Personal Narrative : Memories Of An Intern

Although in the past four years at Roanoke Valley Early College (RVEC) I have grumbled about how long I have been in the program and mentioned being ready to graduate almost everyday, writing this paper almost feels like a farewell. A bittersweet moment that I can safely say I deserve because of how hard I worked towards seeing this year all come together. The best way to describe is stunning. I would almost always hear any and everyone say that senior year comes up fast and I now know that they were not joking even a little. During my time at Roanoke Valley Early College I have evolved into a person that I am proud to call myself through my internship, staff members, career aspirations, and individual improvement.

I have really enjoyed being in school my last two semesters here at Tech. Summer semester has been a little harder than I have imaged, but I am making it through. I will be going into my third semester in the fall and my classes will be a lot tougher as well. I will work and study harder, so I can pass my classes.

Being able to know more about my agency policy in order to effectively provide the service tailored to my client.

Imagine: a 99 lbs, 5’4, skinny, shy, ginger kid. Doesn’t seem like the athletic kind does it? This was me as a freshman, and I was really self conscious about myself, granted I was taller than the shortest people who were once taller than me about 2 years ago, I was still skinny and light. I was a good runner, placing 1st in my very first track race, but I hurt my hip during practice and didn’t say anything to the coaches because I was scared they’d say, “Wow, I knew this kid wouldn’t be able to do it, he’s so weak! Just look at him!” so I continued and placed last every race, but I still tried right?

I have previous experience with this issue having encountered it at Bellevue College Associated Student Government (BCASG) as the Vice President of Finance and Communication. I encouraged the College Board of Trustees to convert a student lounge to a math tutoring lab because the existing space was limited. As a result, we now have a computer-equipped study space which is large enough to fit over one hundred students. Moreover, I worked with the Bellevue College Foundation to purchase STEM textbooks which could be checked out, free of charge by students. I have demonstrated that I can create positive changes for the greater good.

I think the courses I took at Wayne State prepared me for my internship. Through my internship I would look back at notes or books from past classes and was able to find information on the things I was looking for. However, medications are super hard to learn, and there are a ton of them. I know there is a medication class that’s an elective, so I wish I would of taken that so I could better understand some of the

For the past 16 weeks, I was Norton Healthcare’s Child Life Intern in Louisville, Kentucky. I received a thorough and comprehensive clinical education through my internship experience. I completed three rotations at two separate hospitals. At Norton Children’s Hospital, I completed a 6-week rotation on the medical-surgical unit and a 4-week rotation in the pediatric emergency department. At Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, I completed a 6-week rotation covering all units, even the adult units. I had one manager, two coordinators, and three preceptors, one of whom was one of my coordinators. In fact, I was Norton Healthcare’s first Association of Child Life Professional’s (ACLP) accredited intern. As an ACLP accredited internship site,

This quarter will be my first at UCLA, as well as my first at college in general. There are so many things that people have told me I will acquire during this experience, such as independence, social skills, and time management, in addition to the material I will learn in my courses. However, the main goal that I want to pursue this quarter that I believe I will be able to work on during this class is the ability to be confident in what I have to say. I want to be able to project confidence when I speak in situations where that is necessary, such as in class discussions. I think that the open, judgement-free environment of this class will make it easier for me to contribute to discussions confidently.

At the end of my first semester at Ramapo College, my eldest sister turned to me and asked about my winter plans. Of course, I hadn’t thought much about my plans for the break until she emphasized the value of gaining experience through different internships that would help me secure a job after graduation. I spent most of the month working on resumes, evaluating my activities on campus, and crafting basic cover letters.

The first time I met my boyfriend was the first day I came to centennial college to take my test. When I arrive at the classroom, no one was there, so I decided to buy a cup of coffee. When I came back from the cafeteria, there was no room for sitting on the sofa which is in front of the classroom's door, so I have to sit on the other one which is a little far from the door. After I sat down, a guy holding a cup of coffee came over. I can still remember that he was choked somehow and started to cough after he drunk the coffee in front of me! Honestly, I was shocked, but too shy to ask whether he is fine or not since it had a poor English. Fortunately, he was fine after about one minute. Maybe, he was also too shy to keep walking because his

As I sit here writing this essay on my phone rather than a computer screen, I am coping with one of my set backs. As the product of an African couple, I grew up learning the African culture and way of life. As I began my high school journey my parents began their separation journey. They had decided that they no longer could live in the same house together. They decided 21 years together was enough and they wouldn't bear another minute. I know what you are thinking many children deal with this heartbreaking experience, but what made it extremely hard for me was my ethnicity. Up until this I had loved being African but after I saw the way they treated someone that they once loved my perspective had been changed for good. Something as simple as paying a speeding ticket they would not dare

My first year at CCU will be a great time for me and a new learning experience one I never had

After graduation, I was an au pair in Nancy, France for a year before returning in the early fall of 2017. I am continuing my gap period to reapply for school while working full time for Hampton by Hilton.

Knowing myself began the summer before my first official semester of college at the University of California, Berkeley in Summer Bridge, a transitioning program for incoming student athletes and underrepresented students of color. Though I planned get an early start on my lower division math and science classes that summer, Summer Bridge's directors decided different. Rather than Calculus and Chemistry, I was enrolled in College Algebra and African American Studies 39D (AAS 39D), “Black & Female”.

An animal that represents my 2016 spring break would be a leopard. My reasons for this include that leopards are independent animals, they seek attention, and they also have a dark side.