Internship

I am a sophomore and I have two internships which are sometimes a handful. The two i do are mighty milers and digital portfolio. In mighty milers we basically try and get first and second graders fit and healthy. We run with them, sometimes outside or in the gym depending on the weather. We meet on Wednesdays and try and run at least a mile with them.


 * The Renaissance Charter School**
 * Community Involvement and Internship Program**


 * __Initial Reflection__** - Thoroughly answer the questions below.

1. Describe your workplace in 3 or more paragraph__Your description should include:__ //name of the business or organization, year it was established, department where you specifically work, service your business or organization provides, mission statement, number of employees, etc.// One of my internships is Mighty Milers which I do on Wednesdays with four of my classmates. Their names are Erica, Brianna, and Vilma. We run outside with first and second grade in order to get them in shape and healthy! The name of the organization is the young runners club. It’s my first year working with this organization and I really enjoy it.

2. Describe your responsibilities in 2 or more paragraphsMy responsibilities are to keep the kids running and make sure their doing the right thing. I warm up with them and then when we’re outside I keep them motivated while we run. Once we get back to school they drink water and I count the number of laps they did. When we’re outside a huge responsibility I have is to make sure they cross the street carefully, also, I have to make sure that while they are running they don’t take up the whole sidewalk and just stay to one side.

3. What do want to learn from this internship?With this internship I hope to learn a lot, such as: patience and people skills, I also hope to develop a stern sense of understanding but also to be compassionate. Working with kids that are so young is easier said than done. They are usually very energetic and hard to catch their attention and make them listen to you. However, I think that with time I’ve become better at dealing with the children. I’m hoping that this internship will help me be more outgoing and energetic.

4. Which career(s) interests you and why?I have many career interests and I’m very indecisive with what career path I wish to follow. I would like to be a vet, a neurologist or an ecologist. All of these interest me because first of all I love animals and I want to help them stay healthy and find cures for illnesses that haven’t been discovered yet. A neurologist really draws my attention because over the summer in Colgate we took a class about neurology and it was the best class ever. I was really amazed by the brain and everything the professor taught us and ever since that day I’ve been eager to do something in that area. Finally, I would like to be an ecologist because I want to study the relationships between plants, animals and their environments. Not to mention I want to teach others to understand and appreciate the world. These are just three career paths I have been considering but nothing is set in stone yet.

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6. What is the average salary for entry level workers in this career