When I first walked into the office of the Wolfenzon Schulman & Ryan law firm, I knew that my journey had just begun. I knew that a host of tasks, instructions, and law concepts awaited me, while my skills and creativity awaited them. The environment of the law firm was nothing like the more strict prestigious law firm in downtown, but more like a family0oriented law firm. Everyone moved in a way that said importance, but represented chill reality. The function of the place circulated in a motion and style that made me want to be apart. I wanted to help! I wanted to learn! was all that I knew. Then....came my office. My place of work, learning, accomplishing, and creating. But wait! I think my key is arriving to open my next door to knowledge. I hear her Aldo stilettos getting closer and closer. I feel my mind getting more anxious. She appears, sits down, and here we are. Her presence is the beginning to part two of my journey. Her answers await my questions, and my interest awaits her story.
Feedback Questions:
1. What should I change?
2. Too descriptive?
3. What should come next?
4. Should i organize the intro differently?
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Semester 2: Blog 1
I can explain a successful interesting interview in three words, creative, accurate, and organized. An interview should not just seem like a fan asking a whole bunch of questions. A good interview should seem almost like a short story that comes to life through very good questions with informative answers.
Creative. To me, no interview should be boring or seem useless. All questions should be questions that the reader would actually want to know, and that the interviewee could actually put effort towards answering. When the interview gets to the final product after the editing process, it should seem like the reader is actually sitting with the interviewee while they are reading the interview. In the end, through the writing, and the set-up of the interview, the reader should get a really good sense of who the interviewee is, where they come from, and what type of person they are, and maybe even the process they went through to get to where they are now.
Accurate. All questions and answers in the interview should all be true, and should represent you as an interviewer and them as an interviewee. It will never be good to do an interview with writing that does not match up to the kind of person the interviewee is, and the type of things that they would say. So if i circulate my interview and my writing around accurate information, then everything else will start to fall into place.
Organized. If an interview is all over the place, all the writing is jumbled, and it seems like the reader would get confused reading the interview, then its clearly obvious that the interview and the writing is not organized. I know that in order for my interview to be a success, I'm going to have to make sure that all the writing flows, and the questions are put in an order that makes sense, and flows in a way that helps the reader to understand me as a writer and my interviewee as a person.
Remembering all the information above will definitely lead to a fabulous interview!
Below are a link to two interviews that I thought were very good examples of successful, well written interviews. One is an interview done by Access Hollywood on Michael Jackson, while the other is done by ivillage on Beyonce:
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/newspol/celeb/cint/articles/0,,156471_690355,00.html
http://blogs.accesshollywood.com/archives/2009/06/my-final-interview-with-michae.html
Creative. To me, no interview should be boring or seem useless. All questions should be questions that the reader would actually want to know, and that the interviewee could actually put effort towards answering. When the interview gets to the final product after the editing process, it should seem like the reader is actually sitting with the interviewee while they are reading the interview. In the end, through the writing, and the set-up of the interview, the reader should get a really good sense of who the interviewee is, where they come from, and what type of person they are, and maybe even the process they went through to get to where they are now.
Accurate. All questions and answers in the interview should all be true, and should represent you as an interviewer and them as an interviewee. It will never be good to do an interview with writing that does not match up to the kind of person the interviewee is, and the type of things that they would say. So if i circulate my interview and my writing around accurate information, then everything else will start to fall into place.
Organized. If an interview is all over the place, all the writing is jumbled, and it seems like the reader would get confused reading the interview, then its clearly obvious that the interview and the writing is not organized. I know that in order for my interview to be a success, I'm going to have to make sure that all the writing flows, and the questions are put in an order that makes sense, and flows in a way that helps the reader to understand me as a writer and my interviewee as a person.
Remembering all the information above will definitely lead to a fabulous interview!
Below are a link to two interviews that I thought were very good examples of successful, well written interviews. One is an interview done by Access Hollywood on Michael Jackson, while the other is done by ivillage on Beyonce:
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/newspol/celeb/cint/articles/0,,156471_690355,00.html
http://blogs.accesshollywood.com/archives/2009/06/my-final-interview-with-michae.html
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Internship #12
*Example of Collaboration
Co-workers discussing case documents that contribute to file management
*Writing About Collaboration
For the most part, I directly work with two people. That is my mentor, and my partner/co-worker who guides me through the process of file management. However, those that I work indirectly with are also affected by my work because the case documents and files that I organize, are files that they have to refer back to for their work and possibly distribute to other locations as evidence or just needed information.
My direct work with others always goes well. I'm a very visual learner so after they guide and show me what I need to do, I absorb in all the information and get started with my tasks, asking question when necessary. My mentor, and my file management co-worker are both very friendly and helpful, and that makes it a lot easier for me too ask questions and communicate with them.
