well, there is still much to tell you about our trip to cleveland, and i will get to that. soon. probably.
what has gripped my excitement today is that i've been asked to take on a student who is looking for a placement as part of her graphic design diploma at humber college this spring. the timing of this is quite interesting since only yesterday i was pondering if i would consider taking on student interns now that it's up to me. the knickers HATED student interns and summer students. it was never even a question before. but now that i'm kind of like a free agent (without a boss on site) this gives me the ability to decide for myself. so i have accepted this challenge - along with Frank of course. We'll both work with her, but she'll mostly be my responsibility. i'm pretty excited because i really want to plan something for her that will really be beneficial and worth her time. i want for her to leave here feeling better equipped and better prepared for her new career. my placement was a bit dull, and while it wasn't bad it wasn't great either. i've had my fair share of boring jobs and internships that i feel able to come up with something that will really help her.
the girl, i think her name is jodie, is the daughter of an engineer at my work. he's going to bring her by on friday to meet frank and me. hopefully then we can exchange emails and in the coming months dialogue about what her goals and objectives are - what she would like to get out of this experience, etc. i'm also pleased because this will be a good and short-term opportunity for me to develop my leadership and mentoring skills. i've never managed anyone before. this will be a good chance to get my feet wet. i almost want to ask her to evaluate me at the end too :p
i'm feeling much better about the idea of managing parenting and working in the future. in fact, i'm on one of those upswings that makes it seem ridiculously easy. i know it won't be, but it's nice not feeling afraid of that, but instead feeling kind of excited.
brendan was in daycare full time as a kid and has really fond memories of it. i like hearing his stories from those days. my favourite one recently was how he loved bread crusts so much as a kid that he even convinced other kids at the daycare to start eating it. haha. what a guy. did i ever tell you that he went to the same daycare that i worked at? thankfully not at the same time, but close! i was 17 when i got that job, which would've put him at 8. joy had that job before me, and it turns out she actually WAS one of his teachers. haha. so funny. i like that b and i both got to experience bay park children's centre in a very tangible way. on the drive home the other night we were swopping stories of some of the teachers there.
what has gripped my excitement today is that i've been asked to take on a student who is looking for a placement as part of her graphic design diploma at humber college this spring. the timing of this is quite interesting since only yesterday i was pondering if i would consider taking on student interns now that it's up to me. the knickers HATED student interns and summer students. it was never even a question before. but now that i'm kind of like a free agent (without a boss on site) this gives me the ability to decide for myself. so i have accepted this challenge - along with Frank of course. We'll both work with her, but she'll mostly be my responsibility. i'm pretty excited because i really want to plan something for her that will really be beneficial and worth her time. i want for her to leave here feeling better equipped and better prepared for her new career. my placement was a bit dull, and while it wasn't bad it wasn't great either. i've had my fair share of boring jobs and internships that i feel able to come up with something that will really help her.
the girl, i think her name is jodie, is the daughter of an engineer at my work. he's going to bring her by on friday to meet frank and me. hopefully then we can exchange emails and in the coming months dialogue about what her goals and objectives are - what she would like to get out of this experience, etc. i'm also pleased because this will be a good and short-term opportunity for me to develop my leadership and mentoring skills. i've never managed anyone before. this will be a good chance to get my feet wet. i almost want to ask her to evaluate me at the end too :p
i'm feeling much better about the idea of managing parenting and working in the future. in fact, i'm on one of those upswings that makes it seem ridiculously easy. i know it won't be, but it's nice not feeling afraid of that, but instead feeling kind of excited.
brendan was in daycare full time as a kid and has really fond memories of it. i like hearing his stories from those days. my favourite one recently was how he loved bread crusts so much as a kid that he even convinced other kids at the daycare to start eating it. haha. what a guy. did i ever tell you that he went to the same daycare that i worked at? thankfully not at the same time, but close! i was 17 when i got that job, which would've put him at 8. joy had that job before me, and it turns out she actually WAS one of his teachers. haha. so funny. i like that b and i both got to experience bay park children's centre in a very tangible way. on the drive home the other night we were swopping stories of some of the teachers there.
my chia her garden has died :( i guess that window doesn't get as much sunlight as i thought. i need to come up with a plan B.
what you find there.
2 comments:
herbs are hard. especially cilantro. i've never been able to get cilantro do more than sprout... also, i sympathise - my new apartment has killed my spider plants. spider plants are like the cockroaches of houseplants, so i consider it an accomplishment.
I did a placement at Baypark for my ece diploma. Good luck with herbs, they always died on me!
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