THE INTERVIEW ASSIGNMENT

What is your full name?
My name is Larisa Koudman
Where are you from?
Russia
Why did you choose your professional field?
I choosed it because I like to work with children and I would like to make a difference in there life
What got you in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
My mother was a teacher that's why I got involved in education
Why did you choose this particular job at this particular school?
I've choosen this particular job because I like working with the low graders and I was appointed to this school
How long have you worked here?
I've worked for this school for eleven years
What is you job title?
Elementary teacher
What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
Some kids are immature and that's why they have difficulty following direction
What is the best part of your job?
The best thing about my job is seeing improvement in the kids academically and emotionally
Did you work somewhere else before this job?Where? For how long? How was that similar/different?
I was working in an elementary school back in my country for seven years, and teaching the kids was similar because all of them want your attention.
What do you see as your future with this school?
I see myself as an kindergartner school teacher
How has having an intern helped your students?
It help me a lot because I was able to assign my intern to specific job so that the children may reach his/her true potential.
What advice would you give to teenage interns ( such as myself) getting ready for college?
Study hard and make sure you do not get in bad influence in the outside world.
What advice would you give to teenage interns (such as myself) preparing to find career in the real world?
Make sure you're comfortable in your job and make sure you choose you professional field carefully, choose a career that you truly want and do the best that you can to achieve your goal or dream.

Internship Vocabulary Word

Futile: futile
Definition: unable to produce any result; useless, pointless
Sentence: It is futile to fight.

Correspondent: Correspondant
Definition: an exchange of letter, and email
Sentence: I correspondent with my mentor

Rigorous:
Definition: Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor very hard.
Sentence: Obama success came form his rigorous work.

Networking:
Definition: the act of interacting with others
Sentence: He practices his networking skills in his internship site.

Vocabulary Words

Advisor-Conseiller
Definition: A person who gives advices
Sentence: She was respect because she was full of wisdom

Appropriate-Approprié
Definition: To wear a proper or suitable outfit for a particular purpose
Sentence: He wore an appropriate outfit to an interview

Attitude-Attitude
Definition:Manner, disposition, feeling, position, with regard to a person
Sentence: She didn't know how to interact with his classmate

Colleague-Collègue
Definition: A person, or a cammarade who you work with
Sentence: Everyone always need a colleague to help them out

Cover letter-Collègue de lettre
Definition: A letter that you sent to a college which summarize your background information
Sentence: He wrote a cover letter to a college

Co-worker-d'accompagnement
Definition: The people who you work with in your workplace
Sentence: He knows all of his co-worker in his workplace

Criticism-Critique
Definition: Someone who find fault and make harsh or unfair judgment
Sentence: He was criticizing her artwork

Discrimination-discrimination
Definition: The act of treating others unfairly due to the color of their skin, or their beliefs
Sentence: He was always discriminated in school because he was Jew

Duty-Devoir
Definition: Something that a person is require to do
Sentence: His duty is to protect the citizen

Employee-Employé
Definition: A person whose been hired
Sentence: The employee was hired this morning

Employer-Employeur
Definition: A person who hire people
Sentence: The employer was hiring some employee

Evaluate-Évaluez
Definition: To judge or determine someone base on a test
Sentence: Teachers evaluate their students and determine their skills

Evaluation-Évaluation
Definition: an act or instance of evaluating or appraising

Sentence: The evaluation that he took while high school helped in college

Flexible-Flexible
Definition: To be able to extend without breaking any bones
Sentence: She was famous for being flexible

Harassment-Harcèlement
Definition: to disturb someone continually
Sentence: He was arrested for harassing a girl

Initiative-Initiative
Definition: the process or step that lead to an action.
Sentence: She took initiative in making friends

Novice -Novice
Definition: A person who's new in certain circumstances
Sentence: He converted into Muslim therefore he was a novice

Proactive-Proactif
Definition: A medicine that you take to prevent future problem
Sentence: She took the medicine that her doctor recommended

Qualifications-Qualifications
Definition: to evaluate and classified a person skills
Sentence: He is qualified for the semi final

Recommendation-Recommandation
Definition: The act of giving advice to a person
Sentence: He wrote a college recommendation

Reference-Référence
Definition: To mention someone in a book, movie, or song
Sentence: He refereed her name in the movie

Reliable- Fiable
Definition: A person who you can depend or relied on
Sentence: He has a trustworthy friend that he could relied on.

Salary-Salaire
Definition: The amount of money that one can make throughout a year
Sentence: He has salary of $400,000

Task-Tâche
Definition: A type of work that you have been assign to do
Sentence: I've been assign to do various type of task in my internship

Wages- Salaires
Definition: The amount of money that one can make in an hour or week
Sentence: She has earned a wage of $20 in hour

Midpoint Reflection

My internship was different to my expectation, during the past two weeks of my internship i had enjoyed working with kindergarten and third graders, during my four weeks of internship i started to dislike it because some of the kindergartener were acting as if they were in junior high school student, now that i have spend most of my the time with the kindergartener they've started to treat me as their peer. The similar culture about my internship environment compare to my school is that they have poster of their history, the school that i provide education for have a black history, all black heroes who fought for African and American's freedom and right including Marting Luther King jr and Malcolm X. This is similar to my school because we are all studuying American history so we can pass it down to our children some day. It different because my school is a multiculture school while my internship have few divercultural, for example when we have a party in my school we have various song like Reggaeton (Spainsh), Zouk (Haitian), and Couper Decaler (African) but the place i work for had one type of song when they had party which was hip-hop. I think various culture is better because you can learn others culture which can help you make friends. I think my relation with my mentor is like teacher and student because she tell me her story like how she made it through high school and college which was the hardest thing for her, and sometime when i need help with something, she explains it to me by doing an example. My relation with my co-worker is being proffesional like when i'm passing through the hallway we just greet each other in respectful way. I think i have improved my spoken English skill and a lot work involve talking such as teaching, and doctor because and i have been practing this skill by communicating my mentor and the kindergartener. I've been trying to improve my writen english by checking my vocabular erors. The challenge that i had while interning at my intership was working with kindergartener because they've been behaving really bad and I have overcome it by being strict with them. Many people such as myself may not believe that schedule are important but it could cause to fail a class, or get fired. they are important because they keep on task, help you plan on what to do, and remind you. The goal that i've set for myself is to be organized and to stay on task and plan my goals.
What I've learned throughout this internship is that people are open minded and if you have something to tell someone don't be afraids to express your feeling, I do it with mentor and if i have something important to tell her i will tell her.

Four Weeks in Internship

The full name if my internship site is "Change for kids." My site provide education for young children such as teaching them how to read and help them with their homework. I usually help the kindergarten with their classwork and i also play with them in the playground. I help the third graders with their classwork, homework and sometime I would give them homework to prove me how much they've learn. I think my mentor is very helpful, she gives me advice and also tell me what she had experience in her years of teacher. Some of the memorable moment that i had in my first three week is that one of the children said he wish that i will have to come everyday and play with them. Three of quality that I have noticed about my mentor in the last four weeks of internship is she Helpful, optimistic, and neediness. I really enjoy playing with the kids because it fun and I want them to enjoy their childhood. My most challenging part of the internship is working with the kindergarten because sometime they get mad and act in a disrespectful way.