1. Word / Phrase: Advocate
Meaning: To plead for, urge
Context: SAT vocabulary lesson
2. Word / Phrase: Philanthropist
Meaning: Person who does charity work
Context: SAT Practice Excercises
3. Word / Phrase: Sags
Meaning: Fall Down, collapse
Context: A poem by Harlem
4. Word / Phrase: Bursar
Meaning: A person who collects college tuition and other fees
Context: College Now Class
5. Word / Phrase: Foreign
Meaning: International
Context: US History Class
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I entered 15 minutes early to my inernship-site, therefore I had to wait til 1:00 to start my daily assignments. I used a computer while I waited, which was used for personal reazons. A little bit after 1:00 my mentor explained me the receptionist's responsibilities, if in case one day they'll need my help. The most specific part was answering the phone. That was scary, so many bottons to press. However, my mentor gave me details of their functions. He also explained whichwere the necessary numbers to press when a call enters, and also how to connect them with the person they want to talk. At the end it seemed simple. After that I put a pile of payment sheets in order depending on the companies' names (vendor)
That was quick. After that I had to look over 5 boxes and try to find where they belonged to. To accomplish that I had to go over the files inside the boxes. I took a little bit longer on this one. Then, I explained my mentor what I had found. After a brake I helped my mentor accomodate the main confernce room of the institue, for a special meeting. When we were done we talked about the conference room, and many other things related to Vera.
That was quick. After that I had to look over 5 boxes and try to find where they belonged to. To accomplish that I had to go over the files inside the boxes. I took a little bit longer on this one. Then, I explained my mentor what I had found. After a brake I helped my mentor accomodate the main confernce room of the institue, for a special meeting. When we were done we talked about the conference room, and many other things related to Vera.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Today, I had to organize a big pile of surveys from law enforcemnt agencies nationwide. There abaout 180 surveys and I had to put it in the order a list showed me to. It was hard because some of the surveys were missing. I had to start from the midlle (which made it more complicated it), but i finished that like in 1 hour or so. After that i started making corrections on a MEMO I wrote about a website call "SpanishOnPatrol"
I had to follow my mentor's coments to imropve it, however he said it was pretty nice for a first draft. Now I know how to write MEMOS =)
After that I started working on my Daily Posts, and it's almost 5:00 therefore, I'm about to go home YEE...
I had to follow my mentor's coments to imropve it, however he said it was pretty nice for a first draft. Now I know how to write MEMOS =)
After that I started working on my Daily Posts, and it's almost 5:00 therefore, I'm about to go home YEE...
On Monday i had to go trhough a binder about an organization from the NYPD. The main points were;
"New Immigrant Outreach Unit"---Which is this new plan to engage and build confort to police officers and new immigrant communities.
"Righs and Responsibilities When Interacting with a Police Officer"---That was a brochure of what the public should know when is stop by an official.
"Civilian Obserber Ride-Along Program"---This talked about many programs for the ones who care about the community.
After that i had to look at the NYC patrol officers guide and try to find if tere were any policies that was realated to immigrants. The book was 1430 pages long and of course i didn't had to go through it entirely, but it was ver fustrating to find something on that heavy book. When I was done with that Ms. Artie came to visit my site and asked me questions about the environment. It was very nice having her there because she got to see what I do and where I do it.
I probably spent 1 hour with her and then it was almos 5:00 so my mentor gave me more assignments for the following week (she will be absent. I went home watched TV and went to sleep at 3:00am =)
"New Immigrant Outreach Unit"---Which is this new plan to engage and build confort to police officers and new immigrant communities.
"Righs and Responsibilities When Interacting with a Police Officer"---That was a brochure of what the public should know when is stop by an official.
"Civilian Obserber Ride-Along Program"---This talked about many programs for the ones who care about the community.
After that i had to look at the NYC patrol officers guide and try to find if tere were any policies that was realated to immigrants. The book was 1430 pages long and of course i didn't had to go through it entirely, but it was ver fustrating to find something on that heavy book. When I was done with that Ms. Artie came to visit my site and asked me questions about the environment. It was very nice having her there because she got to see what I do and where I do it.
