Internship Final Reflection

Did you meet your goals?

I think that I did meet my goals because I already knew that I wanted to study criminal justice.

What are the most important things you’ve learned?

The most important things that I learned were some of the simple thing that we do every day like fear evasion or truancy can affect a whole life of record.

In what ways have your grown?

Some ways that I've grow were in being more professional, and also I have more experience in law(criminology) and more knowledge about the what is a real job.

What were the highlights of your internship experience?

I was part of some police workshops and be in the cases every Tuesday and Wednesday.


If you can, describe a memorable moment or experience.

Some memorable moments were some of the cases of the Youth court, some of them were very interesting, and also the last day of my internship when our mentor gave us a surprise. :)

What challenges did you overcome?

Some challenge were when we have to make phone calls at the beginning but then we just get used to them, maybe because they were not always.

What advice would you give a new intern at this site?

The advice that I would give to a new intern in this site could be they should follow the directions of the mentor or coworkers very careful because if you make a mistake you would have to do it again, and be very professional and very respectful.

What will you miss about your internship?

Something that I'll miss about my internship will be the cases because I learned something from them and also my mentor Shante and the coworkers. It was a really good experience.

the interview

..."THE INTERVIEW"...

* What is your full name?
Shante Martin

* Where are you born?
I'm from Brooklyn, New York

* Where did you go to college? For how long? Do you plan to go back to school?
I went to CWPost, and I'm currently at John Jay

* What was your major in college and what kind of degree do you earn?
My major was criminology and I earned a bachelor degree in justice field.

* What is your job title?
I'm Youth Court Coordinator.

* How long have you worked here?
I have been working here at the Justice Center for one year.

* What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
I was a member of the Youth Court so I decided why not give it a try I will still helping my community.

* What do your duties include? Or What kinds of work does your job involve?
I recruit new members for Youth Court, Get cases in, speak to parents, and train kids that want to become members of Youth Court.

* What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
There are few challenges, but the main challenge is kids who don't want to take part of this helpful programs or just don't want to do the community service that they were given in the sanction.

* What is something you would like to change about your job?
I wish every kid could come to Youth Court to get a second chance, I wish it was not optional.

* Do you enjoy the kind of work you do?
I love it, I like to interact, I like to help young people with advice.


* Do you plan to open your own business one day?
Probably my own non-profit organization with similar work to help my community with the crime problems.


* How has having an intern helped your company or organization advance or progress?
They are helpful because now I know what young people want for example workshops, make calls to make appointment and call parents.


* What advice would you give to high school-aged interns (such as myself) getting ready for college and then the real world?
It's important for you to get to know your options, go around to see what you like, ask people around to see what they getting involve in.

ASSIGNMENT Pre - Interview Thinking..

-What do I know about this person?
About my mentor I know that she's the person in charge of the Youth Court, also she's the supervisor of the other workers in there...

-What do I want to know about this person?
I want to know some things like; how she get there? what kind of college degree did she get? if she really like what she's doing? and what are some challenge of this job?

Daily post synthesis

OLD: Make copies.

OLD: Go to the hearing of the court.

NEW: I was helping a coworker to file information of the court.

NEW: I made a kind of poster to thanks an school for their donations to the community court, it will be use to make more programs for children.

F.C.S.

imikimi - Customize Your World

vocab april 18

1. Word / Phrase: Fallacious

Meaning: False

Context: SAT

2. Word / Phrase: fevor

Meaning: intensity of feelings

Context:SAT

3. Word / Phrase: Unanimously

Meaning: in complete agreement

Context: book; hard hurt

4. Word / Phrase: frugality

Meaning: someone who doesn't spend money

Context: SAT

5. Word / Phrase: extraneous

Meaning: not essential

Context: SAT

daily post 4-16-2008

Today I was making copies..then sending letters.. then reading a book about prejucide, which is good for some students of the school. Later was was sending more copies, at 4:30 we went to the Youth court until 7:00.