In this picture I am with the semi-final college wall in the counseling center. There is a lot of student and parent traffic in the center, therefor its the perfect place. I had just completed my last week of my internship at Bell Middle School. Throughout the long month, I was able to gain perspective of how much work and dedication staff members put into their work. It is an unbelievable amount of time, effort and emotional output. I observed my mentor and had noticed that I had taken subconscious notes of the way she is able to maneuver throughout the variety of needs of her environment throughout her day. My mentor, Ms. Garcia, was my main source of “learning in a workplace environment” throughout my month here. It’s truly astonishing the amount of pressing things she has on her plate, especially at this time of year. I believe that finding the perfect balance of school, work, personal life, and family is something that I have struggled with this year. Although, it seemed as though my mentor has mastered this, and mentioned in our interview that she had struggle with finding balance as well. With my time here I have improved of finding a balance and managing my time. Although I'm nowhere near perfect, I definitely have improved and have seen my priorities magnify. My contribution to my internship site was a college wall. On this college wall I used college flags that were already in the counseling center and I had created a label that would go along the flags to hopefully provoke some thoughts and motivation for the students. In these labels I included the average High School GPA, the Average SAT score, the acceptance rate, the male to female ratio, and the tuition of the school. This information is enough to provoke further research into the school.
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I found once I was comfortable communicating with my mentor, I was my most productive self. Ms. Garcias office door was always open and she was always willing to help me and answer any questions. As this is my third and second to last week interning at Bell Middle School. I feel as through I have been able to feel the pressure and workload that my mentors regularly stress. The significance of the work we are doing together really drives and allows me to persevere through it. I feel like the relationship between my mentor, Ramona Garcia, and I has progressed immensely from the first week I started to now, Jamarai haven't felt too well therefore it's typically me and Ms. Garcia working together. I feel that a bond has been formed which allowed me to feel comfortable asking questions and getting her feedback on what I am completing. This has caused my work ethic to be at its all time high. I feel the drive to complete all the tasks that my mentor asks me to complete, and it pushes me knowing that this is making my mentors busy life a bit easier. I am so happy that Ms. Garcia is my mentor, she truly inspires me with her ability to maintain such an amazing composure throughout her very intense work days. As I work in the main counseling center, I see all the students that are sent in due to teacher referrals. I see students act out, I hear the reason why they were sent there, and the best part I get to see the counselors reactions. There's not a day that I'm not amused at my internship, whether it's the amazing and kind students that I am able to talk to or the students and their questionable action. I am glad that I am interning at my site because I feel as though no other place could have taught me lessons and given me experience quite like this one like this one.
I see that my mentors are very hardworking and hold personal connections with their peers and students. I see that they really hold a strong sense of caring for their students. I really admire that the staff around me holds a strong sense of dedication and perseverance in all aspects of their work. To me this is very admirable, its admirable to hold a deeper connection in your workplace, yet still hold a professional stance. I believe that finding the balance of a professional connection and a personal connection with your peers is important. There is a huge load if work on my mentors plate, this work is layered and always serves purpose. This work requires team effort and a critical eye, as we have noticed mistakes easily apear. I was able to see the complex system that the staff had created, in order to properly serve the students of the school. Each set of tasks that had been assigned to my interning partner, Jamarai and I, always demanded a careful process in order to correctly complete it. We have noticed that all the work we are assigned are all part of a greater assignment. This is vital to the success of the students at this school. Throughout my time at Bell Middle School, I have come in contact with many students, these students are very welcoming and very kind students. It’s interesting to see how different this middle school experience is compared to my very own experience just a few years ago. Since I am in the middle of all of the commotion of the school, in the counseling office, I see many different types if students walking through. It raises the question of what more is happening that produces the observed behavior that I have noticed. This also has formed true admiration of the patience that the counselors and staff members hold.
I am very interested in Psychology and mental health. I believe Brain Health issues are important to address and have open conversations about. Raising awareness and encouraging conversation will help reduce the stigma. My big dream of my future is to open own practice. I would love to become a psychiatrist and be able to serve my local community with mental health support. I would love to feel as though I succeeded and had done the most I possibly could to get to that point. I would love to be able to support my family and the people around me. I would like to be a self sufficient individual that is successful and hard working. I would like to be a reliable source to many people of the community, through true dedication and goal making, I know I can meet meet my dream. At this current point in time I feel a bit disorganized and hectic at the moment and bit discouraged. I think I could work on this and get on a steady path that will allow me to succeed. Im excited for a change , a change from my everyday school schedule and hopefully gain some insight into my future general career path.
Throughout the month of May, I will be interning with Ramona Garcia at Bell Middle School. Today is my first day, Monday May 6th, 2019. I am very surprised to see the similarities and the differences between the Middle School I went to, High Tech Middle CV, and this middle school. Overall my first impressions are the range of students that I have come across, most are very kind and welcoming. I am very excited to start finalising our final project and start to create some type of product. Jamarai and I have just finished settling into our office space. After some time organizing it, we have created very productive working space for the both of us. We are now starting the drafting process of some of our project ideas. Our idea is to utilize the space of the counseling room at our internship site. We have come up with some ideas that could benefit and inspire the students of our school. We hope to incorporate college and grant information, local community service events and access to local resources. We hope to make the counseling center an even more welcoming space for students as well as making it a place full of useful resources and information.
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