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.