Final Reflection
ASSIGNMENT: Post the questions and answers on your blog.
1. Look back to your earliest posts. What were you goals? Did you meet these goals?
In the beginning, my goals were to improve my writing skil and it effectively happened. I beleive that right now I am a better writer, the structure of my writing is improved and I now use more effective words.
2. What are the most important things you’ve learned?
The most improtant I've learned is how to make my writning more interesting and effective.
3. In what ways have your grown as a student/young adult?
I have improved my writing skills and I work better with adults professionally.
4. What were the highlights of your internship experience?
When I published my stories
5. Describe a memorable moment or experience.
A memorable moment would be a time when I went out for interview and I had a lot of fun.
6. What challenges did you overcome?
A challenge I had was to stay on task and focus on my work because i almost always fell asleep and to fix that, I brought my cell phone so I could listen to music and work at the same time... Believe me, it was really helpful1
7. What advice would you give a new intern at this site? Your answer to this question will be used next year with the upcoming juniors.
I would tell them to try to write a lot so they could improve their writing skill and I would tell them to be friendly and open to everyone.
8. What will you miss about your internship?
I will miss the fun of joking and celebrating bithday, going out to interview people.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Mentor Interview- Week 10
This is an interview with my mentor, Marie.
1-What is your full name?
Marie Glancy.
2- Where are you from?
New Paltz, New York, USA.
3- Where did you go to Colllege? For How long? Do you plan to go back to school?
" I went to Williams College for four years, I probably will not go back to school, I might get my Ph. D when I am older.
4- What was you major in College and what kind of degree did you earn?
" My major was English and I had a Bachelor degree"
5- Why did you choose your professional field?
" I chose journalim because I like writing especially writing about different stuff"
6-What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
" I like editing and i like teens, so it was a unique mixture. Any peice of writin that I like inspire me to work with words."
7-What did you choose this particular job at this particular company
(#6) ... "this job is a chance to work with a magazin and come up with ideas, topics to write about all the time."
8- How long have you worked there?
Almost a year and a half
9- What is your job title?
Editor of New Youth Connection
10- What do your duties include ? Or what kinds of work does our job involve?
"The main thing is working directly with teens on their stories and stories ideas, planning heading for the magazin. Also coordinating internship, editing book collection of stories for the magazin.
11- What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
"Jogling all the writer can be difficult. Sometimes stories are hard to decide what the structure should be, it's hard to guide the writer.
12- What is the best part of your job?
"The teenagers, the writers."
13- What is something you would like to change about your job?
"I love vacation...so more vacation."
1-What is your full name?
Marie Glancy.
2- Where are you from?
New Paltz, New York, USA.
3- Where did you go to Colllege? For How long? Do you plan to go back to school?
" I went to Williams College for four years, I probably will not go back to school, I might get my Ph. D when I am older.
4- What was you major in College and what kind of degree did you earn?
" My major was English and I had a Bachelor degree"
5- Why did you choose your professional field?
" I chose journalim because I like writing especially writing about different stuff"
6-What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
" I like editing and i like teens, so it was a unique mixture. Any peice of writin that I like inspire me to work with words."
7-What did you choose this particular job at this particular company
(#6) ... "this job is a chance to work with a magazin and come up with ideas, topics to write about all the time."
8- How long have you worked there?
Almost a year and a half
9- What is your job title?
Editor of New Youth Connection
10- What do your duties include ? Or what kinds of work does our job involve?
"The main thing is working directly with teens on their stories and stories ideas, planning heading for the magazin. Also coordinating internship, editing book collection of stories for the magazin.
11- What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
"Jogling all the writer can be difficult. Sometimes stories are hard to decide what the structure should be, it's hard to guide the writer.
12- What is the best part of your job?
"The teenagers, the writers."
13- What is something you would like to change about your job?
"I love vacation...so more vacation."
Mid-point Reflection
My Intership have not been different from my expectations. I expected to be given a computer, a desk, I expected to work with many other teens and it all happened. Comparing to my school is quite the same, especially with having many people from different background. There are from many different places: we have Africans writers, Polish writer, Spanish writers, Asian and American writers. I can say that I've grown regarding working with professional adults. I know how to work with them and how to behave in professional manners. I think I also gained a little of non-verbal communication skills. Some challenges that I overcome is that I began to get distracted and bored easily so what I did is that I brought my cell phone with me so I can listen to music while working, it really helps me stay focus and I get a lot more work done this way.
Because of my new shcedule, I began to miss a lot of school work especially Homeworks. In the reamaining five weeks, my goals is to fininish all the stories that I am writing.
Some new thing that I learn about New York City is that, it is the land of opportunity for real!
Because of my new shcedule, I began to miss a lot of school work especially Homeworks. In the reamaining five weeks, my goals is to fininish all the stories that I am writing.
