Looking back, my goal was to be really good at having conversations with professionals. The 10 weeks of my internship is over. Arts & Letters was the place where I accomplished my goal. I met many interesting people, most of teachers and artistic folks. They taught me many things during this short period of time. I talked to people constantly and improved my communication skills as a result. In addition, I learned how to be detail orientated. I focused every time on my tasks when it was necessary to be careful and to pay close attention.
An important quality I began to appreciate in people while interning at Arts & Letters is the quality of being flexible. Why? I had a problem with my schedule because I was part of two other programs, one in Manhattan called The Door and the other in Brooklyn on the LEC Volleyball team. When I asked to change my schedule my supervisor gave me a chance to change it. I had many times when I was too busy to intern and she allowed me to miss a day. Almost every week I had a new schedule but my supervisor never complained. She is good person. All these schedule changes forced me to improve my communication skills and get better at managing my time.
I worked with other people besides my supervisor who needed help. It was pleasure to see them happy after I finished tasks for them. They were very thankful. Both my supervisor and her coworkers accomplished many more things because I was their helper.
Ten weeks went so quickly. As end date was coming closer, I started to highlight my internship duties. My decoration of the office of Arts & Letters was so beautiful. The excitement of my supervisor gave me more energy each time she commented on my artistic talents designing the walls with such limited resources.
A few thoughts about my internship now that I’m all done: It’s good to have busy days and have lots to do. Workplace is not school, but it’s a place where you need to stay focused and attentive to everything you are doing. I would say work requires more responsibility though. I want to pursue a career in medical field. I will stay focused on my career to become a doctor one day. In the mean time, I will serve people and make them happy. In order to get that degree and be a doctor, I need to go to college. I’m still interested in college and the programs I want to take in my freshman year. When I go to college, I want to study premed. I will also try to intern at a hospital to gain knowledge.
One of the most important things I learned as an intern is that building relationships with people is extremely useful. Connections mean we have more opportunities.
One of the most important things I learned as an intern is that building relationships with people is extremely useful. Connections mean we have more opportunities.
If I started new internship next week, two things I would do are be more careful about finding an internship that is closer to my house and try to find an internship with a flexible schedule. These two things are very important. As I said before, I experienced long commute to my internship but fortunately had a flexible schedule that worked well.
If you want to be a good intern next year, you need to possess the following four qualities: Be focused, flexible, responsible, and communicative. Make sure you talk to supervisor if you not satisfied with tasks. Speak for self and work from heart. Always respect people around you, treat them equally and be thankful.
I will miss my ambitious supervisor and tasks I did, every day after lunch include trip to work, hour on the train and people, who were around me.
