Semester Dos, Blog Five

Pitch One: Communication in the Work Place. Example1: Communication within DPR, workers getting information to me, measking for things, talking on the phone in conference calls, miscommunications...Example 2:Communications with Partnering Companies: the good, the bad, the ugly.....Example 3: Communcating to the public(aka Public Outreach)

Pitch Two: Conservation, Nature, Environment, etc, how/why I'm involved/would like to be involved. My opinions thoughts beliefs etc

Pitch Three: A combination of the two above, plus relation ships with the people who you work with and how to excel in the work place. I really like the idea of combining it all but it might be alittle hard but I'm up for a challenge.

Semester Two, Blog Four

links to three or more example articles that could provide inspiration for your Ampersand article. Along with each link, write at least one paragraph in which you explain what that example provides for you in the way of inspiration, a good model to work from

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5EMDJkYTJjZWItOTJhOS00NjMzLWIzMzktZmRhNTI5ZTljNzYy&hl=en&pli=1 I chose t his one because when I was reding it I immediately connected with the writer. She talked about how she wonder how humans affect the environment and how we can save it and thats ultimately what I'm interested in. I sort of don't like how it goes into a letter to Obama, I wouldn't do that personally, I think I just would write about communication efforts and how working together could benefit our environment.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5ENjAxOTNjOGYtZWZkNi00NDFjLTk0OTctZmI5OGQ2M2QyNThl&hl=en I chose this one because as I read it I really actually connected with Chandler. The quick switch from school to office environments took its toll on most likely everyone who was in an office for 5 days a week. I think if I was to structure mines similar to his, I could tweak it entirely to fit my own experiences with internship. I could even blend the ideas of the other two articles with this one, like the one below, of figuring out what you want to become, and the one above about my personal interests in conservation.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0By0BP1hDLB5EOWVhYTNhYTctZGU5Zi00ZGYzLTliODgtMDM4NTgyYzk2NDFk&hl=en This one is the one called What We Become by D'Vaughn. I loved it. I like how relevant it is, because internship is like a step towards us figuring out what we want to do with our lives as young adults and figuring out what our interests include and exclude, it addresses all of the things that have been going through my mind. I like that even though she doesnt exactly know what she wants to become, she knows what she doesnt want to become. And in a sense, I think knowing what you don't want is a lot stronger than knowing what you do want.

Semester 2, Blog 3

Post links to two exemplary interviews that you can use as models for your mentor interview:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/obama-in-command-br-the-rolling-stone-interview-20100928

In the intro they have dialogue that kind of sets the tone for the interview that is about to take place, it give s the reader some sort of sense of what the characters might be like. They also include a setting the White House which is something most people are familiar with, so reading this, the reader will be able to make connections and therefore be more interesting to them. Plus the way the questions and answers are formatted is really easy to follow along with.

http://www.dga.org/news/v25_4/feat_SpikeLee.php3

This one is an interview of Director Spike Lee, now I don't know much about directors but after reading this you would know about him. They provide a lot of background info. What they do is go in and they have quotes in there but then they also have parts where they give background information so the reader can know what happened previously, or future plans, or what was happening during the interview etc. This is interesting, but theres a lot going on and I don't think I'd want to model my interview after it.

Semester 2, Blog2

What have you read lately (say, since last semester), that you found interesting? Why did it catch your attention?

The last thing I red that caught my attention was this thing in a magazine that showed a picture of the beach on a cold winter morning and how you could make your photo be a wideshot even if youre camera doesnt take wide shots. I t hought it was interesting because I like photography and I like wide shots but my camera doesnt take pictures like that. So what it said to do was you take a couple pictures of the same scenery and then open them in photoshop and combine them together so that they match up and wa-la there it is. There was also other cool ones but I don't remember them.

Semester 2, Blog 1

What are the big ideas that you are taking from internship into the next steps in your life?
Well at my internship it was actually focused one things with conserving San Diego's natural resources, and I'm interested in that for my career so my next steps in life will be to keep doing great in school and apply to colleges and then major in Natural Resources/Conservation.