I probably spent 1 hour with her and then it was almos 5:00 so my mentor gave me more assignments for the following week (she will be absent. I went home watched TV and went to sleep at 3:00am =)
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
That day I worked with the facility department. I had to go find for avaliable phone numbers in the floor for future employers. First I went into a room where i had to manage an "old system computer" and find the numbers I thought that were avaliable. The way I notice they were disoccupied was by looking at the name, and if it was confusing that meant it was free. I had to go through from the numbers 500 to 1400's. I got less than 30 suspiciois numbers. After that i had to get details about each number and out of the 30 numbers only ten were correct. I spent like 30 minutes on that. My second assignment was to look into a box and try to find out where it belonged to. The facility membeers are responsible of the boxes that come in and out, and on Wed. two boxes arrived without any name. So I had to read the stuff that was inside, and tell my supervisor Dagvhan if I notice something. Fortunally I did and the boxes were handed in. This assignment seemed very unclear and I didn't know where to start, but I finished it in 15 minutes. The last thing I did was helped making binders for an upcoming presentation. The binder contain aprox 30 pages and i had to put it together. I left my site around 5:30 because there were 65 binders to make and I think it would not have been appropiate and respectful to leave at 5:00pm. That was an exhausted day, but I had fun when I got home. (lol)
Weekly Vocabulary 21
1. Word / Phrase: Limited English Proficient
Meaning: It's an individual wo knows little English.
Context: I found this phrase in an article posted by the association "Asian American Justice Center"
2. Word / Phrase: Undergraduate
Meaning: A person who is persuing an accosiate or bachelor's degree.
Context: College Now Class
3. Word / Phrase: Impress
Meaning: Kidnapping
Context: US History Class
4. Word / Phrase: Sporadic
Meaning: Random
Context: SAT Practice Exercises
5. Word / Phrase: Ambulatory
Meaning: Able to move (walk, travel)
Context: Science Class "USDA Recall 143 Million Pounds of Beef Products Already Consumed by Schoolchildren
Meaning: It's an individual wo knows little English.
Context: I found this phrase in an article posted by the association "Asian American Justice Center"
2. Word / Phrase: Undergraduate
Meaning: A person who is persuing an accosiate or bachelor's degree.
Context: College Now Class
3. Word / Phrase: Impress
Meaning: Kidnapping
Context: US History Class
4. Word / Phrase: Sporadic
Meaning: Random
Context: SAT Practice Exercises
5. Word / Phrase: Ambulatory
Meaning: Able to move (walk, travel)
Context: Science Class "USDA Recall 143 Million Pounds of Beef Products Already Consumed by Schoolchildren
Saturday, March 15, 2008
New Paltz
Last Tuesday, most of the juniors at IHS went to a trip to New Paltz SUNY. We departed at 7:00 am and it took us about 2 hrs and 30 min to get there. Many of us slep until we anxiouslly waited to arrive there. The first thing we did was walk to the Lecture Hall and listened important facts about New Paltz.
We learned about the background of the college and three different ways to get into New Paltz. Out of te three ways of getting into New Platz the one that interested me the most was the Education Oportunity Program (EOP), which consists on giving extra support to the ones who have the knowledge and enthusiams to get into New Paltz but don't have all the requirenments the admission asks for.
This was a important point which made me think that they worry for the students, and not just for population on the school. After that we were introduced to students who later took us to a trip around the campus. In the tour they gave us details about the buldings, and environmet. They also responded to all of the questions we had.
At the end of the day we went to the cafeteria, which for one of us was the most excited part. The food was delicious. After that we headed to Brooklyn, in which many including myself slept, again. =)
Waking up at 5:40 am was worth it, even though i thought i was not going to be able to wake up that early, but I made it. I ended up tired, but i don't regret going to New Paltz. I hope we keep having fun trips as this one and the one in Philadelphia.
I would like to say Thanks all my wonderful teachers for making my highschool's years one of the mosts.
LOVES YA Diana Araujo
We learned about the background of the college and three different ways to get into New Paltz. Out of te three ways of getting into New Platz the one that interested me the most was the Education Oportunity Program (EOP), which consists on giving extra support to the ones who have the knowledge and enthusiams to get into New Paltz but don't have all the requirenments the admission asks for.
This was a important point which made me think that they worry for the students, and not just for population on the school. After that we were introduced to students who later took us to a trip around the campus. In the tour they gave us details about the buldings, and environmet. They also responded to all of the questions we had.
At the end of the day we went to the cafeteria, which for one of us was the most excited part. The food was delicious. After that we headed to Brooklyn, in which many including myself slept, again. =)
Waking up at 5:40 am was worth it, even though i thought i was not going to be able to wake up that early, but I made it. I ended up tired, but i don't regret going to New Paltz. I hope we keep having fun trips as this one and the one in Philadelphia.
I would like to say Thanks all my wonderful teachers for making my highschool's years one of the mosts.
LOVES YA Diana Araujo
Friday, March 14, 2008
Third Week Assignment
Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently.
