journal 8

Journal #8

Megan Ball

This internship has been so good for me. I have always wanted to teach elementary and this has shown me what it takes to teach. I have also had the opportunity to meet Mr.C. He is a third grade teacher at Freedom Elementary. For my job I am a caretaker of a mentally handicapped man. I was talking to Mr.C about my job and he told me about his daughter. His daughter has down syndrome. Through meeting Mr.C I was able to get a job working with his daughter. I would never have had this opportunity if I were not interning. I have gotten to know so many people and have had so many opportunities with this internship.

            Synergy is celebrating differences, teamwork, having an open-mind, and finding new and better ways. A lot of the time I like to work independently. I like to work by myself and figure out things on my own. I need to work on my own synergy by working better with people.

            The five step plan is to define the problem, seek first to understand the to be understood, seek to be understood by sharing your ideas, create new options and ideas, then find the best solution.  A problem I have right now is that my cousin moved in with us and me and him do not get along. I need to look at this from his perspective and then figure out how I can help his transition to living with us better, find ways that me and him can get along and relate to each other, then do the things he likes to let him know that he has a friend here. I think that will help him better, and it will help me with our relationship.

            I am an orange. I love to be independent, I am curious, I love to experiment, and I love change. I do not like it when everything is the same. I love to see what would happen if I did something different, and I love to be by myself. To create synergy I need to get out of my comfort zone and introduce myself to others and do things different from the way that I like.