The past two weeks have gone by so quickly. I have been trying to compact so many activities in the short time that I am here. Last week me and my roommate ventured off to Lloret de Mar in Spain, and then this past weekend, we ventured to the beautiful location that is Venice. There is so much to see and so much to enjoy while living in London, it is close to so many interesting countries. This has certainly been one of the best aspects of living in London.
My final week has definitely been interesting so far. I got a visit from an Anglo American representative on Monday; this visit was supposed to happen weeks and weeks ago. I honestly do not know the point of Anglo-American and why they came so late. They were supposed to visit earlier to see if our internship was appropriate and their reason for not doing this was scheduling. It was a little frustrating to hear that they were coming for a visit because I honestly didn’t think they were coming, and they only contacted our supervisor about the visit. This visit was definitely something that I didn’t feel like I needed, and it confused me very much. The only good aspect was that I got to talk about how good my internship was.
In my internship I have learned so much about myself and about the people around me. I have learned that it is important to be vocal when I am not happy about something, or when I am not doing any work. There have only been a few days where I have been observing the classroom. When this occurs, I have learned that it is a good idea to take the initiative and go ask another teacher if they need my assistance for anything. Usually I go to Anna who is the educator for the retail department in the program. She is new to the organization, and she always seems to need my help. She is one of my favorite people to work with because I feel like I can be open with her, and I also feel like I am helping her most.
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About the visit from Anglo-American. Actually they usually make a phone call to your supervisor mid-way through to see how you're doing on the job, and the final visit is an "evaluation" of your work there -- how you liked it, what you did, etc., and how your supervisor liked you! It's standard procedure, so I'm not sure why it was upsetting.
Learning a lot about yourself from an internship is a great thing. I'm glad you were able to voice your opinions to Anna -- it's good to have an ally in the workplace.
Safe travels.
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