Miscommunication

The experience that I had where information was miscommunicated was not in an actual work setting but was in an internship. I had an internship in my senior year of high school in an Elementary school in a first grade classroom. One of the assistant teachers was talking about how the school could no longer let parents bring in baked goods from home because one parent had brought brownies that contained pot. I couldn’t believe this and I went back to the high school and asked one of the teachers who I knew had been in the community for a while if she remembered this happening, she was shocked when she heard what the teacher had said. My teacher remembered a few years ago when students had gotten food poisoning from something in the cafeteria but never had pot in the brownies brought by parents. This was a huge misunderstanding and without my knowledge, my teacher went to the principal of the Elementary school and was very upset. The assistant teacher in my classroom ended up getting in a lot of trouble and after this occurrence both the teacher I was interning with and the assistant were very rude to me and it was difficult for me to complete my internship. I ended up having to switch schools and after that, every time I saw the teachers out in the community it was extremely awkward.

The miscommunication could have been prevented if the assistant teacher in my classroom had made sure that her facts were straight before she started spreading the rumors to others, especially students from the high school. Also, the situation was made worse in the fact that this was in a very small town and the news got around fast, which made everything a much bigger deal.

Mock Interview Reflection

The whole resume and interview experience was really neat for me, for the first time it made me feel like an adult. It was really exciting to go on monster.com to look for a job that I might actually like to do in the future. When I first started writing my resume I was worried that I would having nothing worth putting on there that a potential employee might like to see, turns out I have actually had more experience than I had thought. I would suggest to future college students, to create a document their freshman year where they just write jobs that they have had or any volunteering they have done, this way they can keep track of it and when it comes time to create a resume, it won't be as big of a deal.

The actual interview part was a little nerve racking at first. I couldn't figure out what to wear or what I was going to say exactly. I just kept rehearsing my biggest strength and weakness on my way to the Mrs. Roger's office. Once the interview started and we began talking I felt a lot more comfortable (I'm hoping this happens on my real job interview too)! I think that having to go through this process of creating a resume and a cover letter and presenting the best of yourself to someone really prepared me for what I'm going to be going through in a year or so.

The only question that really threw me was, "tell me a little bit about yourself." Honestly, when she asked me this question I couldn't think of anything to say. I think I might have been trying a little bit too hard at the beginning ha ha. However, once I relaxed the answers seemed to just come for me.

Some things that I would differently would be not saying "um" as much and being more confident with my answers. Also I think I would explain my passion for teaching and young children more.

Presentations

I really enjoyed the presentations this week! Unfortunately I was only in class for the first day of presentations because I had strep throat, so I wasn't able to see everyone present.

One of my favorite presentations from Monday was Sarah's. I have volunteered with Helping Hands at the house and I have always had many questions about how things were run and it really meant a lot to me to know that there is an organization that advocates specifically for these children. Also Sarah and I are in the same group for the client project so I was really excited to see her presentation because I know she will have a lot to bring to the group!

I also really enjoyed Lauren's presentation about facebook stalking. It was so funny and so appropriate for the audience. We always joke about stalking people on facebook (students as a whole I mean) and to hear a rap song about it and to actually have a guide is pretty hysterical. It also makes me think of how different things are in this day in age than they were when my mom was in college. It almost seems that now our lives are an open book and we have chosen for it to be that way. Lauren did a really great job presenting and I also was impressed with her powerpoint. I didn't realize you could make a facebook background for a powerpoint, that is something that would be really neat to know how to do.

Morgan's presentation was really awesome as well! It is so neat that her family is so close knit and has the tradition of going somewhere overseas for Christmas vacation! I have never been anywhere overseas so seeing pictures of the places she has been inspired me to go. However, I do travel state-to-state quite often because my Dad lives in Washington D.C. so I was able to relate to the making of travel plans.

I thought that presentations were a great way for all of us to get to know our classmates and it really made the class time enjoyable. I am looking forward to doing more things with our class like this.