Midpoint Reflection Questions

How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

My expectations about internship has changed a lot. I used to think that it would be fun but now i figured that it is a really serious job. You can't make mistakes and that's really hard.

What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?

In school, we work together. At the site, we cannot work together. It's about working alone and completing the work given by the mentor and on time. I actually learned a lot of things at this site. I learned a lot by using excel. And i learned more about the site.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?

I don't have a mentor now. But my co-workers are good. I like them and they're nice to me. I really like my boss. She's so fun and she's the only adult that's really fun and exciting.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?

The only problem i had was when there was a job given and we forgot to do them. Aroon starts getting mad at us but then later she calms down. And she reminds us that when she gives us something to do, we have to do it. If we don't understand, we can go talk to her. So she's really cool.

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?

Because we have internship, i don't have time for anything. Three times a week, I have College Now and that takes away all the time that we have. Also, we have so much woprk to do now than before. I think the teachers give us more work now because they think we have a lot of time to do them. But we don't because some of us don't come back homr early. So it's hard to give in the homeworks and projects on time. But I manage to wake up early and do everything.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?

I don't really know what i want to do. I just want to continue doing the work that the boss gives us. And we have a festival coming. I'm looking really forward to that. I can't wait to help them put everything in order.

What new things have you learned about New York City?

New York City is the best!!!!!!
it's fun to walk down the streets of this city. But too many people smoke and that's killing the environment and it's killing me too.