The beginning of pretty much all social work conventions, trainings, etc. begin with statements such as “We didn’t take this job because we want to make money, because we certainly won’t. We didn’t take this job because we are looking for a thank you, because we rarely get one. We didn’t take this job because it’s easy, because that couldn’t be farther from the truth.”

But they almost always end with a child, now adult, who says something to the effect of

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