Internship

With my anticipation in advance of my placement, I ask myself:  Am I ready?

Do I know the material? Has Year-Up really set me up for success? I have been in the Year-Up program for 6 months doing numerous different things, and coming from the type of environment that I came from, this is new to me. I learned to image a computer, learn all the computer components, from its hardware to its software. Also, I have implemented in my learning how to be professionally sound in the corporate world. What I mean is, I have written professional email, and had to go back to the drawing board in re-learning grammar, particularly as is applies to a professional environment.  Me being me, I’ve thought grammatically I was on-point in that aspect of my life, but Year-Up has molded me into someone that can perform in a professional work space. In other words, I’m a better young man for this experience.  At this point, I believe that I have the confidence that given the opportunity, I could be successful in a work environment. When I do actually get my internship, and know my placement, I can say to myself,” Grandpa, I am one step-step closer to making you proud.”

Last day work

The day before year up I had a lot on my plate which I had to figure how to make enough time to do everything. I had to wash clothes and had a few homework assignments that had to be done or I was going to receive an infraction. Lord knows I can’t afford an infraction with points seeming low. So I had to buckle down and do what I have to do so that I do not have any infractions this week. With no infractions I can have a perfect week and be off and running with my internship around the corner. Everything seemed to be a piece of cake with my mind in the right directions I believe anything is possible this late in the game. I washed my clothes which I cheated had my sister wash my clothes which she charged me. I was saying to myself really though, but I don’t blame her I would of did her the same way if she was rushing trying to do last minute things. At the end of the day everything was well.

new years

New years and i really didn't think I was going to be doing anything this day, but what do you know I got it pop-in. I called up my best friend to see what exactly it was he was doing and  he said I'm going to Frisco and I said why? He went on and on telling me why I should go to Frisco and he convinced me to go to Frisco. So i went shopping to go get me a outfit so I can look good going to Frisco. So I got me a fit and I am proud of my out come so I meet up with my friend so we can be on are way to Frisco. When we was out there I seen everybody from my friends I grew up with and was having a good time. Everything went right that night end up seeing the fire works and for the first time did not hear any guns.

xmas

On Xmas day me and my family gathered together to open up all of the presents are aunt's and uncle had for us. I had got some more clothes which I really didn't need but me being me I took it with the thought of somebody thought of me this holiday. We had all kinds of cakes, pies and deserts to get a sweet tooth to top of are Xmas day event. My family made the traditional Gumbo which I had to make my own because I am allergic to sea food and will break me out. All together I had a good time with my family which we don't get to see each other everyday.

Readiness for new life

Qualities a person should have in route to being internship ready are being consistent, being passionate to learn more about the work, being an overachiever, and having a determination towards accomplishing tasks. What I mean by being consistent is that everything you do is on time and meets the expectations. When you're passionate about the work you're doing, it makes your day go by smoothly and the work is predominately better. Being an achiever is what keeps you going, because knowing that all the work you put in has a cause and is going to pay off.  Having determination is important to me, because you have to go through the frustration of tasks and learning processes in order to grow towards internship readiness.

experience

The best and worse job I have ever had was doing customer service for a while and doing hospitality. When I was doing customer service I was working for clothing companies, such as Marshals, and Old navy. There I learned the ropes on how their companies work and how to be a part of a team. Working with clothes has its benefits, you are being a worker allowed to have discounts that would be about 30% depending on where you work. Me personally I love to shop and to be allowed to get a discount on my clothes made me be a shopaholic to a degree. Working at clothing stores don’t get me wrong has its down sides too, you run into some of the rudest people. When you are on the job you can’t have a reaction to speak your mine because you can lose your job, by going bad on a customer. Working on the floor was osmosis to a degree it came from your own personality. A job that I was never really found of being a hospitality ambassador. The job required you to walk around all day asking people do they need help for hours. Made me not want to come to work specially when it was raining would call in sick , or just don’t show up point blank period. I can say that being a hospitality ambassador gave me great values and like year up a whole lot of connections.

JOE

The event that I been hearing so much about every time I seem to turn on the TV has been the Joe Paterno scandal.  The article that I looked up talks about how it seemed he didn’t do enough to stop what was going on with his staff. Even though Joe didn’t interact with the sex scandal he and his staff became fired. From my perspective he should have did more because he is like the head poncho around Pen State.  Now from this dilemma his legacy for what he has done for his school will be overshadowed, by the scandal with him and his staff. Any real man would have stepped up and said something about grown men playing with little boys. I respected Joe for all of his accomplishments at Pen State for making his school a football power house. The community around Pen State I think will not be the same and really do not have a hero or icon to look up to any more. This is not the first time this year a Power house football team has had a scandal that blew up this year. Power houses such as the USC scandal players taking money while going to school. These days more and more things like this are coming up and it shows that the world around us is corrupted. Who can you trust? Is the question that seems to come up now days when people who you look up to are really terrible people. Whatever the case maybe  the reality of it is the world is a place of shame and deceit