Week 4

In my own ideal career one day, I know that I do in fact want to work with kids; whether underprivledged, disabled or terminally ill, there is no greater joy in my life then making a child happy who may otherwise be suffering. My internship experience relates to this area of interest because of the demographic of children we are trying to help. One school in particular involves poverty stricken neighborhoods with drug abuse, gang related activity, broken homes, etc. Interning here is allowing me to do what I love and it something I can definately see myself doing in the future. I can certainly see myself working at my site in the future. Continuing to work with these people and this organization would be very rewarding and fulfilling! I can honestly say that there isn't anything that I "dislike" about the site. I got lucky. The staff is great, the volunteers are outstanding and the cause is endearing. I'm spoiled! Additional skills I am taking from tihs experience include emotional and mental endurance. Normally I am a very emotional person and have struggled to keep my "cool" when faced with some disheartening situations involving children. I just want to protect them, and when I can't do "enough", I will sometimes feel helpless. I feel that my internship is making me stronger and building up my endurance for these tough situations. This is going to be imperative for me in the future in times where I will absolutely have to refrain from exhibiting too much emotion. I think a little bit of empathym remorse and concern is good, but I tend to get too involved and overwhelmed that I may come across as too personal. Thankfully, my internship is helping me build my strength up to where it needs to be if this is what I want to continue to do! :-)