Did you meet your goals?
I guess i can say that i met my goals, in the one filed i feel like i really improved is in time managment and being more mature by getting more work/responsabilities done, and although i failed to finish this one big project in time i learned m lesson and i started to put myself goals in to when to get the work ready.
What are the most important things you’ve learned?
To gain respect to others and get respect at the same time, to be more responsible and to take work more responsible since it envolves money and big bussinesses.
In what ways have your grown?
Maturity and handling important tasks.
What were the highlights of your internship experience?
Having to work with chas, he is a great person, funny, responsible, he knows how to explain the work and has a great attitude.
If you can, describe a memorable moment or experience
Having the opportunity to work with a great group of people.
What challenges did you overcome?
exaustation! i get too tired with this schedule, mostly because i had to travel from one place to another, home to school, sxhool to manhatan and from manhattan back home.
What advice would you give a new intern at this site?
mmmhhh... take the work seriously although sometimes there might not be any, and do your best, try not to get ditracted altough sometimes it's hard.
What will you miss about your internship?
nothing, i'm sorry i think it's ok but it just wasn't for me... :S
Third World Newsreel
(Logo)
Me!
i hope YOU like this one as well...
Me AnD mY wOoDeN cAr... lol
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Final Reflection
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Mentor's Interview
1. What is your full name?
Dorothy Thigpen
2. Where are you from?
Ohio, USA
3. Where did you go to college? For how long?
University of Cincinnati, 4 years
4. What was your major in college and what kind of degree do you earn?
Communication, 2 associate degrees
5. Why did you choose that field?
I chose this field because I really like photography
6. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
What inspired me was using media to provide a voice
7. Why did you choose this job?
I liked the organization
8. How long have you worked here?
10 years
9. What is your job title?
Executive Director
10. What is the best part of your job?
Getting to meet new people
11. What is something you would like to change about your job?
I want to travel more
12. Do you enjoy the kind of work you do?
Yes.
13. Do you plan to open your own business one day?
Maybe.
14. How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
It helps to get a lot of important things done.
15. What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college and then the real world?
Really try everything that you desire and enjoy what you are doing everyday.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
April 14 Weekly Vocab
1. Word / Phrase: dialect
Meaning: a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
Context: many natives still speak dialect.
2. Word / Phrase: amber
Meaning: of the color of amber; yellowish-brown: amber fields of grain.
Context: the amber flower field.
3. Word / Phrase: nastier
Meaning: offensive to taste or smell; nauseating.
Context: the homeless guy had a nastier smell
4. Word / Phrase: bliss
Meaning: supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment.
Context: Muse's song (give me the bliss...)
5. Word / Phrase: ordo
Meaning: An annual calendar containing instructions for the Mass and office to be celebrated on each day of the year.
Context: Priests study their ordo every saturday
Thursday, April 17, 2008
April 16!
ok today was a fast day, i spent all day finishing the second transcript, and time flew by, i learned a lot about these movies due to the fact that i had to play very close attention to what they were saying :)
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15!
today i was doing a transcrip... which was really hard because i had to be listening and watching a movie, but at the same time type everything i hear.
it was mostly hard because i didnt understand some words, since its old footage it gets really hard and frustrating to get it done.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
The Strokes - Hard to Explain [Guitar Cover]
(new cover, i messed up some parts of it, but i'm to lazy to do it over... and i didn't have the rifht effect that The Storkes use,which is a overdriven pedal, i only have a Behringer metal 300 distortion pedal.... anywho... here it is!)
Thursday, April 10, 2008
New cover (actually it's pretty old)
yeah as old as the first one... mr andrew any good song you would recomend for me to play? (i would like one that uses distortion (if possible)
12:51 (cover)
This is where we make dvd copies, and labels, i spent a lot of time in that station.
This is the part where we make previews, from vhs to dvds and from dvds to dvds :P.
Another part of the Video Making process.
This one here is Chas! He's like the friendliest and the funniest guy u'll get to have as a co-worker, hes cool, patient and has a great personality =)
And finally my mentor Dorothy, she didn't really want me to take a picture of her but she finally agreed! :D
April's 1st daily post!
Tuesday:
I cant believe that time would fly so fast since we started internships, i have been here for 4 weeks now, and it seems as if i had started yesterday, i am glad of this internships opportunitties, i have also heard a lot of people complain, and so did i, but i dont complain to lose nor change my internship, i just want people to kow what we are passing through, and i think we all deserve recognition for that, THANKS TEACHERS!
Wednesday:
I did a little of shipping throught UPS, i learned how this system works, which impressed me, a guy at my dad's job does this, all day long it's all he does, and he gets paid more than my dad, only because "he knows about computers" well he hasn't been good at his job lately, and since i have learned this skill (which is basic to do his job) i will present myself on summer to take his place, i thank a lot to whoever thought of these internships, and to my co workers for teaching me so much.
