Midpoint Reflection Questions

• How has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?

Well I expected pretty much the same thing. One thing that I expected and that didnt happen/is not happening is a lot of dirty work. I would not say that we do really dirty work there.

• What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment? What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?
  
  Well at the workplace ( I am just talking about my workplace) you can run around, jump,bang your head on the wall and you wont be panished. Also you dont really call anyone Mr. or Mrs/Ms. Um you can curse xD Another thing at my workplace that is different from school is that you dont sit in one place, you dont need any passes to go to the bathroom. You can easely go on a break to the store. You are more independant I guess. When my mentors or co-workes tell me to do something I do it, and that doesnt always happen when teachers tell me to do my work or HW.Also there are more grown ups ofcourse. Some skills that I have learned are all the things about grooming horses (if I got the question right)riding a horse,leading..etc.

• What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers? How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?
  
  What kind of relationship with Mentor?I dont even know.It is good.I just say "hi" give him my timesheet to sign and thats pretty much it. If he tells me to do something I do it. Relationship with the co-workers are pretty good also, even better than with my mentor. My co-workers are all fun to talk to and they are pretty talkative. Also I noticed that there are no peopel that are shy at my internship... I dont think that I have grown.

• What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
  
  Challenges that dont have to do anything with Trofim? Well one was that at first I didnt change at my internship so that was not so cool when I was on the train xD Also before I was more scared of horses and now I am not that scared (well not as before) and I am slowly overcoming it by just being at my internship and by being around horses. Another challenge that I got was to clean horses hoofs, I was scared and couldnt do it because I would not be able to grab a horses foot with a lot strength. I overcame this by bacoming more used to horses and just being less scared.

• What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
  
  Now when I come home I feel more tired even if I didnt do anything at my internship and even if I come at the same time as I would come from school. So because I am tired I am lazy and sleepy. Because of that I am not really doing the work that is due at home. I am not really handling it, I tried to do it on the bus to school but I just cant do it.

• What goals are you working to accomplish during the remainder of the internship?
  
  I am not really sure. Whatever challenges or new things I will do at my internship I want to accomplish them and learn something new. Egh I will miss my internship.

• What new things have you learned about New York City?

Well I dont think I really did. I was suppose to? O.o