In today's WLE blog I want you to analyze how different you felt working today verses how you felt your first day at your WLE. Specifically talk about how you have grown during your internship. In addition, talk about how your WLE project has helped that growth.
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Today I didn’t have WLE, but I’ll analyze how different I felt now versus how I felt the first day at WLE.
I really enjoy my WLE and I really enjoy being around kids. I remember on the first day, my mentor and his class went on a field trip and I had to stay behind. I worked with kindergarteners that day and found it very fun because I got to do math (addition) with them using these colorful plastic bears. After the first day, the rest of the time I was with my mentor and his 5th grade class. I thought the 5th graders were listening more. During my WLE time, I’ve tutored kids in math mostly and once in punctuation for a story a student wrote. I talk more with the kids now than the first few times I’ve been at my WLE.
The project I’ve done made me realize that it’s like a mini-exhibition because I had to explain how to make the arts and crafts project and do it with them. I also had to get their attention. The explaining part made it feel like a mini-exhibiton.
I feel like I’ve grown so much at my internship. A little outside my life because of it but mostly inside the internship, people skills wise at least. At first I was so nervous to even suggest something I should do, or ask to do anything. I guess it’s a little ironic but I was terrified to use the phone before but so far I’ve had to call lists and lists of people to talk to them about 826, teachers to remind them about upcoming field trips, and even interviewed somebody over the phone. I used to be so intimidated by everybody that worked there, and while I’m not a total jerk to them or anything (stupid I know) but they are just normal people and although a few nameless ones still get annoyed at the questions I ask sometimes everybody else makes up for it. I feel comfortable with Jory and Daniela and Erin and Ana who are the people I have the most interaction with. I think Ramona leaving helped a lot because I didn’t have anybody to hide behind and I guess when you come out of your shell and are a little more outgoing they are willing to get to know you and stuff. I think that has also helped with my project because I’ve needed to ask people for interviews and help binding and such so they sorta play into each other. I almost have all the components done and I just need to get the interviews done for the oral history and then I need to copy, collate, and bind. I think I am only going to make 20 copies at that absolute most because a.) they are going to be in color b.) its money out of my pocket and c.) that’s enough to give to teachers, maybe turn one in, keep a few for myself, give some to 826 etc. If I were to make enough and then some for everybody to whom I was giving a presentation too I would be broke so I could just have a few to put on display and some to pass around but hopefully I would get them back. I’m really pleased with how its coming and glad that I’m not all stressed and behind on this, it makes me feel good about my other school projects and how I’ve been handling organizing everything at my internship.
Compared to my first day at the Marine Mammal Center, today went fairly similar as well as different. It felt similar because two of the animals I was working with needed to be force-fed. To do this you have to restrain the seal and hold up its jaw to shove a fish in its mouth. This is a last resort for seals that won’t eat, and who ever is in charge doesn’t want the volunteers to do it. I was hoping I could be the one to try, but because I’m still not as experience as others, I didn’t get the chance. I’m not complaining though. I understand that I’m still a youth volunteer. So it was just like when I first came, I didn’t have enough experience to do certain things. However it was different in the fact that I have been there for 8 weeks and I know the procedure of what goes on and what I should be doing. I feel that I have grown a lot at the Marine Mammal Center. Not only do I feel like I have gotten great work experience, but I feel like I have made a difference in the world and for the animals I’m helping. I have also grown in experience with working with other people, and working with animals. I feel that the project I have been working on has helped me with my relationship with Tomar; because I have been able to read all about her progress and really give me a good idea on the depth we take at the Marine Mammal Center to help these animals and get them back out there in the wild.
My first day at Zeum I had no idea of what I was getting into I knew no one but my mentor. I didn’t know if I would get along with any of my co-workers and I didn’t think I could handle the 7 hour days. It is very strange how things can change it 12 weeks. My first day on the job I was very reserved and just talked to the people I knew, which by the way were my classmates and fellow interns. After my first day I had no clue if I was even going to enjoy my time here.
As I look back to yesterday and compare it to my first day I can give a big smile. I am going to miss all my co-workers, the happy kids and their family, and my mentor. Over the 12 weeks of work I have been able to develop a professional and personal relationship with everyone there. Hanging out in the office, the main floor, eating lunch with the other interns, can’t forget watching the Matthew and Perry (floor staff) signing and dancing, and finally hearing why the dodgers are apparently better than the Giants.(yeah right). I would really like to thank all the staff for making my internship exciting and always making ready to come in.
