Midpoint Reflection.

-has the internship been the same as and/or different than your expectations?
Of course, I was expecting the school will send me to some place that related to fashion and art, not Community service. Also i thought they are going to send me to some Amercan Organization, not Chinese Association.

-What is similar and different about the culture of the school environment versus the workplace environment?
Workplace is more related to the Commnity, Social experience, and the school are more emphysis the Educational oppounity.

What new skills have you learned that apply to the workplace?
Not much i think, maybe more sociable, it improved my interpersonal skill a little, i guess

Which of these are transferable skills?
Interpersonal skill

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers?
We are like pretty good friends, they are not bossy, and talked to me very friendly. also gave me plenty of good advises to get into a good college.

How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?
Becoming more muture, and handle things more carefully, professionally.

What kinds of communication (verbal and non-verbal skills) have you gained?
I became more proficiently on translating article from english to chinese on the computer.

What challenges at the internship have you faced that you have overcome and how did you overcome them?
Get phone calls and call some phonecalls for customer, still haven't overcome it, maybe is because i'm not too confident in myself. and i think my english skill are not good enough to do it. ..

What challenges have you faced in school as a result of the altered schedule and how are you handling them?
None.

What goals are you working to accomplish during the remaining five weeks of the internship?
oh, alot. majorly is about getting into a college. what are the procedure and what are something i have to considering to impress the college.


What new things have you learned about New York City?
People are complicated in new york. they come to UCAOB for variaty of reasons. housing, food. and laws. but there is not enough fellows that working for the UCAOB could help all of those people. but i hope there will be more people to vulenteer themselves to make our community better.

Second series of Vocabs

No need to say much, this is another series of Vocabs i learnt from my site and some elsewhere.



1.Word: Flaky(This word i heard from the Mr. Sean, as he was talking to my mentor in the hallway)



Meaning: Unusual



2.Word: Agonizing (This word i learnt as Andy talk to his customer, i don't know how to say extremly painful, so i checked in the internet.)



Meaning: ExtremlyPainful



3.Word:IRS(Internal Revenue Service) 国税局 (This is the word i learnt as i reading a article that Andy asked me to read)



Meaning: The bureau of the treasury department responsible for taxes collections.



4.Word:501(c)(3) I know it is not exactly a word, but it stand for Non-profit Organiztion like UCAOB(United Chinese Assocation of Brooklyn), it also something i learnt in my intership site.



5.Word:Plural (This is the word i leant as i asking my mentor some questiones about english grammer)



Meaning: composed more than one thing.



That is all for this article, hope you will also to learn these words.