Internship Eagerness

During my internship all the technical skills I’ve learned at Year Up will help me succeed. One particular technical skill would be, fixing and troubleshooting hardware problems. Another skill I’ve sharpened at YUBA, installing, uninstalling software. During my internship there are a lot of skills I want to keep developing during my internship, I want to continue challenging myself to learn new things by using my resources appropriately. During my internship I will continue working on my public speaking; I will attend toastmasters at salesforce.com on Tuesday at noon.

I have some anxieties about my internship because I don’t feel I’m that techy, I understand the tech information, during my class sessions. For example installing Virtual Machines on the computers I can do, following along with my instructor. But if I was to do so after the fact by myself I would have some difficulties. I don’t retain the techy info as much as I would like to. I understand practice makes perfect so I plan on continuing challenging myself and asking for help if I don’t understand something.

During my internship I plan on standing out by being myself, remaining positive, being my normal creative self. I will not be afraid to ask questions I think it’ll be behooving of me to do so. Networking is something I will continue doing during my internship. I’m going take a lot of initiative and think outside the box during my internship. I have a journal where I will write my personal goals during internship make sure I meet the goals I set for myself. Another important thing I will do during my internship is collaborate with people because I know two minds are better than one.

Ready

1.       Avoid negativity

·         I choose Avoid negativity as my first success tip, because being negative is the quickest way to kill a good internship. In life people should stay positive being negative is not good for the world. In my internship it’ll be best for me to remain positive if I want to succeed and potentially get a job.

2.       Tackle all tasks with Enthusiasm and a positive attitude

·         I choose Tackle all tasks with Enthusiasm and a positive attitude as my second pick ,because I know if I go to every challenge with positive mind things will be better than going into situations negatively. Complaining will not get me anywhere in life. Working hard and with enthusiasm will prosper me in my internship.

3.       Set personal goals

·         I choose Set personal goals as my third choice, because recently I’ve been engaged in setting goals and it’s benefited my life extremely. In life people succeed passed off there priorities, so I think if set some personal goals and time frames that I have to reach during my internship it’ll prosper my career making my internship an delightful experience.

4.       Never shun a chance to learn more about the company/industry

·         I choose Never shun a chance to learn more about the company/industry as my fourth pick, because all experience is good experience. So learning more about the company I’m interning is a good think. Taking advantage to learn new things and step up to new challenges is going heighten my internship experience.

5.       Get as much exposure as possible

·         I choose get as much exposure as possible as my fifth because the more your expose yourself to new people the much more your network grows.  And the more your network grows for positive things, the better your internship experience will be.

6.       Take initiative

·         I choose take initiative as my number six pick because taking initiative in the right way will make me look good in the eyes of my potential boss and co-workers. Thinking outside the box and showing personality in a positive light will help me succeed during my internship.

7.       Find a mentor

·         I choose find a mentor as my seventh pick because finding a mentor is a good thing. Anybody who’s been in the company a while and shows good work ethic will be one to module and I plan on doing that.

8.       Have regular meetings with your supervisor

·         I choose Have regular meetings with your supervisor as my number eighth pick because I think regular checks in with my boss will help me extremely. Just checking in being available is important.

9.       Network Network Network

·         I choose network network network as my ninth pick because mingling and getting involved is important in life and will 9 times out of 10 its not what you know its who you know. Job offers and things will come up depending on who I knopw and who knows my skills.

10.   Leave with Tangible Accomplishments

·         I choose leave with tangible accomplishments as my tenth choice rewards and tangible experiences will heighten my intern experience and my resume in the further for my further jobs.

11.   Enjoy yourself

·         I choose enjoy yourself as my eleventh pick because enjoying yourself, is important in anything you do.  I don’t plan on being up tight I plan on taking advantage everything.

12.   Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions

I choose Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions as MY 12^TH pick because I’m not afraid to ask questions. I think asking questions is equally important as a lot of things because I don’t want to do the wrong thing. I plan on using recourses before asking too many questions.

Target

      The best job I’ve ever had would have to be Target; I worked at Target in Walnut Creek CA for a year in haft.