I have permformed many small projects such as working on excel doing different things on each department. However, the project I'm working on right now is researching about what was done after the Hurricane Katrina and how many law enforcement agencies responded to Limited English Proficient (LEP). My role is to read the head lines of an article posted by the Asian American Justice Center and write a report. I'm currently working on it, and it has to be ready by Monday, which is the day when I work with the supervisor who assigned it to me. I really enjoy this project because it helps me learn of what law enforcements and other help sources did about LEP, and how they didn't ignore them.
I have permformed many small projects such as working on excel doing different things on each department. However, the project I'm working on right now is researching about what was done after the Hurricane Katrina and how many law enforcement agencies responded to Limited English Proficient (LEP). My role is to read the head lines of an article posted by the Asian American Justice Center and write a report. I'm currently working on it, and it has to be ready by Monday, which is the day when I work with the supervisor who assigned it to me. I really enjoy this project because it helps me learn of what law enforcements and other help sources did about LEP, and how they didn't ignore them.
Second Week Assignment part 2
What did you do during your second week?
They set me a schedule, in wich I started working with different supervisors in different departments.
How was it different than the first week?
The second week was different because more responsability was put on my hands. Assignments were a little bit more difficult, but I could still handle.
What is something that you really like about the internship?
The thing that I like the most about my internship site is that I work with different people and learn different positions at
Vera Institute, such as the faculty department, and the immigration department.
What is something you dislike about the internship?
My internship is fine. It isn't too hard neighter too easy.
Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
I've read and comment Gbriela and Katrina's blog
They set me a schedule, in wich I started working with different supervisors in different departments.
How was it different than the first week?
The second week was different because more responsability was put on my hands. Assignments were a little bit more difficult, but I could still handle.
What is something that you really like about the internship?
The thing that I like the most about my internship site is that I work with different people and learn different positions at
Vera Institute, such as the faculty department, and the immigration department.
What is something you dislike about the internship?
My internship is fine. It isn't too hard neighter too easy.
Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
I've read and comment Gbriela and Katrina's blog
Sunday, March 2, 2008
End of the First Week of Internships
What is it?
The Vera institute is a diverse organization however, they emphacize on immigration justice, criminal justice, and youth justice.
What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
Justice business, they make sure that immigrants, youth, and criminals' rights are not violated.
Where is it?
233 Broadway
Tell a little about your mentor.
Susan Shah works on the immigration cases department and she's currently working on a project that is called "Breaking Language Barriers" between police officers or law enforcement agencies, and immigrants.
What happened on the first day?
I got there, Susan gave me a tour and then I started reading about her project [mentioned above]
What kinds things have you done so far?
I've helped them find the locations of police departments and law enforcement agencies nationwide to see where the "Translating Justice within Law Enforcement Best Practices Accessment Survey" was sent, and see where the rsponses have come from.
What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
I learned interesting information about police officers. =)
When do you leave school?
I leave IHS at 11:30am, right after our second period class ends.
How long does it take you to get to your internship?
It taks me about 40-45 minutes to get to my intership site. (depends on train traffic)
When do you arrive at home? What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
I work from Mon-Wed from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Therefor, I get home around 6:00 pm.
Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
Susan Shah, her co-worker Rodolfo Estrada, or the facility supervisor Gloria or sometimes when she's not avaliable Davhan.
The Vera institute is a diverse organization however, they emphacize on immigration justice, criminal justice, and youth justice.
What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
Justice business, they make sure that immigrants, youth, and criminals' rights are not violated.
Where is it?
233 Broadway
Tell a little about your mentor.
Susan Shah works on the immigration cases department and she's currently working on a project that is called "Breaking Language Barriers" between police officers or law enforcement agencies, and immigrants.
What happened on the first day?
I got there, Susan gave me a tour and then I started reading about her project [mentioned above]
What kinds things have you done so far?
I've helped them find the locations of police departments and law enforcement agencies nationwide to see where the "Translating Justice within Law Enforcement Best Practices Accessment Survey" was sent, and see where the rsponses have come from.
What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
I learned interesting information about police officers. =)
When do you leave school?
I leave IHS at 11:30am, right after our second period class ends.
How long does it take you to get to your internship?
It taks me about 40-45 minutes to get to my intership site. (depends on train traffic)
When do you arrive at home? What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
I work from Mon-Wed from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Therefor, I get home around 6:00 pm.
Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
Susan Shah, her co-worker Rodolfo Estrada, or the facility supervisor Gloria or sometimes when she's not avaliable Davhan.
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