Personal Narrative: My Internship With Balfour Beatty Construction

For the last 17 years my father has worked with nonprofits to bring education to refugee camps in the most forgotten places on earth. He goes where the most basic services that we take for granted are lacking. All his efforts are made under the premise that education is the most liberating assistance of all. This early awareness of the abysmal inequalities that exist in the world has profoundly influenced my character and worldview. I carried out a variety of service activities in high school, all focused on helping leverage educational opportunities. My volunteer work allowed me to put my

The purpose of this final report is to summarize my experiences as an intern at Anslow Bryant Construction, Ltd. I will discuss the internship orientation and preparation, activities and experiences, and the application of technology. I will continue on to the energy and environmental awareness, and sustainable construction, and communication shill enhancement. I will conclude this report with legal and ethical issue awareness, lessons learned, and the overall assessment and recommendations of the internship.

Mentally ill patients come across all boarders regardless of race,age, social class, and religion. Which is why it’s important to treat everyone fairly and respectfully when working with people with mental health issues. I believe that my strength comes from being able to communicate with everyone around me. After a year of working at as mental health assistant, I was promoted into becoming a Lead mental health assistant, which included minor supervisor responsibilities in my job descriptions. I now provide orientation lessons to new hires, sit in with the social service programs when they make care plans on patients, and supervise other mental health assistant to make sure that they abide by the rules of the hospitals.

During my time at Hudson Partnership CMO as an intern, I have come to find that a Care Manager’s personality, ability to be nonjudgmental, and their gift to connect with children and families are just a few aspects that make them great. I have also observed the great results that come from building supportive child family teams. I have determined that my experience interning at Hudson Partnership CMO coupled with my educational background and my skills as a health educator makes me a great fit to pursue a career in the Clinical Mental Health field.

I wanted to do well in college. I didn't have to ride trains or worry about the violence, but more about reaching my goals. On the first day of class, the campus was full of people, all travelling in different ways all with the same ideal destination in place, class. Unsure of where to go or even the name of my building, I was lost. As I searched for my class, the campus seemed confusing and huge. I looked around with a nervous expression plastered on my face and I sat on a bench near my dorm. I felt defeated by life. I kept second guessing college entirely, when a familiar face appeared. It was a girl from my hall who I bonded with since we had the same class. She said “If you are lost, you can just walk with me” and we took off. Her small gesture made me on time for class and saved me from an emotional breakdown. As I look around campus today and notice people who seem lost, I offer them directions and even shortcuts on how to get there. The feeling of being lost and unsure brings failure to my heart. Doing small kind gestures for strangers could change their entire day, which brings me priceless joy.

The patience, compassion and encouragement of one person improved my family’s last years with its patriarch in countless ways. It was this improvement that inspired me to pursue a career as an

Throughout my life I have been fortunate enough to receive both public and private education, shaping me into the student I am today. Although these two types of education have had their negatives and positives on me, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Since fifth grade I have attended several pre-college programs through the University of Wisconsin system and have been fortunate enough to meet great people, who eventually became my mentors. I most recently completed an internship through UW-Madison’s PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence) program, where I worked at a summer camp with elementary school kids for five weeks. This program among others, helped me prepare for the academic rigor of college in some shape or form.

Everyone has their first memory when they have to enter the adult world, mine just happened to be my junior year of high school. This year was just a little glimpse of what was going to be the rest of my life. Getting my first job was bitter sweet. I had to learn how to manage my time between school, sports, and now a job. After my first week of school I had to start my new job.

The fact that he had the opportunity to finish a technical career at a college, has inspired me to move forward and receive an associate's degree in nursing from a college. I know with some financial help I can even move forward to a bachelor's degree in nursing. Another factor that inspires me to pursue a higher education, is that I have the opportunity to accomplish this. There are many out in the world that do not have this opportunity, but may want to have it. If I have the opportunity to accomplish this, then I should take the advantage. Not only is it an opportunity but at the end will give me a better living of live. My parents have helped as much as they could throughout high school and I would like to give back to them in the future with my pursue of a higher

During the high school summers, I worked on a country club golf course. My job mainly consisted of greeting the members as they came to golf, clean their clubs, and wash the carts. I was basically the face of the country club golf operations. Many members are regular golfers whom come by the club multiple times a week. Through the years, I met and formed really close friendships with a select few members. These members collectively decided to take me under their wing. This was around the time I was applying for colleges. Through our many conversations, and learning about their lives (they are both in the business field), I changed my intended major from chemistry to finance, and switched my intended school from the out-of-state University of Michigan to the in-state Indiana University. These men have influenced my life so significantly, I would not be where I am today without them. Because of this experience, I hope to mentor an ambitious, young student one day.

One can see why I chose to interview my mother. She has accomplished many things in her life despite all of her obstacles and hardships. I learned that no matter what you have to get an education. Some of her advise was to “never slack and to always stay on top of your work.” Going to college let my mother have the job that she wanted. She still works for the State of Hawaii Judiciary. She started of as a SR8 Clerk and 25

As teenager, many people say their adolescence is one of the most important phases in anyone’s life. As a teenager, you get to experience many great events like going to high school football games, dating your first boyfriend or girlfriend, getting your driver license, and graduating from high school. As I look back, I believe that getting my first job was the most important event in my adolescence. I was very enthusiastic about getting my first job. I enjoyed that fact that I will be able to earn my own money and not having to ask my mother for any earn. Surprising, there was only one obstacle that was holding me back and that was the fact that I was a

An activity that heavily influenced my decision to pursue engineering and an education at Purdue was my Engineering Apprenticeship at Oshkosh Corporation. The apprenticeship was offered to all high schoolers in the Oshkosh area school district (about 2900 students). The Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce ran the program so no outside influences on my application were present. At this apprenticeship I am working alongside engineers at Oshkosh Corporation on problems they were facing on their projects. I have learned CAD programs such as CREO and CATIA as well as the meshing program Hyperworks. Before the apprenticeship I was unsure on what I wanted to do, but this experience cemented my desire to become an engineer.

Twenty-four years ago, my dad boarded a one-way flight to the U.S. He was coming to a new country filled with vocational opportunities his homeland could not provide. He was not limited by his place of birth or the reality that no one else in his family had ever left their village. He trusted his gut and took a leap of faith. A year later he called for my mother and I to join him in the U.S. and we left our life in Kenya and my future was ultimately changed. Throughout my life, I have been keenly aware that had my father limited himself to only opportunities that he could see, I would have never even been able to consider opportunities such as the UNC Medical Center Administrative Fellowship.

Another formative experience I had was just this past summer. I traveled to Bonaire this summer on a coral restoration diving trip and when I was there I bonded with one of the counselors. His name was Luke and he graduated from Santa Clara University two years ago. When he was there, he majored in philosophy and he was one of the most down-to-earth people I had ever met in my life. Additionally, he was very intelligent and it baffled me why he was a counselor on a trip in Bonaire with a group of teenagers instead of trying to start a career. We talked a lot over the two weeks, but on the second-to-last night I asked him to share his story with me and he agreed. We sat down outside and began to discuss his life. I was very interested in hearing his life story because I was lost at the time. College was near and I had no idea what I wanted to study or if I was even ready for college. I am younger than everyone else in my grade and I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to study. I wanted to get right into it, so the first question I asked him was why he didn’t have a “real” job. He chuckled, as he understood what I was trying to convey. He explained that he doesn’t want a desk job from nine to five now or in the foreseeable future. All Luke wanted was to be happy and he said this was his only goal in life. He told me that his main job was a dogsled guide and I began to crack up. How could a person’s main job in life be a dogsled guide? This isn’t a question I just thought about,