Thursday:
I made some dvd copies and some previews, it was a fun day, the days i enjoy more are the one with a lot of work, because i feel helpful, and i get to use skills i hadn't put in practice before.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
First Week's Daily blog
Tuesday:
I got together with roselly and Dorothy and tlaked about our project, and the tasks that i would be doing in the internship, i also arranged some videos for shippment, and some to throw out.
Wednesday:
I finished another order and watched a movie.
Thursday:
I got to meet Chas, he would be like another mentor, i haven't talked much with him, but i think it's very friendly, i hope i get to meet him better.
First week's vocabulary
1. Word / Phrase: ammunition
Meaning:the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon, as bombs or rockets, and esp. shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns.
Context: "we were at war but we ran out of ammo"
2. Word / Phrase: absolete
Meaning: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
Context: this was was absolete
3. Word / Phrase: linguistic
Meaning: of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
Context: linguistic differences between countries are very common.
4. Word / Phrase: prevalent
Meaning: having the superiority or ascendancy.
Context: nazis were very prevalent with the soviets0
5. Word / Phrase: accustomed
Meaning: get used to.
Context: teens have accostumed to U.S. culture
February 15 question
-Tell a little about yourself.
Well as my About me says, my name is juan jose torres, and i'm a 17 year old junior at international high school, i like video games, and i love music. :)
-What did you learn in the junior internship seminar class up to this point?
mmmmhhhhhhh i learned how to manage time, and to finish the resume for good, we discussed a lot of escenarios that could happen in the internship.
-What is your greatest fear about internship?
not knowing how to control some situations that can't be changed, and know how to fix things when i screw up.
-What is your greatest hope for the internship?
learn something new and be around mature people so that way i can become more mature.
-What is your internship site and what are you going to do there? If you do not know, what do you think you will be doing?
i thought i was gonna do something related with video, and yes i was right.
-What will you miss about going to high school as you normally did for the last 2.5 years?
getting home early, seeing my friends more time, and getting some sleep which we actually all need.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Midpoint Reflection Questions
How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
well for the most part i feel like i have always been learning a lot more every and each day, from managing time to making different copies nd having responsabilities.
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?
Time managment it's a very important skill that you will need, specially making your own time lines, otherwise no one it's going to be over yourself tellin you what to do at every single moment, which it's actually something good and bad, the good part it's that you will have to paste yourself to your own working time and the bad is that sometimes we need that person to be there "our teachers" telling us what to do, so it's a little bit of both.
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 dont think i have grown being here, not that it hasn't helped, but i am very used to be around older people, being the youngest one in my family it's something you have to learn. I have been treated respectfully because i treat them the same way, so i think that our relationship as a group of workers is very close and tight, due to the fact that we all act like normal people. In school there is full of people running and yelling, it makes me mad, people are not supposed to be acting this way.
What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
mmmmhhhh.... i am really used to challenges that i dont diferenciate them anymore, right now i think it would be a project, which i haven't been able to do because i have no people to interview, but hopefully miss sherien will take care of that.
What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
oh em geee.... where do i start? first of all i'm not complaining i think these internships are wonderfull but it has also gotten in the way of my homework and my grades have gone down by a lot, all because of homework. I almost fainted twice and there is nothing i can do about it, my mom is really concerned about my health lately because i haven't been eating good enough nor getting enough sleep. there is no way to handle it, i just have to keep pushing myself and i won't forfait.
What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?
well actually being here has helped me accomplish a lot, just by being surrounded by adults makes me feel like i'm in the right place, this is where i was meant to be, not around of immature people (at school).
What new things have you learned about New York City?
Not much, i mean i just wonder around sometimes, and i go to different stores when it's thursday, so yeah it's nice being in manhattan.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
these are some of the things i have watched and learned here at TWN.
(The ware in Vietnam)
(Oaxaca's Revolution, against government and the pueblo's voices)
African Amercians i the punk genre
Afro-Punk (i totally recommend it)
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Weekly Vocab March 29
1. Word / Phrase: Possessed
Meaning: spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power
Context: I could swear he was possessed by the devil
2. Word / Phrase: Maltreated
Meaning: subjected to cruel treatment
Context: Maltreating animals it's a unforgiveable thing to do
3. Word / Phrase: Thesaurus
Meaning: a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms.
Context: It was a book as big as the thesaurus
4. Word / Phrase: Pegasus
Meaning: a winged horse, created from the blood of Medusa, that opened the spring of Hippocrene with a stroke of its hoof, and that carried Bellerophon in his attack on the Chimera.