Finally I want to talk about my project. My project to me was simple but ended up being very hard. I felt that editing a movie of teens playing games was going to be a piece of cake. First of all I just like to edit it is a passion for me. Here the part that got hard I didn’t understand any of the footage. I also didn’t understand how important it was to the teen interns and in general Zeum. After having 2 meetings with my mentor and director of the intern program I knew it had to be good. Still I wasn’t moved to try my hardest. In fact it was after meeting the other teen interns and saw their reaction I put all my effort to make it good for them. This project taught me that it is important to think of others because one small thing to me can mean a whole lot to the others.
The feeling of working at my internship today versus the feeling that I had on the first day of internship is really different. I’ve done a lot in the office over the past 12 weeks and every week I had a different experience. Throughout my internship I felt like I’ve grown. I’ve grown not only in my understandings of what happens in the District Attorney’s office, but in my confidence of working in a serious environment. I feel that I have benefited from the WLE experience because I had this chance to explore a new work experience and it was something out of the ordinary. Through my experience I’ve grown in my maturity and actions toward dealing with real life work in the office. My understandings of the District Attorney’s office evolved. I learned about the different departments and their jobs and the DA’s office as a whole.
On my first day I knew nothing about the District Attorney’s Office. I didn’t know what to do or what certain documents were called and used for. I didn’t feel as comfortable and I felt hesitant working in the DA’s office on the first day because I didn’t know anyone. I just met my mentor and she began to familiarize me with the people and the building. She provided a safe workplace learning for me and taught me everything that I needed to be able to complete tasks. As the weeks progress, I became confident and I felt welcomed working in the office. I didn’t feel as nervous as the first day. Attorneys would walk by and greet me with a warm smile and a “good morning.”
My WLE project has helped me grow along with my WLE experience because it lead me to focus on a more specific level of what jobs the misdemeanor unit does. This project makes me think about the process of subpoenas. This project helped me discover another task that the unit is responsible for and how important this process is.
I woke up this morning thinking about the best way to write down how to solve fractions equations on posters, also including explanation on how to solve fractions step by step. I had different ideas and thoughts for it. When I arrived to the school, I helped some students with their math, and I realized that 4th and 5th graders sometimes have problem reading, and comprehending the book’s direction on how to solve problems. So I thought if I let the 3 kids that I always work with write the steps on the posters using their own words, it will be easier for other kids to understand. Also I let the kids draw pictures, dragons, or write their names.
Today I feel like I accomplished some of my final project, we made one poster on how to add fraction, and we also made poster on how to multiply fraction, and I went pretty well because the kids enjoyed making posters, and they had fun too. After we made the posters, the students had a test, and I was allowed to give the students hints. Some of the kids were asking for my help before even reading the problem, so I told them that I won’t help anybody until they try to solve it and also show me any work as a prove. After a while, most of the students actually solved the problem, and some students were in the right track, but they just needed little reminder.
After lunch, students wanted to me to help them practice for their dance performance. So we went to the other room, and we played music, they started dancing, and I gave them ideas on how to make it more organized. And they wanted me to be their when they perform. It was a good day for me, I enjoyed it.
as todays interndhip ends i reflect on how i've grown since the first day of WLE more than two months ago and iv'e noticed that ive'e grown alot. the first day i was a little nervous even though i knew almost everybody there at my site, EXCEPT my mentor. i was a little uneasy because he looked like the kind that judge you, but he wasn't and turned out to be pretty cool.
My second part of my internship was a whole new expirence for me. I mean having to watch and take care of my sibliongs is one thing, buut having to watch and take care of other little kids was a whole different kind of responsbility. overall in the end im glad it was the secind part of my internship because it helped me with my communication skills with small childeren.
