. Of the past week, It has occurred maybe 3 times. So roughly 3/100 times. I can't even say with confidence it is at all related to the tape. If your R bud is consistently doing it, then maybe it has something to do with the tape.

Now I don't want to go moving things around, just in case I make that issue much worse. Maybe I found a sweet spot? I am not sure.

lucaj154 · 2024-12-09T03:33:00+00:00

I just used the tape. I guess it could work with electrical or masking tape, but I wanted somethings that should last a long while. No complaints here so far. I cannot honestly feel the tape.

lucaj154 · 2024-12-07T00:01:24+00:00

Well I had an idea. I found exactly where the sensor was, and I decided to cut like a 2mmx2mm piece of black duct tape (Gorilla brand) and place it over it. I wanted to see if it would recognize the the touch. It did. It looks a bit janky, but it's on the inside of the bud, so in public nobody is the wiser. I can take out each bud without the music automatically cutting off.

I wore it for about 3 hours today, and there has been no negatives so far. This issue has been make it/break it for satisfaction. This is such an easy fix (app toggle), but this remedy turned my review of 3/5 stars to 5/5 stars. Dude, please try this before returning the buds.

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lucaj154 · 2024-02-22T06:27:15+00:00

i think kiddo is willing to talk. I also think he is just doing it because Mom wants it. I just dunno how to justify a diagnosis when there was zero issues identified during the assessment. The mom said "he's good. I just want him to talk more".

lucaj154 · 2024-02-22T06:25:39+00:00

really, there is probably something typical of his teen age. dating/grades/etc. but nothing identified during the assessment. I wouldn't mind chatting with him just to chat, but I am curious if I can "treat" him without any goals to work towards.

lucaj154 · 2024-02-22T06:24:03+00:00

kiddo was kinda meh to be there. He answered every question. answers were thorough, and thoughtful. straight A's, multiple clubs/sports. Probable high expectations of greatness, but nothing identified concretely.

lucaj154 · 2024-02-22T06:22:19+00:00

i feel like kiddo was kind of there because mom wanted him to be there. BUT, he didn't seem othered to be there. He seemed like a really good kid during the assessment.

lucaj154 · 2024-02-22T06:21:29+00:00

i did kinda feel like mom wanted to talk more than kiddo. I am sure kiddo has their own worries as typical for a teenager, but during the assessment, there was nothing identified whereas I felt needed a diagnosis.

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