... Vocabulary

Word_ Advisor=Conseiller
Definition: consultant an expert who gives advice.
Sentence: If you do not listen to your advisor you will get in trouble.

Word_ Appropriate= Approprier
Definition: Suitable for a particular person, condition, occasion, or place
Sentence: I am wearing the appropriate outfit for my interview.

Word_Attitude= Attitude
Definition: A position of the body or manner of carrying oneself.
Sentence: She has to leave this attitude at the internship' site door.

Word_Colleague= collegue
Definition: a person who is member of your class or profession
Sentence: The lawyer consulted his colleagues to pursue his argument.

Word_ cover-letter=letter d'accompagnement
Definition: a document sent with your resume to provide additional information on your skills and experience.
Sentence: He sent his resume attached with his cover-letter to the company.

Word_ co-worker= co-travailleur
Definition: One who works with another.
Sentence: My co-worker took the week off.

Word_Criticism=Critique

Definition: The practice of analyzing, classifying, interpreting, or evaluating literary or other artistic works.

Sentence: The director of Mc Donalds sent me a criticism letter.

Word_Discrimination=Discrimination

Definition: The act of discriminating, distinguishing, or noting and marking differences.

Sentence: Discrimination happening in most schools is based on races.

Word_Duty=Devoir

Definition: Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage

Sentence: My mom's duty is to go to work every day and take care of the house.

Word_Employee and Employer= Employe et Employeur

Definition: One who got employed by another; One who employs another.

Sentence: My employer's name is Clark.

Word_Evaluate=evaluer

Definition:To ascertain or fix the value or worth of. To examine and judge carefully; appraise.

Sentence: I have to evaluate these tests.

Word_Evaluation=Evaluation

Definition:the process of systematically assessing the design,

Sentence: Providers are not required to undertake an evaluation at the resource.

Word_ Flexible= Flexible
Definition: capable of being bent, usually without breaking.
Sentence: Exercises tend to get the body more flexible.

Word_ Harassment: Harcelement
Definition: A feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented.
Sentence: Sexual Harassment is not permitted in any public places.

Word_ Initiative= Initiative
Definition: The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task.
Sentence: To make up a parabole, you'll have to use your initiative.

Word_ Novice= Apprenti
Definition: A person new to a field or activity.
Sentence: I am a novice in soccer.

Word_ proactive= Proactive
Definition: Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty;
Sentence: We need to be proactive in addressing the problems our team has identified.

Word_ Qualification= Diplome
Definition: The act of qualifying or the condition of being qualified.
Sentence: Some roles will also require a recognized teaching qualification.

Word_ Recommendation= Recommendation

Definition: Something that recommends, especially a favorable statement about someone’s qualifications or character.
Sentence: I will use him as a reference.

Word_ Reliable= Fiable
Definition: Capable of being relied on.
Sentence: My little sister's argument is not reliable for my essay.

Word_ Salary= Salaire
Definition: something that remunerates.
Sentence: She's earning a salary of one 65.000 dollars a year.

Word_ Task= Travail
Definition: A piece of work assigned or done as part of one's duties.
Sentence: The task Mr. Sean gave us is really difficult.


Word_ Wages= Salaire
Definition: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrong doing.
Sentence: The wages of finished homework is good grade.

Interview...

1. What is your full name?
Yvonne Gomez

2. Where are you from (city, state, country)?
Puerto Rico

3. (If the interviewee went to college)... What was your major in college and what kind of degree did you earn? Did you attend graduate school for an advanced degree? If yes, what degree and where?
I went to undergraduate journalism, and afterward I went to residency in photography. I graduated college.

4. How did you get your job, where they went to school, how long they were in school?
I started as an intern and was offered the job. I went to school in Puerto Rico, the school's name is Sacred Heart University.

5. What got you involved in this field of work? What inspired you to do it?
I went to school for art and photography, I really love the work but I did not see myself as a photographer or an artist. So I started assisting.

6. What is your job title?
Gallery manager.

7. What are some of the challenges you have faced working here?
Completing the tasks on time, we have certain deadlines and sometimes we can't accomplish them. Customer service and Coordination Aspects.

8. What do you see as your future with this company?
I think that I will go back to school.

9. How has having an intern helped your company or organization?
It has helped us fill in on the things we could not focus on like the blurb, the website.

10. What advice would you give to teenage interns (such as myself) getting ready for college?
Do lots of research, always do your homework, take technical classes, know your skills. Have thirst for knowledge.

Midpoint Reflection..

The internship has been different than my expectations because I thought it would be a gay environment but instead it is a silent environment. The work needs to get done quietly and on time.
Everything is different! In our school, teachers take us by the hand to achieve most of the assignment. The environment is fun, happy and sad at the same time and that's what make it its charm. The workplace environment is very quiet and serious.
New skills I've learned that I can apply at other jobs are I'm a better typist, a better listener and always on task. Those skills could help in the future depending on what kind of job I will be having.
With my mentor and the other co-workers I have a cool relationship, I'd say professional.
I think that I took conscience of other field of work and I know I would not do that kind of job because I like talking to people. But it's a really nice internship to experience new things.
I did not gain any communication skills. My English is still the same.

..Four weeks into internship

Bruce Silverstein is the full name of my internship.

My job title is assistant.

My company doesn't provide any kind of services that people could use as in a market or in an association. It just exposes different works like photography, paintings, etc.. If any buyers are interested in the work they are exposing, they will just receive them in the back room.

Three tasks that I regularly do at my internship site are editing the website, do the blurb and help take pictures of the works to upload them on the computer.

Three qualities that I have noticed about my mentor in the last four weeks are welcoming,
understanding and strict (in a good way). Welcoming because every time somebody comes in or goes out she say something and I find it really respectful and nice of her.

I didn't think that I will be able to meet the owner of the gallery and i did so many times. But my first time was at my interview and I was really proud and glad. I really enjoy the company of the people I work with.

The most challenging part of internship is to do all the work ask in a certain amount of time so you could start another one right behind it.

The name of the neighborhood my site is located in is The Village or West Manhattan.

Each day I leave school around 11:40 am.

It takes me about 40 min to get to my internship.

I arrive at home around 6:40 pm or earlier, it depends on what time Yvonne let me go.

I work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

The person who signs my time card is Yvonne.

My first two weeks @ Silverstein..

1) Describe your mentor and the environment in the office you're working.
- My mentor's name is Yvonne, she has an Hispanic background and she's really nice. The environment I work in is very quiet, every single person is working at his/her own paste, on his/her own desk.
2) Describe your first thoughts when you arrived at your internship.
- I was really impressed at the works hanging on the walls, they were very different from the works I've seen before. I thought it was going to be hard but it was really easy, I just had to ask for instructions.
3) Describe the types of work you've been doing so far and any challenges you've had.
- I've been picking up photographs at other galleries, I had to take inventory. There were photographs that did not have numbers at the verso, I had to figure out how to arrange them..
Since I was having a hard time figuring this whole thing out, and I could not think of any way to arrange them; I asked my mentor to help me. She explained to me that whenever a work did not have an inventory number, I should signal it to her and she will take care of it.