What are your plans for the coming semester?
Get my work done on time, participate in honors. take SAT Reasoning, and 2 subject tests.

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.

Internship Week 3: Blog 2 out of 2

Read another student's blog. What stands out to you? What experiences do you have in common? What contrasts do you see? What questions do you have?

I chose to look at Noah's blog...he is interning at UCSD which caught my interest because thats a college that I am potentially interested in pursuing my education at....Anyways, sometime last week he was telling me about some Child Development study of the childs ability to match facial expressions with emotions, if I'm correct. I thought I would see a bunch of psychology stuff on his blog but I didn't. I don't even know if they are currently conducting the study?

What stands out to me is: There is a post that has a picture of a clock. The caption says

Time stood still as I entered the room. My body was telling me it was bedtime, my mind said it was 9am, and the clock told me it was 4:00...

At first I was thinking what is this picture of this clock doing here. Then I saw the caption and thought it sounds like some sort of exerpt from a cheesy girly novel...Twilight per say. Besides that, it stood out to me becuase in a way I feel like that at internship, seems like all the days are blended together and never end and I lose track of time ALL the time.

Experiences I have in common with Noah are: I have experience with technical difficulties. Like Noah said he isn't a tech kind of guy at all, well I'm not a tech kind or girl either. Theres a difference of knowing how to use the basic functions of basic software such as Microsoft Office programs, but it is taken to a whole new level when I was introduced to the Strategic Plan. Its something I've never seen in my life; a combination of PDF, PowerPoint, and Links?! It was sort of thrilling to just look at it and to my amazement, clicking on a link was much more fascinating than it usually is. My other technical difficulties is Microsoft Excel...Part of my project is creating charts, which I, for the most part, was comfortable with until I actually started doing it. Excel likes to decide how its going to display the information instead of letting me choose, which is completely frustrating because I really just can't do anything about it, it doesn't let me choose. That can get frustrating for me especially because I like to have some sort of control over the projects I work on, also the fact that the graphs made me have to use my math brain...I'd say my math brain is my weakest assett when compared to everything else. My grades even say so I passed with flying colors in Biology99% and Eglish3/History(Honors)98% but only 91%in Math3..I guess I should work on my math brain some maybe I'll go work on my Aleks when I get home. I guess a weak math brain isn't technically a technical difficulty.

He posted about the culture at his internship site. I think his site and my site share similarities as there are many coworkers, and a couple big bosses, everyone interacts with eachother but there doesn't seem to be any internal conflicts at all. Everyone is on the same page here, everything works efficiently.

Contrasts between us are..."Although things run smoothly at the UCSD Center for Human Development, I've sat in on enough meetings that there is conflict and communication issues with UCSD and the other sites participating in the PING study." This is something we do not share in common. At parks&rec there are 3-5 subdivisions, each has a boss and then at least 5+ workers in that division(I use 5 as minimum beause that is the ammount there is in our division; Resource Management. The others have many many more.) All of the subdivisions are in charge of different things such as Resource Management or Marketing. I've been to plenty of meetings and pretty much everything runs smoothly. Everyone here is very close knit, they communicate effectively, and the way things go almost seems effortless. The only conflict they have is with partnering companies such as Caltrans..I went to a meeting with DPR to Caltrans, who seemed to have not a clue what the laws and guidelines are. My mentor, shes great I love how calm she is, but at the meeting she had to repeat herself about seven times because Caltrans just didn't get it. Thats something I admire her for, if I was in her position I probably would've just gotten irritated. But I think thats something maybe the DPR needs to work on, if their 'partners' are being lazy and you-know-whatty- someone has got to step up and not play Mr. Nice Guy anymore. Gotta keep them on their toes.

Questions I have are... If I had a question for Noah I guess I'd just ask what he learned. The blog posts mostly talk about the environment and what goes on around him, but I'd rather like to know what he is taking away from the experience and the content he is learning/how it is affecting him.