Let me start by wishing everyone a HAPPY BELATED Thanksgiving!!! I hope you enjoyed the time with family and friends. I hope everyone ate enough turkey! I really enjoy the holiday season. It is a great time to reflect on the year.

So my dear friends let me apologizing for taking so long to write this blog. Each week I said to my self I have plenty to write about. I can write about school, my part-time job, having to pay for new books for my new module of social work practice, but then some sort of schoolwork, field placement issue, family function came up. Then before I knew it Thanksgiving was here!

Okay - so who can believe that next week we will be in the month of December and then fall semester will be over before we know it. The last day of classes is December 14th, that is in two weeks. I feel like November just started. No, wait, I feel like the semester just began. I mean I knew things were moving fast but, I was shocked when I had to register for spring semester classes two weeks ago. I woke up at 6:00 am on Monday, November 12th the day foundation students could register for classes just to beat the rush. Trust me it was worth it.

Next semester I will continue taking all my classes at the Universities at Shady Grove. I will not have to drive to Baltimore. I was not worried about driving to Baltimore, this just fit perfectly with my schedule. I am really excited about next semester. I will hopefully complete my foundation course and begin my advance standing course. Again, next semester I will be taking four classes and my field placement. My field placement will remain the same, JSSA the Jewish Social Service agency. Field placement is a yearlong assignment. After speaking with my advisor and some friends who have taken these classes, I registered for the following classes:

1. Social Work Practice II (which will include Groups and family component and MACO component)
2. Human Behavior II
3. Paradigms
4. Psychopathology
5. Foundation Field Practicum

I think these classes will really continue to build my knowledge of social work. I cannot also wait to shear with you what I think of these classes and professors, stay tuned. These classes are geared towards a clinical concentration. By the end of next semester I will have to declare my concentration, so hopefully these classes will make the decision easier. Okay my friends for now I am going to continue to concentrate on last minute exams, papers and assignments. Please wish me luck! Until next time my friends

-Stella

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