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.

daily post 4-15-2008

well' today I was preparing a workshop and for the first I didn't make copies... after doing that I working on my homework...after I while we went upstairs to the youth court until 7:00.

daily post 4-9-2008

Today I was making copies..in the office we alwasy have to make copies.. the we were making brochure of the Youth court to put in the applications.. later we were sending letters, after I was calling people to tell them that they were accepted in the Youth Court Programs...after I finish with that we went to the Youth Court they had just one case, and after that case we were watching a video clip of some students that came from London... And end of tghe day...

daily post 4-8-08

Today I was sending letters then making copies. Later I was working a little bit in my homework... same as always... *_*

**Midpoint Reflection Questions**

*Well, my internship for me is good, at least better than the 1st week, and it was the same as my expectation because when I went there I though that I would learn more about law, which is why I wanted this internship.
* Something similar between the school environment and my workplace is that both deal with Youth. Some new skills that I have learned were; how the court work(how to file the cases of a court), but basically we do things like making copies and sending applications and more.
* My relationship with my mentor and co-workers is good, I try to be good with everybody in the office, I do what I have to do when my mentor tell me to do it.
* Some challenges at the internship are that sometimes I don't understand the hand writing of some of them so I have to look at the letters very careful, making copies and listen to cases doesn't have a lot of challenges.
* Some challenges in the school are the homeworks because when I go to my internship I get home very late and I don't have enough time to do all my HWs but sometimes I stay awake until almost 2 am trying to do them, and then I have to wake up very early to get to school on time, but I try my best to do them because other wise I will put my grade very low and this is something that I don't want.
* I will like to learn more about law and also justice system this is all until now.
* I have learned more about how police work in NYC and how different are the laws in different states, also I learned some more about Youth Justice.

daily post 4-2-2008

Today me and Gally were doing a work again because they was a mistake with it. After finish with it I was sending letters to the youth, right after that I was putting tickets and a application to the youth that had to go to the court. I was surprise with the case a boy that get four ticket one after another, all of then in the train. Then we went upstairs to the Youth Court.

Daily post 4-1-2008

Today I was making copies, the sending later to youth that need to be in he court because they got stop by the police and so and so.. And I was stapled applications and putting them in order in folders to the youth who want to participate in in Youth Court programs.. Also I was doing the "report" of the cases that should be show today. Then we went to the Youth Court as always to hear the cases of the day.

Weekly vocab march 21

1. Word / Phrase: Disseminate

Meaning: Distribute; spread

Context: SAT

2. Word / Phrase: Dogmatic

Meaning: arbitrary

Context: SAT

3. Word / Phrase: Embellished

Meaning: Adorn

Context: SAT

4. Word / Phrase: Eloquence

Meaning: Persuasive speech; expressiveness

Context: SAT

5. Word / Phrase: Deride

Meaning: make fun of; ridicule. (nice word)

Context: SAT

INTERNSHIP PIX

I would like to take pictures of the co-officers, it would look good..

february 15 questions

-Tell a little about yourself.
Well, I'm a good person, quiet, good thinking sometimes, hard worker, I get what I want if I work hard to get it,etc, etc.

-What did you learn in the junior internship seminar class up to this point?

In the JIS class I have learned how to get a good interview, how to prepare for it, also what we should do in our internship. Also I have learn more about the college system New York, and more..

-What is your greatest fear about internship?

The greatest fear about internship is reaction of other people with us and been in a place that is new for us.

-What is your greatest hope for the internship?

The greatest hope of doing all that is to learn a lot of new things and keep our mind clear in what we are going to do in our future, what career we really want to study.

-What is your internship site and what are you going to do there? If you do not know, what do you think you will be doing?

My internship in Red Hook Community Justice Center but we work with the Youth Court. I do some different work in there, sometimes I make photocopies, staple papers such as applications, put together the information of the Youth that get tickets, also I write the information of the cases of the day for Youth court and some more.

-What will you miss about going to high school as you normally did for the last 2.5 years?

