Like I'd anticipated, I spent two hours of my intern work on February 20th cataloging whatever else was on the shelf in the storage closet. While I still haven't finished, I'm doing what it takes. I see it as practice for real life- I think that jobs that people get before they graduate high school tend to be like this. Besides, I'm improving my organization skills!
I know it sounds as if my mentor has been ignoring me, but she definitely has not. She's been keeping in contact with me outside of my working hours to see that I'm also putting in time to do research on sustainability. We recently explored ways that I can help her educate her office about sustainable practices, while she helps me develop a better understanding about her work. It seems as though we'll be giving a presentation to her office at the end of my internship which gives her colleagues ways to implement sustainable practices in their day-to-day actions. I hope that I'll be able to use some of this presentation in the one I'll be giving at school in May.
Apart from the paperwork, I have been learning from being in Lisa's working environment. Each time I visit, I see and hear what goes on in her typical workday. She does some traveling, at least once every two week, to meet with clients or attend meetings, and she spends a lot of her time online or over the phone, communicating with various people about a host of different things. Her job demands good social skills, organization, timeliness, and creativity (to my relief). I expect I'll be doing the same cataloging next time I visit. I am unsure what I'll do after that, but I know Lisa has more work for me which will benefit both of us.
This has been the last two hours of six and a half that I've spent on the Capstone Project.
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