nimh wrote:Ticomaya wrote:nimh wrote:Ticomaya wrote:I'd say it was "odd" for a social worker -- or whatever the hell you do for a living
From what I gathered so far from dlowan's posts on this board, she's a therapist who counsels abused / sexually abused minors. (?)
Now perhaps it's me, but to me that's kind of in a different category than lawyering or website managering, to just pick up on our two respective professions.
Different category in what respect?
Different as in how ER nurses are different from accountants, or how fire fighters are different from account managers, or how ghetto teachers are different from website managers.
If you dont get it you dont get it, I guess.
(Arnold didnt either, interestingly enough. What kind of governor picks fights with his state's nurses, fire fighters, teachers
and policemen?)
Actually, I think there are lawyers who fit right into that "frontline" category.
I have been involved with 'em both professionally and socially for a number of decades now.
Here, the Aboriginal Legal Rights lawyers, were mega frontline for a long, long, time. They were paid **** compared with what they could get elsewhere, and they were out there, in nasty racist country towns, really fighting for legal justice.
And damn decently, too.
The legal aid people are bloody troupers, too......
Though, believe me, there was never a dull moment in that world!
The dark underbelly of lawyerdom is a sight to be seen, though, of course.
As with any group, I guess?
I certainly see therapists who make my flesh creep.
I have seen a letter from a prominent psychiatrist sent to me from one of the rich, bottom feeding lawyers with some other papers, asking the lawyer what diagnosis he wanted for his client!!!