Wow, my LINK internship is over. It's weird to think how much I learned and how long those three weeks felt even though it really wasn't much time at all. In some ways I wish that my internship was longer, although in others I will be glad to return to school. I now have more motivation to work harder and I don't really know why, maybe it's because I have been away from school for a long enough time or that my internship forced me to be more mature being in a real work environment. It is probably a combination of the two.
During this week I finished my op-ed, I finally found a way in which to organize the data of my study, I had already finished my contact list but emailed it to my mentor for editing. Learning the reality of immigration and the lives of these people who have immigrated was one of the most important parts of my internship. Transcribing Guadalupe's letter to the government was really interesting. Talking to my mentor was really interesting in general: I was very interested and influenced by his perspective on the world.
I hope that I have had an effect on the world, no matter how small through my internship. I have built a passion for immigrant rights through my efforts to do so and will definitely look into working in the field. I am also glad that I had the opportunity to practice Spanish for hours every day; if you have been reading this blog you know that I am really interested in foreign languages and I will continue to learn them.
Probably the most difficult part of my internship was the fact that I had to work out of my own accord and had to come up with my own projects. This definitely will have immediate effects as soon as I return to school and I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to improve myself in this way.
I thank Animas High School and Los Companeros for my internship. I never imagined I would have such an opportunity. I hope that I can return to Companeros at some point to help out with something, and am definitely willing to put more effort into contributing to the organization.
During this week I finished my op-ed, I finally found a way in which to organize the data of my study, I had already finished my contact list but emailed it to my mentor for editing. Learning the reality of immigration and the lives of these people who have immigrated was one of the most important parts of my internship. Transcribing Guadalupe's letter to the government was really interesting. Talking to my mentor was really interesting in general: I was very interested and influenced by his perspective on the world.
I hope that I have had an effect on the world, no matter how small through my internship. I have built a passion for immigrant rights through my efforts to do so and will definitely look into working in the field. I am also glad that I had the opportunity to practice Spanish for hours every day; if you have been reading this blog you know that I am really interested in foreign languages and I will continue to learn them.
Probably the most difficult part of my internship was the fact that I had to work out of my own accord and had to come up with my own projects. This definitely will have immediate effects as soon as I return to school and I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to improve myself in this way.
I thank Animas High School and Los Companeros for my internship. I never imagined I would have such an opportunity. I hope that I can return to Companeros at some point to help out with something, and am definitely willing to put more effort into contributing to the organization.