I've definitely learned a lot about myself during this internship. I've learned that my back will hurt if I sit in a chair staring through a microscope for long periods of time. I've learned that although I have improved a lot in my public speaking skills since the beginning of high school, it's still not where I want it to be. I've learned that I want a job and career that includes collaboration as well as independent work and math. I've also learned that there are a lot more to little kids than meets the eye.
This internship is an opportunity to explore new things and has me rethinking and narrowing down what I want to be when I grow up. While my internship choice was something I really wanted, it came as a surprise to several of my friends and teachers. But, I've definitely grown as a person here at theNAT and I'm glad I'm here. Today, I was helping with one the the NAT's in-house programs and things got a little chaotic. We were expecting 20 something kids for the class and ended up with nearly double. They were expecting the Arthropods class, however we had the Coast-to-Cactus one scheduled for them. It worked out in the end and I had a firsthand experience of even if things go wrong, you make it work. Plus, I have a new appreciation for museums now. There's so much that goes on behind the scenes and so much stress involved with running everything, like I don't know how they do it, they just do.
This internship is an opportunity to explore new things and has me rethinking and narrowing down what I want to be when I grow up. While my internship choice was something I really wanted, it came as a surprise to several of my friends and teachers. But, I've definitely grown as a person here at theNAT and I'm glad I'm here. Today, I was helping with one the the NAT's in-house programs and things got a little chaotic. We were expecting 20 something kids for the class and ended up with nearly double. They were expecting the Arthropods class, however we had the Coast-to-Cactus one scheduled for them. It worked out in the end and I had a firsthand experience of even if things go wrong, you make it work. Plus, I have a new appreciation for museums now. There's so much that goes on behind the scenes and so much stress involved with running everything, like I don't know how they do it, they just do.