Although my time at my internship has come to an end, I know that my experience and skills that I’ve developed there will continue to help me throughout my life. I had a final discussion with my boss while completing my performance evolution about my time there, how I did, what I’ve learned, etc. and…
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Succeeding Abroad
In terms of being successful in my position, I feel I have accomplished that. Although I personally have some hesitancy in claiming that my boss has said that I have had a lot of success at my job and that I have done, overall, an excellent job. This is my last week at my job,…
Cultural Norms and Differences
I’ve definitely noticed a difference in communication style. Luckily, I haven’t had any major miscommunications because of it, but I did have one somewhat funny miscommunication. It was the end of the day, and I was getting ready to leave work when my boss asked me about how I get home and what metro…
Learning New Skills
When it comes to hard skills needed to succeed at my internship, there are many. The most important thing, in my opinion, is knowing the individuals at the facility. Each person there has different needs, different levels of competency, different support levels, different ways of expressing themselves, and more. For example, there is one…
Developing Confidence as a Leader
Coming into this internship, I haven’t had much experience being a leader in the workplace. At school, I play water polo for the club team and, because I am the goalie, am a bit of a leader on the team. I was also the lead hostess for a restaurant, in which I trained the other…
Becoming Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
There have been a lot of difficulties when it comes to assimilating to the Spanish culture. So far, the biggest issue for me has to be the food, both with eating times and with the food itself. For starters, the Spaniards have a different eating schedule than we do, it typically goes as follows: 8am-coffee…
Adjusting
Because of the nature of my internship, I have faced lots of ambiguity in my directions and simply in the expectations they have for me and the rules of the company. There are a lot of difficulties when working with people with intellectual disabilities, so I would have appreciated more direction than what I have…
Adjusting to a New Schedule
As of right now, I’m finding it easy to balance my internship and everything else. I’m used to working + class + extracurriculars every day, so being here and only having to worry about working has been easier than what I’m used to. Usually, I work 8 hours Saturday or Sunday and also have…
Uncertainty and Possibilities
For my internship, I will be working with creating programing for children with intellectual disabilities. I would consider this to be in education, in terms of what industry I will be working in. Since I am writing this before my start date, I am still not 100% confident as to what specifically I will…
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