geeky stuff

i have been a student for a minute, now. i really enjoyed studying a lot, and i think that i became a real big nerd. i mean, i think it's more okay to be nerdy as you get older. but, it's crazy because i try to think back about when i officially became a nerd. was i always a big dork and i just didn't realize it? (be nice) i mean, i have a blog now and that's way past nerdy.
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i still care alot about creative writing. (my creative writing dream is to be on the charlie rose show. i'll say, "thank you, charlie, for having me." he'll say, "andrew, this is a really striking work. [pause] why did you write _this_ book? what did you _have_ to say?")

but, for now, i think my geeky dream is to write wikipedia entries. (wikipedia is an internet encyclopedia wholly written by the public.) sometimes, i use wikipedia to get a brief introduction for a topic. it helps me start to understand what's going on . . . i think it would be crazy to write one of my own. what would happen if i found one of my own posts?

since i returned to school, i studied a whole bunch of topics in three different subject areas. i found them really interesting, but they're all really different. over time, i think that i'll try to post some of my research, maybe. to start, i've listed some of the topics i studied in social work. so, if you want to hear silly geekspeak . . .
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social work:

psychosocial identity

• ethnic identity
• racial identity
• jewish identity

social justice

• privilege and oppression
• human rights theory
• feminism
• empowerment

community organization

• developmental assets
• community strengths
• gis community mapping
• organizational analysis

research studies

• qualitative research
• quantitative research
• survey development

development

• fundraising
• grantwriting
• marketing
• policy analysis

critical theory

• structuralism
• poststructuralism
• postmodernism