Internship Week 4: Final Blog

How do you feel about returning back to classes next week?
It relaxes me knowing that I return back to school next week...At internship I dress as if I have a POL everyday, so I'm looking forward to the whole roll out of bed and throw on whatever I see in my closet routine I've been doing lately for school. I'll miss my internship and the people here, but it will be sort of nice to be back in the school environment and see all my peers and teachers....at least I think it will be. There is also a possibility that I'll just feel plain bored at school because I've gotten used to doing different things all day and sitting in the classroom doesn't sound all that interesting. At least I won't have to worry about getting my clothes ready the night before.

Do you anticipate a different experience of school now that you have been immersed in a work place?
No, I've always sort of treated school as a work place in some sense. I mean, we are actually doing some sort of work there so I concentrate & stay on task...most of the time. I don't expect my schooling to differ now that I've been immersed in a work place.

What are you looking forward to about coming back? What are you going to miss about internship?
I am looking forward to how much I don't really have to plan ahead for school. Well there is always homework and I don't really know what we'll have to do for Haley's class(but everyone says its a piece of cake) but I'm really just looking forward to how relaxed our school environment is. I'm very glad we don't have to wear uniforms. But as it comes time to go back to school and leave our internships behind, I will miss leaving randomly in the middle of the day to go to a meeting that isn't in the building or going out on a hike. Those are things that we most likely will not do back at school...And I think most of all I'll miss my mentor. Her name is Trish, she is great! I think the fact that she has children who are in college/just graduating college really benefitted our Mentor/Intern relationship because we were able to understand eachother better, her as a mother me as a child...is sounds kind of strange to make that connection, but its something that I often think about. Trish is someone who I look up to.