Some new thing that I learn about New York City is that, it is the land of opportunity for real!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Week three
=So many things are happening as the days pass. Two periods a day of classes, then you're off to the cafeteria for a delicious and hearty lunch, a little socializing with your friends, and a few "I'll see you tomorrows". Then you're on your way to the train or bus so that you can do your thing: Intern, assist, help out, learn.
For today's post, your job is to describe as many internship tasks as you can. Since you began three Mondays back, what have you been doing? Paint a picture of a typical day in the life of an intern. What are you doing from the time you start until the time you leave? Are you working alone or with a group of people? Who are you working with? In what kind of space are you working?
Turn your description into a short story, diary, or journal entry that creates a picture of the life of you, a high school intern.
Use your journal entries from each day to make your story more interesting and full of details.
I do not have a lot of task at my internship, the only things I do is write stories for the magazin and sometime I go out and interview people. During the day all I do is sit behind a computer and type, nothing else. Sometime I find it very boring and sometime I don't. From 1, my starting time, to 5:00 pm, ending time, all I do is sitting behind a computer typing or dicuss topics with other members in the conference room. I spend 95 percent of my time typing.I work with a lot of other students from different borought of New York and different school.
For today's post, your job is to describe as many internship tasks as you can. Since you began three Mondays back, what have you been doing? Paint a picture of a typical day in the life of an intern. What are you doing from the time you start until the time you leave? Are you working alone or with a group of people? Who are you working with? In what kind of space are you working?
Turn your description into a short story, diary, or journal entry that creates a picture of the life of you, a high school intern.
Use your journal entries from each day to make your story more interesting and full of details.
I do not have a lot of task at my internship, the only things I do is write stories for the magazin and sometime I go out and interview people. During the day all I do is sit behind a computer and type, nothing else. Sometime I find it very boring and sometime I don't. From 1, my starting time, to 5:00 pm, ending time, all I do is sitting behind a computer typing or dicuss topics with other members in the conference room. I spend 95 percent of my time typing.I work with a lot of other students from different borought of New York and different school.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Fourth Week
My internship is a magazin center where we write newspaper magazin that come out every six week. There is a director, who represent the magazin to the press and help with publicity. There are the editors (my mentor included) the editors revise the stories written and suggest changes, they make sure everything is perfect. There are the photographers, adults that take picture to use in the magazin. There are the writers/drawers who write stories and illustrate a drawing for the stories.
The neighborhood of my intership is nice and enthousiastic. Ther are a lot of store, hotels, tall buildings,cars, people... It's at 34st. More specifically 29st.
It takes me at least an hour to go to my internship. During the fourth week of my internship, I was 30 minutes late because there was a fire at Wall street. I stay on the 2 train in Atlantic Ave for 30 minutes. It was a track fire.
My mentor is a very nice women, with a very low voice, very sweet and sensitive. So far at my intership, I've wrote to stories that will come in the next magazin in june and i made a crosswork puzzle for the febuaru nmagazin.
I live school at 11: 45 and I take the train at 11:55, I arrive at my site at 1:00
The neighborhood of my intership is nice and enthousiastic. Ther are a lot of store, hotels, tall buildings,cars, people... It's at 34st. More specifically 29st.
It takes me at least an hour to go to my internship. During the fourth week of my internship, I was 30 minutes late because there was a fire at Wall street. I stay on the 2 train in Atlantic Ave for 30 minutes. It was a track fire.
My mentor is a very nice women, with a very low voice, very sweet and sensitive. So far at my intership, I've wrote to stories that will come in the next magazin in june and i made a crosswork puzzle for the febuaru nmagazin.
I live school at 11: 45 and I take the train at 11:55, I arrive at my site at 1:00
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
My second week. (keeping record of my work)
In order to keep record of what I do at my site, I always print 2 copies of any thing I print. It is easier for me because I have stories to write. Every time I print a draft, I save it on the computer so she could revise later and maybe make some corrections. My mentor always come up with some improvements that I can make, for the next day.
My first week
My first week good and calm. My mentor is a women, she's very nice and sweet. During my first day I did nothing but get to know every body in there, get to know my environment. I was given a computer to work. When I first arrived I thought that I would have a lot of pressure on me because I have to write many article for a news magasine and there were deadlines. But I was wrong, I was at ease, I could write about whatever I want, I also have plenty of time because the Magazine come out every.
6 weeks. The goal of my internship is to write at least one story so we could put in the Magazine " New Youth Connection"( a magazine written by teen and for teens). I hope I would improve my writing skills while working there, so when I go to college writing would be easier to me. So far, I have been brainstorming story to write about and I have already stated to write 2.
6 weeks. The goal of my internship is to write at least one story so we could put in the Magazine " New Youth Connection"( a magazine written by teen and for teens). I hope I would improve my writing skills while working there, so when I go to college writing would be easier to me. So far, I have been brainstorming story to write about and I have already stated to write 2.
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