1. Don't give advice if you don't know what you're talking about. For example? Making the claim that social workers mostly just end up in case management is an extremely minimizing and degrading thing to say about the profession. Because I would tell you that not enough social workers do case management, and that there would be more quality in the delivery of services if they did, instead of hiring educationless case workers.
2. Many, many years ago, the notion that the black man (formerly a slave) would be able to get on welfare was outrageous. Those lazy, ungrateful black people riding on the backs of hard working white people. But, there's a reason why blacks needed public assistance, with many policies favoring some groups of people more than others (see: Dog Whistle Politics). Let's think about this before we make claims that we should provide a "hands up" approach than a "hands out" method that many conservative people today like to believe. There's a time and place for a hand up, and in our highly inequitable country, I do not believe now is the time. Not only is the term "welfare" misleading (everyone living in the U.S. is on a form of welfare), but to associate it with laziness is an unfortunate understanding of institutionalized racism in U.S. social policy.
3. Always ask a person if using a nickname is appropriate... AKA I hate "Liz."
4. Professors need to learn how to be objective in their teaching. I was disappointed this first semester to hear too much opinion and bias with little objectivity.
