Pre - Interview Thinking

You are going to interview someone at your internship. It can be your mentor or another co-worker as long as it is not another intern.

-Who will that be?
*I'm going to either interview my mentor or his co-worker(Ka Chan and Juana).
Questions to answer:

-What do you already know about that person? (their name, where they are from, how old they are, what their job is...)
*What i already know about these two people is that they're both from different backgrounds. Juana is Spanish and Ka Chan is Chinese. I also know what they do at the Community Media Alliance. Juana is the newspapers/articles' Editor, and Ka Chan is the internship coordinator.

-What do you want to know about that person? (how they got their job, where they went to school, how long they were in school...)
*How long have they both been working for this commnunity?
*How has me(as the intern) being there helped them? Am i really helpful?
*How has working with other communities helped developed their own community? Is it hard working with them?

Daily post synthesis

OLD: For the past two weeks,i've been working on putting the names,addresses and contacts(phone number,email,website)of the John Jay Fellowship applicants into Microsoft Excel.It was a long list, and i was even impressed that i finally got it done.

OLD: Also,i've been working with different newspapers.I made researches about the articles we wanted to include in our weelky online publication("Voices That Must Be Heard"),and even typed some of them directly from the newspapers.I knew how to manage my time to get both work done.Since i didn't have to work with "Excel" everyday,i mostly focused on doing more research and typing the articles.Once i finished with that,i went back to working with the applicants list again...

NEW: We assisted an event called the "John Jay Fellowship Awards' Announcement" which was sponsored by the Manhattan Borough President. The Awardees came from different backgrounds and were mostly college students who have experienced immigration issues. This was my first time assisting this event and it always happens every once a while.

NEW: I helped edit the articles that were already typed. Normally, it was the editor's job to do it, but since i didn't have anything else to do that day, she(Juana) asked me to help her. We printed those articles from our document and edited them with pencils.Then, my job was also to make the changes immidiately from the computer.Once i was done with it, i had to print the final work and hand it to her.

College Fair April 30

On the Wednesday we come back after Spring Break, there is a college fair.

Go here to see the details--

http://inpscollegereadiness.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/2008CollegeFairBooklet.pdf

Username = smburk
Password = ihskcc

Page 6 = list of colleges
Page 20 = floor plan (map of where to see the colleges)

Page 11 = how to organize your college application

check out posse too

Other international schools will be there
Brooklyn
Manhattan
laguardia

Daily Post

I'm off on Thursdays, which means i don't go to my internship.As i said, i only work three days a week and four hours a day.So as soon as i finished class at 11:30 a.m.,and after eating a quick lunch, i headed home to relax a little bit because i needed it.And after that,i did my homework and i was done for the day...

Daily Post

Today,i created a new list of people's contacts in Microsoft Excel.It was a tough work to do alone, because there were over 200 contacts to put into the list.Unfortunately, i couldn't finish all of them today,because i had to take my time to include every single detail in it.The most important thing wasn't to finish the list today,but to record the names,addresses(email and site) and contact numbers,properly.But i succeeded to finish most of it.There are only 20-30 contacts left by the end of the day.I guess my mentor is going finish the rest, since it's not a lot and because i'm off for the rest of the week(including next week).It was a hard day for me and i felt exhausted afterwards.But i was proud that i made my way through.

Daily Post

Today, i spent most of my time editing all the articles i've written yesterday.It was a little bit challenging,because it required a lot concentration and attention.I had to proofread the aricles(myself),correct the mistakes(grammar mistakes),and delete extra words.When i finished, i had to send it to my mentor who also proofread it a second time, before posting it into our weekly online publication.We also checked all the articles we had, and those we didn't, as we were editing them.For those we didn't have,we had to call and ask them if they could send their articles to us as soon as possible.Today,i felt like being a teacher, and now, i can see how hard it is like being one.I kind of realize how much our teachers suffer everyday to grade our papers...

Weekly Vocabulary, April 18

1. Word / Phrase: "Conspicuous"

Meaning: Easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.

Context: I've seeen it in the New York Amsterdam news while reading it.

2. Word / Phrase: "Ultimate"

Meaning: last; furthest or farthest; ending a process or series:

Context: New York Amsterdam Newspaper

3. Word / Phrase: "Ambiguous"

Meaning: Having several possible meanings or interpretations

Context: SAT Vocabulary

4. Word / Phrase: "Duplicity"

Meaning: Speaking or acting in two different ways;double dealing hypocrasy

Context: SAT Vocabulary

5. Word / Phrase: "Deprecate"

Meaning: To urge reasons against; protest against;putting something down

Context: SAT Vocabulary