About Social Work
If helping people out is your thing, then social work is the field for you. Of course, just being polite and holding the door open for others won’t be classified as professional work. Social work involves giving back to society a little bit of what you feel you owe to it.
It is often divided into two different branches. You can either help society physically of financially. Some people who do not have money to give back contribute with their time and energy. There are several cases where we see that people go for teaching poor children and conducting drives on social awareness. Many others, with more money but less time, prefer financing social work bodies by handing out large sums of money as donations to help them run.
An attitude of service is important as the point of social work is to help people grow. It is all about serving people who are financially difficult and need your support to be able to work on the same basis with the rest of the world.
The people that social workers are serving are clearly for one reason or the other, disadvantaged. By helping out, the basic idea is to reduce this difference between them and the rest of the world. So the person who has taken on the task needs to keep in mind that ensuring equality is an important part of their work. It needs to be done with the goal of making sure that at the end of it, every person has an equal chance.
Integrity(正直)is one of the central values because it is integrity itself that reflects the true spirit of social work. Integrity is a feeling which is borne out of moral correctness and the need to keep to one’s value systems. When integrity is made a part of the central values, only then can the social work be considered a success.
Gone are the days when this was left to those with little time and few skills which a great success can be made out of in the job market. Social service today requires a great deal of ability, hard work and a drive to do things better, much as is the case with any teamwork. An unskillful person most certainly cannot go, nor is any less than the best performance demanded by those who are in it.
The field of social work is a job that needs much skill nowadays and it requires nothing but the best performers. But all through, one should remember the central value of the existence of social work, which is to help the poor so that they too may become able world citizens.
About Social Work
Two (91) ___________ that people contribute to society | Some people help society (92) ___________. |
Some people, especially the (93) ___________, donate money to help others. | |
Good (94) ___________ needed to be a first-class social worker | You should hold an attitude of (95) ___________ and keep it in mind. |
It’s important to make sure everyone enjoys (96) ___________ in terms of chances. | |
Integrity can decide whether your social work is (97) __________. | |
You need to have the (98) ___________ to meet the requirements of today’s social work. | |
The thing that social workers need to (99) ____. | To help the poor become able world citizens is the (100) _________ value of social work. |
91. ways 92. physically 93. wealthy/ rich 94. qualities 95. service
96. equality 97. successful/ valuable 98. ability/ skill 99. remember 10. central
In a society, such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious and cultural differences, people highly value individualism--the difference among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the qualities that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students don't memorize information. Instead, they work individually and find answers themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions.
In most Asian societies, by contrast, people have the same language, history, and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of Asia reflects society’s belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan, and Korea often work together and help one another in assignments. In the classroom, the teaching methods are often very formal. The teacher lectures, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students recite rules of information that they have memorized.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education. For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that there much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
The advantage of the educational system in North American, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven’t memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.
Title: 76 of Educational System between North America and Asia
Students in the US and 77 | Students in China, Japan and Korea | |
What do they 78 | Individualism | 79 goals and purposes |
Different 80 of study | Working individually | Listening to the teachers |
Forming their own ideas and opinions | Reciting rules and memorizing information | |
A lot of discussion in the classroom | Not much discussion | |
81 | Learning to think for themselves | Learning much more math and science |
Studying more hours each day and more days each year | ||
Good for a society that values 82 | Good for a society valuing 83 and self-control | |
Disadvantages | Students haven’t memorized many basic rules and facts before 84___ | Information is 85 easily. |
Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.
American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public schools called charter schools.
In 1991, there were no charter schools in the Unite States. Today, more than 2300 charter schools operate in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575. 000 students attend these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older.
A charter school is created by groups of parents, teachers and community members. It is similar in some ways to a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate a number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments provide the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate.
Unlike a traditional public school, however, the charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to teach.
Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach those goals. Class sizes are usually smaller than in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say teachers in charter schools can be more creative.
However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions often oppose charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly needed by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling.
Congress provided 200 million dollars for establishing charter schools in the 2006 federal budget. But, often the schools say they lack enough money for programs. Many also lack needed space, District officials say they have provided 14 former school buildings for charter education. Yet charter school supporters say officials should try harder to find more space.
Title: 71.
72 ________ | Independent public school | ||
Similarities between charter schools and traditional schools | ●73 ________ to operate U number of students ●Having to prove the students are learning ●Getting 74 ________ to operate from government | ||
75 __________ between charter schools and traditional schools | ●Not having to obey most laws for public schools ●Being free to decide the 76 ________ ●Being free to choose the goals and decide 77 ________ them ●There usually being 78 ________ students in charter schools’classes ●Having teachers who are more creative | ||
Charter school's problems | Opinions from education departments | These schools receiving money badly needed by 79 ________ Not all doing well | |
Opinions from charter schools | Lacking enough money Lacking 80._________ |