Post-Schna-ulations

Letter of Recommendation

A good friend and former co-worker agreed to write one of my letters of recommendation for the grad program here at Pitt. He was so kind as to attach a copy of it to an email for me to read, before he mailed it to the school. I couldn't resist sharing it, so, here it is:

August 18, 2005

University of Pittsburgh
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

To Whom It May Concern:

I am writing this evaluation on behalf of Schna in consideration of her application to your graduate program in rehabilitation counseling. I have known Ms. Schna for approximately four years, the first year of which she and I worked together as staff in a residential program for adults with serious mental illness.

One thing that always struck me about Ms. Schna was her ability to remain positive with all the clients that we worked with even though she was usually drunk off her ass. Whether it was helping to motivate a client with terrible personal hygiene to shower or helping a client with extreme delusions to get her basic needs met - whatever a particular client needed, she was able to help them without losing patience, positivity, or losing her liquor, if you know what I mean.

Another positive thing about Ms. Schna is the fact that she can down a cucumber like nobody’s business. I mean, seriously – have you ever seen a woman that small make a cucumber disappear in ten minutes flat? (Besides on those porn sites – but I didn’t mean like that, sick-o!)

I would highly recommend Ms. Schna for admission to your program, as long as you have available treatment for that raging alcoholism and her cucumber issues. Other than that, I have no reservations recommending her for treatment. I mean, admission. Yeah. And stuff. Whatever.

Sincerely,

RSS BA CPRP CL
SCOP In-Home Team Coordinator
Triple R Behavioral Health

All it was missing on the end was the all-encompassing closer: So yeah, Marijuana.

posted by Schna @ 10:34 AM