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Absenteeism In Social Work

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Historical Overview As civil right’s activist Maya Angelou once said, “Diversity makes for a rich tapestry. We must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value, no matter their colour; equal in importance no matter their texture.” Maya Angelou stated this quote beautifully because as a social worker, it’s important to be able to understand that although clients come from all different backgrounds, they are still human. Still human in the fact that they have feelings and should be treated equally, no matter where they come from, their gender, or their race. Having an understanding of where a client comes from when trying to support them is crucial. It will not only give the social worker insight into the issues the client …show more content…

It’s hard to put a stop to this because it can happen for a variety of reasons. Various reasons may include that a student’s parents are not in the picture, the kids are rebelling against the school’s authority, or even that the parents (or town) simply don’t have the means to transport the child to school. For instance, the Waterbury School District has a chronic absenteeism rate of 16.2%, whereas in the Westport School District, the chronic absenteeism rate is only 2.5% (CT Data, 2016). If children aren’t attending school on a regular basis, they are engaging in the cycle of poverty. The cycle of poverty is a vicious one and receiving an education is pivotal to breaking that cycle. The gap within chronic absenteeism leads directly into median household …show more content…

For instance, if more students are finishing their education and moving onto higher graduate levels of education, the job rate will increase along with the household median income. Analyzing these two communities has shown that there is a lot that goes into a functioning city/town and how one small blip can deeply distinguish one town’s success from another. For instance, comparing Waterbury to a town that is wealthier proved that there is a huge gap in education and economics. As a social worker, it’s important to be aware of where the clients come, and influencing factors, in order to help assess

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In addition to that, there is a problem with the lack of necessary resource in a school. Whether this is seen in only a few schools or a lot, it is unacceptable and must be fixed. How can we expect these students to learn, work, and live on an equal playing field when they don’t even have books, while others have every resource you could ever want in a school? We have this idea of education being the panacea of world struggle, but is it really? When we have all these schools that are not fairly treated.

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