Yep. That's always the biggest issue when doing social work - if you come in to it with the idea that you're going to take some ego trip, you're going to be gone within the first few weeks, if not days.

I remember working with a college student when I was doing volunteer work at a group home, and this person saw one of the guys just urinate next to them. They were just appalled and never came back. It's like what the hell were you expecting?

Of course if you do stick around, it just makes you extremely jaded if you don't recognize that a lot of social work is a complete farce because the root of the issues is never going to get attacked in this system. I still know people that have been doing this type of work for years, but still don't really care for socialist thought to the point where they want the entire system dismantled.