Context: That thing flew as fast as Pegasus does
5. Word / Phrase: Undeniable
Meaning: incapable of being denied or disputed
Context: The U.S. war its undeniable controversial
Weekly Vocab April 4
1. Word / Phrase: Pouch
Meaning: a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, esp. one for small articles or quantities
Context: Juan could you pass me that UPS pouch?
2. Word / Phrase: Inflight
Meaning: a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, esp. one for small articles or quantities
Context: The inflight movie was very scary
3. Word / Phrase: Trubulency
Meaning: the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
Context: NYC it's a city full of turbulency
4. Word / Phrase: Determined
Meaning: to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
Context: Determined people defend their points of view.
5. Word / Phrase: Intrigued
Meaning: to settle or decide (a dispute, question, etc.) by an authoritative or conclusive decision.
Context: The intrigue killed the cat O.O
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
3/19/08
yes... so today i watched videos (very interesting videos) then i learned how to make previews, and then i learned how to use the copy disc machine, and the labelfor the dvds. then i helped organize the desks, i marked some invoices paid.
THIRD WORLD NEWSREEL IT'S MOVING! thats what roselly said... and i was helping them pack up some things. Roselly its pregnant and she will be off for a while... she will have her baby! there will be a replacement! this really cool guy, he is puertorican... VERY GOOD PEOPLE! Dorothy, JT, and Chas are just wonderfull... these are the kind of people you will allways remeber. :)
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Third Week Internship Assignment
In these "elections" i will be looking at the people's decision and their ethnical background, since there are 2 important candidates which are Hillary and Barack, i will be able to see if their choice goes with their background or, maybe even gender.
i have done a lot of paperwork. I feel that this internship really is helping me. I am taking a lot of advantages of it, the people i'm currently working with are really friendly and i feel really comfortable around them. It's more than an internship, its a union.
So this is the biggest and first project i've got at my intership, i also watched a lot of videos that taught me a lot about political, social, and even musical issues; i watched a movie called "Afro-Punk" i just loved it, it talks about black people that are actually into the punk style, how they are discriminated, and the struggles they pass through being in a "mostly white genre".
Watching these documentals has inspired me into learning more about the Vietnam war, and what happened there... i have already studied most of WWII even before my internship started, i learned about Hitler, his actions and what's left of him as a legacy (Skinheads, Neo-Nazis, and many other groups that think white race it's the superior race).
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Second Week Assignment
What did you do during your second week?
I watched very interesting documentals, and i was taught how to use new machines such as the cd printer, the cd copy machine and how to make previews, it is really interesting and it's something i didn't know how to do before.
How was it different than the first week?
It was full of new things to do, i kind of feel bad because i have a project to do that i cant finish because nobody would let meinterview them :(
What is something that you really like about the internship?
I like the people i work with, they explain me the stuff and i understand most of it, so far i haven't made a mistake! :D lol at least thats what i think.
What is something you dislike about the internship?
The only "problem" would be the distance between school to the internship and from the internship back home, but i think that every good thing comes with a sacrifice :)
Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
Kate, Pablo, Katrina, Marina, Giselle, and Columba's
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Bloc party - Banquet (guitar cover)
Banquet guitar cover!
i hope you like it and drop some comments :)
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
The End of the First Week of Internships
Please describe your internship site by answering the following questions...
What is it?
it's actually an company that sneds out videos related to social and racial issues such as racism, african american's struggle and other minority kind of cases.
What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
its a non-profit organization and they do a lot fo stuff... they make covers they sell the movie titles, datase, and different kind of movie-related tasks
Where is it?
37th street and 8th avenue... i love to go there after i'm done i go to the 42nd to spend sometime :)
Tell a little about your mentor.
well her name is dorothy she is very friendly, i'm also working with roselly and she is hispanic, i feel really comfortable around her, she makes me feel like an adult lol.
What happened on the first day?
mmmhhh... i uploaded the database, talked about my schedule and stuff... it was interesting
What kinds of things have you done so far?
database (mentioned it like 4 times already) and i have organized some videos, they sent me to the empire state building to deliver some things... first time i've been there! lol
What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
lmao... well i think that getting only 2 classes is pretty cool, and the best part is going to manhattan with my friends and stuff... also getting more responsabilities and not being boss around anymore i love that!
Please answer some logistical questions...
When do you leave school?
at 12
How long does it take you to get to your internship?
1 hour
When do you arrive at home?
like at 6 :(
What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
i work 3 days, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday... 4 hours each day :)
Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
Dorothy and roselly
At this point, do you have any other questions, comments, concerns, queries, or inquiries?
noooo oh maybe something... yeah sorry for typing the same way i do on myspace lol... =P