My final project is coming form my 1st part of my internship, in which i teach people to make a beat, and also include student work from a session iun which i taught and lead. it was my first class and i have to say it was pretty cool. the only thing im worried about is getting more artifacts. As of right now im doing somewhat ok.
well today i felt a little sad because i am leaving the children that i have been working wth for about 12 weeks. I have grown to accept there diffences and there ways of learning. When i first started of i was kind of scared and shy because i wasnt sure what the kids would think of me ( if they would like me, hate me, act funny around me etc) but io learned that the kids were just as regular as possile they didnt dislike me or anything they attached to me. I can remember my first day when i started here three kids cam up to me and said "hey how are you"? whats your name? and i said cary and they said well whats your last name and i said gordon so they started calling me Mr Gorgon. That was so funny to me and i laugh everytime they call me that. Working here the first day was fun though. It was my first day as well as the substitute teacher there that day. I have grown personally behavior wise because now i have seperated my childish behavior for home and brought my big boy behavior to my internship and that has gotten me so far and i am actually glad that i did that because not only does it help me there at my internship it also helps me while i am at school. Its help me to grow in a positive manner and not loose my temper everytime that im mad and just move away from the situation for a minute have a quick breather and come back and i will be fine. This whole experince has helped me grow into a great and friendly person while im at my intership and also whereever i go!!!. My WLE project has helped me understand BIG WORK!!! big work is a thing that i have to do all the time and its good that i am starting it now and its starting to get easier every single time that i do another big project. This project has taught me not to take things lightly as far as work and to stay focused in everything that i do.
Yuri Bondarenko
Advisory Gamma
May 20th, 2007
Workplace Learning Experience Blog #8
Not a great deal has changed since my first day at my internship. Over the past 10 or so weeks, I have gotten accustomed to the people at my Workplace Learning Experience, as well as the work involved in participating in the Workplace Learning Experience. I have enjoyed my time doing my WLE a lot, and I realized that, contrary to my beliefs when the Workplace Learning Experience project was announced, this project really did help me in general. It didn't just help me in school, it also helped me gain experience that can help me get a job. I feel that that is especially important right now, since summer is coming up and everyone is going to be competing for jobs.
Honestly, I'm just very happy that we have gotten the opportunity to have internships. It really just made things better for us in general. We didn't have to go to school on Wednesday and attend all of our classes, we got to get work experience in a real workplace/working environment, and as a result of this Workplace Learning Experience we have another project to add to our portfolio, which will help us tremendously as we apply for colleges.
My project has helped this because I am utilizing the knowledge I've gained from my Workplace Learning Experience to basically explain what my mentor does and what services he offers. All in all I think I've walked away from this experience a better worker.
I feel so different now than Idid on my first day at my WLE. When I first got there I was really nervous. I didn't want to talk to anybody. I was even afraid to ask questions when I didn't understand something. I didn't know my way around the hospital. I felt really odd because I was wearing scrubs, but I was looking at the map of the hospital to figure out where I was going. Unortunately the lab is not on any of the maps in the entire hospital.
Now I am just fine working at the hospital. I know my way around perfectly and have even found some shortcuts to different places. I was always wondering why I was the only person who worked there on the elevator, but now I realize that everyone who works there knows that the elevators are incredibly slow and take the stairs. I am no longer afraid to talk to the people I work with.
I have grown from making my Lab Volunteer Handbook because I now know the importance of all of the jobs that I do while I am working at the hospital. Even the smallest job of storing supplies. It not only needs to be done for the overall function of the lab, but if I do it someone else who has something more important to do won't have to take the time to do it. I have realized that everything that I do needs to be done to the best of my abilities and in the most timely manner that I can manage.
My first day at my internship I felt as if I was going to be ignored and not used a lot, because I was a volunteer and from what I heard from all the staff members is all that volunteers did was take up space. So I thought I was just going to be an invisible person in the Cath Lab. When I stated that I would like to pursue a medical profession many people started taking me seriously; allowing me to view surgeries and miner procedure; explain exactly what was going on really allowed me to get a interesting experience every time I came. I’ve also gained a lot of knowledge; looking at diagrams and videos of the heart from many different patients, I can kind of tell the difference between healthy arteries and damaged arteries, and also how the blood flow works through out the heart. By my last day I had a serious bond with everyone in that department. I honestly think know that if being in a medical profession is how it was during my WLE experience I most defiantly would think that every minute I spend in med school would be worth it in the end. I want to thank them for being so wonderful to me.
My WLE project helps me explain what I have learned through my experience at CPMC. My WLE project is kind of like pushed me to finalize many of my ideas and show much of my knowledge of my experience. My project demonstrates how I’m able to handle adult situations and conduct myself in a professional manner. It also shows the passion of health and happiness for each patient.
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