• I worked on the Sales Floor in market as a PFresh employee. I stocked groceries whatever was low on the sales floor it was my duty to fill the shelf. Whether it strawberries or frozen TV dinners. A rack of food would drop ever hour on the hour in each cooler; there were four coolers (produce, meat, dairy and frozen). It was my job and my team mate’s job to make sure the food got pushed on the sales floor. I also had to weigh and ticket meats that were sold by pound, and push milk to the coolers on the floor. And I also was a backup cashier so every time check lanes got backed up witch was quite often, it behooved me to help.
•   I enjoyed my regular customers some people would come in Target three times a week, this one man particular would come in every night his name was Larry, very nice gentlemen. I enjoyed the different challenges with helping the company meet sales every night had to offer. Helping guest find things in the store was extremely engaging and fun.
• Because Target I’m very humble, I work well with others, I’m extremely positive. And I understand how to handle people with frustrations. I have a great outlook on life and I know how to use my resources before going to the boss. I have great work ethic.




• I learned that were all just ordinary people, and sometimes everyone needs a little help.

The Book

The Book "freakonomics" was a great book, although certain times in the book I felt like the author was being bios. The book overall is a good read, I was happy to get in the mind of other people, the author really did a fine job of getting different statistics together to prover his logic. If someone is interested in the way economics think I think they should read freakonomics. The chapters in the book sometimes ramble on on, the author went on a few rants. The chapter that was most interesting to me in freakonomics is most likely the last chapter, when Levitt discussed the history of baby name. He compared low income, middle class, white & black baby names. It was quite funny to me because I knew many people with a lot of the names that were in each category. I was amazed bow someone actually set down & analyzed baby names. Overall the book was a semi good read. I would suggest people to read it only if they don't mind book with a lot of different topics and the worlds look at the world.

Reality TV and Baby Names

Reality TV has had a tremendous effect on society today people, even the names people are naming the infants have swayed from reality television. After reading an article that was published on masslive.com by the associated press, I was informed names that have been low on the radar for years have recently sky rocked to the top of social security list. According to the author Stephen Ohlemacher, the name Mason jumped No. 34 to No. 12. Stats say the last year the 19,396 boys where named Mason, an increase of practically 4,600. That’s a pretty high jump if you ask me. The famous reality TV personality Kourtney Kardashian named her son that back in 2009. That fact just makes me think how reality TV is taking over the way people thinks. It’s scary to me, you have to ask yourself, what if a reality TV personality named there child Gangster or Slut would those names be actable for normal citizens of the united states.

I would hate to think of what America would be like if people keep basing their life and lives on what they see others do on reality television. The name Mason is a wonderful name for a child, hey whatever floats your boat. But I’m looking at the bigger picture, because it’s the simple things life we forget. Violence Drug abuse Sex is already prompted abruptly on reality TV, so the fact that they already have a negative impact on society. I just pray celebrities don’t start naming their children rhetorical names because I’m sure society will just follow along.

http://www.masslive.com/talk/index.ssf/2012/05/most_popular_baby_names_derive.html

Ghetto Sistas

            A stigma is another word for a negative stereotype linked with a standard of living. One stigma I can speak about is the theory that all African American women are “ghetto”. People define the ghetto as a poor section of a city occupied by a group of less fortunate people. The term 'ghetto' has been taken and labeled all over America as a characteristic of black women, implying that we all are obnoxious, very loud, have no class, always have attitude and the bare minimum of education.

            That stigma is so far from the truth. I’m an African American women and I don’t have any of those characteristics. I’m the complete opposite I am kind enrolled in college now my personality could easily be described as happy go lucky. I do know multiple women that could easily be labeled as ghetto in today’s society, but they’re of all ethnicities not just African American.

            In movies and on television nine times out of ten, black women are portrayed in a negative light. The reality show “Basketball Wives” that airs on VH1 is one particular show that gives us a bad reputation. The main six characters on the show are all of my descent, and all they do is argue and fight about trivial things. The violence on the show is nasty and disgraceful to women period. I can’t watch the show because I hate the storyline, how it depicts women crawls under my skin. I understand reality TV is based on hostility, because America feeds on drama. With me being the 20-year-old African American woman that I am I have to vow to myself never to make that stigma true. I’m going to continue practicing all my morals in hopes that I can be a role model to women period. 

Pledge

In my "Business Comunacations" class I was asked to create a pledge for myself that will motivate me to do my very best here at Year Up Bay Area.

I Valencia Peete pledge to keep working hard here at Year Up Bay Area, so I can graduate and find a great job.
 -Do all my classwork & homework
 -Ask Questions
  -Eliminate distractions

I pledge to contine arriving to program on time.
-Getting a lot of rest
 -Perparing my belongs a head of time.
-Arrive early

I pledge to keep welcoming change.
-I will not shy away from something that will help me.
 -Acetpting Feedback 
-Applying my knowledge