Thank you everyone for your support. I wish I could just go to my professor and ask for another assignment, but I'm in graduate school and it doesn't work that way here. I do feel like the assignment is putting us in a double bind. I know I'm not the only student with problems with the paper, but I don't feel like I could bring it up. The paper is supposed to help us be more culturally competent, but I don't see how writing about my screwed up family is supposed to do that.

Justfloating- I am trying to write it from one step removed, but it is difficult. I've writen about 2/3 of it so far (the worst of it, I think). Now I just have to write about how my family experiences will affect my professional development. BLAH!

Once again, thank you all for your support. I would reply to all of you since you all have good ideas, but I have to get back to more reading.

Take care all!