Intro Post: How I got my WLE: Oct.26th
When I was as freshman, I had one of the best classes imaginable in the history of my high school; Performing Arts. In it, we quickly learned about using our physical bodies to express creatively, about using our minds to reach levels of focus a 14-year-old wouldn’t reach otherwise, and, most importantly, about working with everyone in the classroom as an ensemble.
Unfortunately, Performing Arts is no longer available for the current or future freshmen at my school. The class was cut and, because of budget issues, it doesn’t look like the class is returning any time soon.
So this year for my internship, I am going to teach the freshmen in Molly’s English class Performing Arts. I got this internship when Molly approached me with the idea. She knew that I was well experienced in Performing arts, having participated in all the school plays in the past and attending various summer theatre intensives with world-renowned theater companies.
I will be with her class every Friday for the next few months, taking the freshmen into the multi-purpose room to instruct them in a class simulating all the Performing Arts classes I have taken in the past. I will focus on the theme of ensemble work, teaching them about the meaning and having them apply it to a project. Speaking about projects, my goal is to collaborate with Molly in order to plan a project for the students to use for exhibition.
Unfortunately, Performing Arts is no longer available for the current or future freshmen at my school. The class was cut and, because of budget issues, it doesn’t look like the class is returning any time soon.
So this year for my internship, I am going to teach the freshmen in Molly’s English class Performing Arts. I got this internship when Molly approached me with the idea. She knew that I was well experienced in Performing arts, having participated in all the school plays in the past and attending various summer theatre intensives with world-renowned theater companies.
I will be with her class every Friday for the next few months, taking the freshmen into the multi-purpose room to instruct them in a class simulating all the Performing Arts classes I have taken in the past. I will focus on the theme of ensemble work, teaching them about the meaning and having them apply it to a project. Speaking about projects, my goal is to collaborate with Molly in order to plan a project for the students to use for exhibition.
January 20, First Day
I woke up today feeling a bit nervous about meeting a bunch of professionals for the first time. But once I got to the office, I felt a lot more welcome and relaxed. My mentor got there a few minutes after me, (thank God I was early) it probably made a good first impression. She set up my laptop and company account/email, and introduced me to her assistant through the phone. Her assistant, who works in Sacramento, is the one who is going to provide me with all the projects that she needs help completing. Because of the distance, I’m required to constantly check emails and make phone calls. After the quick introduction, my mentor gave me a tour around the office. She introduced me to everyone in it, including her director, who seemed very interested in the WLE program. We stopped by the supply room and I picked up a few note pads and pens to get started.
I sat in my cubicle and gave the assistant a call, and “voila”, I had my first big project. Since I’m interning in Health Service Research, one of the essential questions challenging my mentor, and now me, is how not being able to speak English affects peoples health. My mentor’s team makes sure that anyone translating what a doctor says to a non-English speaker is certified to translate in that language. They receive certification by passing a test, and MY job is to make a big Excel sheet showing the company how much they are spending on taking the tests. Sounds simple at first, but that includes EVERY detail, such costs by month, year, specific clinics/hospitals, test cancellation fees, cost for repeat tests, and it goes on and on and on.
And im GLAD. My classmates are saying their internships have a lot of downtime and nothing to do. Having this project from the start has kept me busy and made my day go by fast.
I'm really looking forward to the next 93hours of my WLE.
-Alexis Villalobos
I sat in my cubicle and gave the assistant a call, and “voila”, I had my first big project. Since I’m interning in Health Service Research, one of the essential questions challenging my mentor, and now me, is how not being able to speak English affects peoples health. My mentor’s team makes sure that anyone translating what a doctor says to a non-English speaker is certified to translate in that language. They receive certification by passing a test, and MY job is to make a big Excel sheet showing the company how much they are spending on taking the tests. Sounds simple at first, but that includes EVERY detail, such costs by month, year, specific clinics/hospitals, test cancellation fees, cost for repeat tests, and it goes on and on and on.
And im GLAD. My classmates are saying their internships have a lot of downtime and nothing to do. Having this project from the start has kept me busy and made my day go by fast.
I'm really looking forward to the next 93hours of my WLE.
-Alexis Villalobos
