A Sideways story is some moment in life when you thought you were doing one thing, but you ended up learning another.
This read is a gift to.
There is something truthful and powerful about the artist who is willing to put a masterpiece together and leave the telltale signs of failed attempts....
Middles, and Ends to reflect so much of my own experience that I literally moved back and forth between tears of soulful recognition and laugh-out-loud moments of wonderful remembrances. --Mildred Mit Joyner, MSW, LCSW, Emerita Director and Professor of Social Work, West Chester University of Pennsylvania As someone near the end of a long career in Social Work and Social Work education, I found the Stories in] Beginnings.
A great read for anyone entering the profession, or if you are involved and feel your passion flickering, this book will surely re-ignite your love.
You follow the yellow brick road of a Social Work career and feel the passion and dedication that is required of those who are engaged in the Social Work profession....
The real-life Stories are whimsical as well as enlightening.
Rogers is a thought-provoking book about the evolution of the author\'s career in the field of Social work.
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends by Ogden W.
These Stories are one Social worker\'s travelogue along the way.
Everyone makes a different journey in a life of Social work.
If they provoke a smile, or a tear, or a critical question, it s worth it.
In a world rushed with the illusion of technique and rank empiricism, it is the author\'s hope that some of the things here might make some moment in your thinking or feeling grow as a Social worker.
They capture the essence and the art and Soul of Social work.
With just the right blend of humor and candor, each of these Stories contains nuggets of wisdom that you will not find in a traditional textbook.
They are moments on a path through the discovery of Social work, a journey of beginnings, middles, and ends.
Some of them have grown from essays written for others, for personal or professional reasons.
Many of the moments of this book have grown from experiences the author has had or Stories he used in his lectures with students or told in his office with clients.
That can be good for both the heart and the mind.
What s nice about both clouds, and art, is that you can look at them and just resonate.
A Sideways story can also be a poem, or prose, that, because of the way it is written, may not be all that direct in its meaning.
A Sideways story is some moment in life when you thought you were doing one thing, but you ended up learning another
