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Practicum Site!

I am been posted to Residence @ St George, a girl hostel for aged between 16 to 21. To be frank, I am glad and happy to have my practicum done in this place. I am glad that the Head of the Hostel gave me a chance to do some planning and developing programs for the girls who are living in the hostel. Although I am not paid (yes, I even have to pay $1000 for this practicum), but I seriously enjoyed every minute of work there. When I first joined PA last year, I didnt have that feeling of enjoyment, but rather, I have the feeling of politics in office, everything has to be done carefully. In this residence, I seriously feel that I am welcome by the staff. One best thing about have few staff (a total of 5) is that everything can be done through communicating to each other. The office is just probably the size of 2 to 3 living rooms, even if you whisper, you can still actually hear each other. Alot of things are done hands on and everyone is given the freedom to decide what solutions or i