Christmas Day

Dec25,2011
I have to admit Christmas doesn't excite me as  much as it used to. I woke up early to help my eleven month old nephew open his presents. I was so excited to see the look on his face when he opened his gifts. We bought him an Elmo doll that beats on drums and sings, a toy cop car that lights up and drives itself, and a play and bounce fisher price scooter. He was more interested in playing inside the cardboard boxes the gifts came in than the actual gifts. Seeing him so happy made my Christmas. After all the presents were unwrapped we went to Fair Field to spend time with the rest of my family. The house was filled with good food and holiday spirit. I must say overall  I had a wonderful Christmas.

Blog Post#10

The qualities of someone that is internship ready are eagerness, meaning they are eager to learn and accomplish anything put in front of them. You also need to be responsible, confident, timely, and accountable. These traits will show that someone is ready and acceptable to enter internship. I plan to show internship readiness in module 3 by taking initiative by volunteering for more things, and letting my leadership abilities show. I am definitely going to ask more question when things are not clear because anything I don’t needs to be understood. I plan to work on my professionalism by working on SLANT, grammar, and professional language. I want to public speak more and show how creative I can be so that I am picked for more projects. The changes that I need to make are being more assertive and stop doubting my abilities to do things. I need to change how I interact with people and being more professional. To become more organized I have gotten all new notebooks and separate folders to organize all my classes. I have to learn to not let my fear of being wrong and seeming unintelligent stops me from expressing myself. I hope to accomplish all of these things so I can be not only internship ready but internship excellent.

Blog Post#9

The best job I ever had was being a librarian’s assistant. I was able to work in my schools library throughout my junior year is high school. Some of my primary responsibilities were helping customers find books, restocking the shelves, and any filing that needed to be done. I enjoyed learning the book system and figuring out where to place specific book according to author and genre. What made my job most enjoyable was helping others and being able to read during my free time. The librarian who I assisted was very nice and always brought me snacks. What I enjoyed most was being able to plan events, meetings, and fundraisers being held in the library. Being a part of extracurricular activities kept me busy and out of trouble. The skills I learned were customer service, patience, and researching a specific topic. These skills were helpful during my time at the library and will be helpful during internship, because these skills will make me easy to work. I learned that I am willing to help others, but also that when I don’t know something I will look for the answer. The worst job I had was working at Forever21. I disliked working at forever21 because I felt that I wasn’t appreciated for the work I was doing, and it was long hours for little pay. My main job there was helping customers, hang clothes, and make sure the shelves were stocked. This was my first job but sadly it was ephemeral I only worked there for 5 months. Overall  the experience and knowledge I’ve obtained over the years will pay off in the end.