While being in Honors Mentorship, I have learned so much. I have gotten to experience and gain so much from being inside county office with Dr. Valery Lowe, the College and Career Director. I have gained confidence within my communication skills which has allowed me to have many needed conversations with the people I mentor with about my future career and my options. In order to get the amount of experience I have, I had to step up and be willing to help in any situation no matter how hard or complicated. I always made sure to ask what the plans would be that week and if there was anything I could help with. By doing this, I had the opportunity to experience so many different things, ranging from a meeting with the superintendent, Dr. Bearden, to getting to help coordinate events. Since my desired future career is to become an educator, being inside this internship has help me prepare in so many ways. I have gotten to learn more about how the school system is run and how many people and departments it takes to keep it running. It has helped me to appreciate teachers even more than I already do. Working alongside with Dr. Valery Lowe has also given me the opportunity to meet so many great educators and business men and women. After interning, I still am confident I want to become an educator and possibly work inside county office one day. Knowing the people, I have met while interning, I know I can become a great teacher knowing I have so many supporters. To the ones who are doing Honors Mentorship next year, I have one huge piece of advice for you, always be open to new experiences while within the workplace. You never know who you might meet or get to know if your open to those new experiences. The more knowledge you learn from this internship, the better off you’ll be inside a workplace when you leave college. You can never have too much experience! I hope you take the advice given from your mentor and use it to help improve your working skills and what you can achieve within the real world. If you continue be open to what your mentor has planned for you no matter what it is, you will learn so much. Just as my mentors once told me, “even the little things help us out more than you think!” |