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noun : a student or trainee who works, sometimes without pay, at a trade or occupation in order to gain work experience.
Tonight the interns that have been here for 5 months graduate. I for one am very sad to see them go. They are quality. However, I think most of them are returning to be on staff. (amazing)
So this makes me think of all the internships I did in the past - I'm pretty much an intern pro... None of them were as cool as what they have done here @ ZHOP. However I think you may find them interesting.
Here is a recap of my past internships, in no order.
1. Young Life Summer Staff - worked in the bookstore for a month. it was okay. pretty mountains there.
2. Young Life Trail Guide - this was sweet, almost as sweet as the ZHOP internship but not quite. For this I took high school students on adventure tours that included mountain biking, rock climbing, white water rafting, peak climbing, and caving. We mixed Jesus into every moment we could with the kids, got them to tell their life stories - it was the definition of cumbya (sp?).
3. Church Staff Intern - I interned at a little Assemblies of God church in Steamboat Springs, CO for a summer. It was my internship for my Psychology major. For this I had to lead a class on substance abuse for the community, help with the kido program, and the craziest thing: I (ME) taught a class on marriage. I know, weird right?
4. Camp Guest Services Intern - this was the least glorious internship I have done. The "Guest Services" title made it sound good but really it was just grunt work - I cleaned rooms and was a waitress for 4 months. again, pretty mountains though. |
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| Welp, I came back to Springfield for Thanksgiving. Yesterday I left Charlotte around 2:30pm and rolled into Springfield totally exhausted around 3:00am.
Perks so far from being home:
- For the first time in 2 months I slept in a bed - which happens to be the most comfortable bed in the whole world and I don't think i'm lying.
- Breakfast and coffee w. family. The real deal: eggs, bacon, toast, and hashbrowns. yum.
- "Operazzi" What's Operazzi you ask? Well, let me tell you cuz it was new to me too. It's a friend of mine's newest undertaking. She decided that Springfield needed an outlet for all of the Opera fans/singers in the area (i know strange huh?) and made a night to put on anyone's to do list. The club meets @ a Italian resturant downtown twice a month and sings Opera in front of eachother. I loved it. Don't worry I didn't sing opera either.
- A current fire in the fireplace. And it's real.
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| with all the new zhoppers with weblogs these days it stinks that xanga doesn't let people comment who don't have a xanga. i'm thinking about giving it up and jumping on the wordpress or blogspot bandwagon but Xanga and I have a long history. it's like reading a journal after a while.
Happy Sunday!
I came up with a little something for my zhop friends who want to comment but can't. (annoying)
IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT BUT AREN'T ON XANGA:
1. type in your comment
2. when the page comes that says you have to sign in put the following:
ZHOP - as username
zhopper - as password
3. sign your name so i know who you are.
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