I'll miss been with my friends at lunch, also having regular HW, because is too hard for me when I get home almost at 9pm to start doing my HW and then wake up mad early to get to school.. :(

WEEKLY VOCABULARY April 4

1. Word / Phrase: Shattered

Meaning: Broke

Context: SAT vocabulary list

2. Word / Phrase: Cursory

Meaning: Superficial

Context: SAT vocab list

3. Word / Phrase: Unambiguously

Meaning: Clear

Context: SAT vocab list

4. Word / Phrase: Fastidious

Meaning: Paying attetion of details

Context: SAT vocab list

5. Word / Phrase: Flagrant

Meaning: Very nervious

Context: SAT vocab list

Weekly Vocabulary March 29

1. Word / Phrase: Abstemious

Meaning: Sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.

Context: SAt vocabulary list

2. Word / Phrase: Accolade

Meaning: award

Context: SAT vocab

3. Word / Phrase: Acrid

Meaning: sharp

Context: SAT vocab

4. Word / Phrase: Prolific

Meaning: Producing a lot

Context: SAT vocab

5. Word / Phrase: Abridged

Meaning: Short

Context:SAT vocab

daily log 3-26-2008

Today I was doing work as normal,I was making copies. I was putting applications together in folder. Then a was helping Gally putting information of applicant on the computer. Later I was doing IHS internship seminar's HW. and then at 4:30 we went to the court to hear the cases of the day. And this was all for today... *_*

daily post

Today I was making 200 copies and then put them together, then select paper to the Youth Court, then I was working in my math HW for a while then I was cutting papers with information from the court. Later and final we went to the Youth Court to hear the cases for today. ^_^

daily post

Today I was making copies of applications for the Youth Court program and then put them together, after I finish my work theres was nothing to do at this time so I took this this time to work in my English's essay because I wouldn't have time to do it at home. Later at 5:00 pm I went to a police workshop in another office, it was very fun and educative, there were police from the community and around New York City.

Third week assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently.


This week I did some different activities, I was putting applications together to small leagues for little kid. The activity that I was more focus on was reseach on after school programs for youth and kids from 10-15, also I was calling youth to recruit for the Youth Court Program. I had to tell where I called from and then talk to them about the youth court program, and tell them how much money they will earn, also tell them about the hours and the date of the interviews for the program. This kind of activities helped me on how to communicate with other people, people who I have never meet before, however it show me how could be the work in an office. In addition as always listen to the hearing of Youth Court. This kind of activities are helping me to open myself more to the public, somehow it's helping me to develop my communication skills. It's interesting because somehow we are helping the community by give youth and kids something to do after school.

second week assignment part 2

What did you do during your second week?

We were helping to schedule the cases for the next day, and putting letter on envelopes to send to the people of the youth court.


How was it different than the first week?

The second week is defferent from the first week because now we are doing more things and now we start to hear more interesting cases in the Youth Court.


What is something that you really like about the internship?

Something that I really like about my internship is that somehow I am learning about justice, and how the court work.


What is something you dislike about the internship?

Something that so far I don't like is that we don't have lot to do until we wait for the Youth Court to start the hearings.


Who else's blog have your read and commented on?

I have read claudia, azib, and gally's blog.

The End of the First Week of Internships

Please describe your internship site by answering the following questions...


What is it?

Red Hook Community Justice Center

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?

They work with teenager. Cases such as train and ilegal problems, it's a youthg court.

Where is it?

It is in the Red Hook neighborhood, the youth court is in the Red Hook Commmunity Justice center.

Tell a little about your mentor.

Shante is a young woman, she's really nice, however is always around her group of the youth court.

What happened on the first day?

The first day of the internship we were helping in prepare a African festival.

What kinds of things have you done so far?

So far we are hear some cases in the Youth court, also help to send letter to people of the court, and we were looking for after school programs for youth who go to the court so they could have thiong to do after school.

What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)

Something cool in the first day of my internship was the African festival, now I know a little bit more about this culture.



Please answer some logistical questions...

When do you leave school?

Most of the timeI leave school at 11:45.

How long does it take you to get to your internship?

It take me like an hour to get to my internship.

When do you arrive at home?

Most of thge time I arrive home approximately at 8:30.

What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)

I work tuesdays and wednesdays from 1 to 7.

Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)

The two people that can sihn my time card are Shante and Minerba. MInerba is the person who work with Shante with the youth court.



At this point, do you have any other questions, comments, concerns, queries, or inquiries?