Like I mentioned earlier, even the people that I work indirectly with are affected by my work because sometimes they have to refer back to the files and documents that I organize. This really influences my work because, knowing that there are other co-workers that are depending on me for some of their important case files and documents, motivates me to do better with organizing them.
If I were in charge of the whole collaboration part of this law office, I would probably keep the whole idea of working together as a whole to make everything run smoothly, but I would probably add a little more energy and fabulocity!
Co-workers discussing case documents that contribute to file management
*Writing About Collaboration
For the most part, I directly work with two people. That is my mentor, and my partner/co-worker who guides me through the process of file management. However, those that I work indirectly with are also affected by my work because the case documents and files that I organize, are files that they have to refer back to for their work and possibly distribute to other locations as evidence or just needed information.
My direct work with others always goes well. I'm a very visual learner so after they guide and show me what I need to do, I absorb in all the information and get started with my tasks, asking question when necessary. My mentor, and my file management co-worker are both very friendly and helpful, and that makes it a lot easier for me too ask questions and communicate with them.
Like I mentioned earlier, even the people that I work indirectly with are affected by my work because sometimes they have to refer back to the files and documents that I organize. This really influences my work because, knowing that there are other co-workers that are depending on me for some of their important case files and documents, motivates me to do better with organizing them.
If I were in charge of the whole collaboration part of this law office, I would probably keep the whole idea of working together as a whole to make everything run smoothly, but I would probably add a little more energy and fabulocity!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Internship #11
Please post a summary of your week at internship. What were the highlights? What were the challenges? What was memorable and why?
well.....for the most part my week went pretty well. As far as work goes, I've just been working on my presentation and continuing to organize and prepare case documents. My highlights of the week would have to be seeing Randy for my conference with my mentor, eating mac n cheese from the staff kitchen, and showing my mom my office.
When I saw Randy, I started getting a whole bunch of Humanities flashbacks, and lots of funny memories of the class as a whole started coming to mind. As an intern and temporary co-worker, I get access to the staff kitchen, so eating microwavable mac n cheese was a major plus. When I showed my mom my office I felt really good inside because I knew she was really proud of me.
well.....for the most part my week went pretty well. As far as work goes, I've just been working on my presentation and continuing to organize and prepare case documents. My highlights of the week would have to be seeing Randy for my conference with my mentor, eating mac n cheese from the staff kitchen, and showing my mom my office.
When I saw Randy, I started getting a whole bunch of Humanities flashbacks, and lots of funny memories of the class as a whole started coming to mind. As an intern and temporary co-worker, I get access to the staff kitchen, so eating microwavable mac n cheese was a major plus. When I showed my mom my office I felt really good inside because I knew she was really proud of me.
Internship #10
My office: Organizing, preparing, and learning from.....case documents, files, and vocabulary, that has to be put into long-term storage.
My intern has veered me towards a lot of different questions about the world. Below are the questions and wonders that came to mind:
1. Why can't other schools have internship?
2. What can high school students as a whole do to make internship opportunities available for all juniors at all high schools?
3. As much as law firms and people all over the world know about the law and peoples rights, why wont they all team together and fight for better rights and living conditions in poorer countries like Sudan Africa or southern Uganda?
Below are a list of things that I would like to go out and learn about on my own time:
1. Be apart of teen court. A program that allows u to do mock trials with other teenagers that are interested in law, to get an even better idea of how it is to work in the law business. In my case, how it really is to be a criminal defense attorney
2. Go sit in and observe a real trial
3. Interview a homeless person about their rights as a US citizen
Below are a list of 5 questions that I will be asking am important co-worker:
1. What is your profession? What do you do?
2. In what ways do you think law has evolved over and improves over the past years?
3. What was it like making the transition from college to the work field?
4. What drives you to want to come to work everyday?
5. How do you believe law suits and cases can be improved?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Internship #9
So, in the beginning I got a little carrid away and did my interview without fully understanding the requirements and how Randy wanted the interview to be. After re-reading the helpful blogs and understanding Randy's requirements a whole lot better, I chose to do a new and improved interview with someone else. However, I will be incorporating quotes and things that struck me in the other interview. The following are my background questions and summed up answers from my new interview:
Q: What college did you attend?
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Q: What did you major in?
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Q: Where are you originally from?
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Q: Do you have any children?
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Q: What high school did you attend?
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Q: How was your lifestyle growing up as a teenager?
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Q: What college did you attend?
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Q: What did you major in?
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Q: Where are you originally from?
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Q: Do you have any children?
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Q: What high school did you attend?
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Q: How was your lifestyle growing up as a teenager?
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Internship 8
What new appreciations (for who? of what?) have you gained through internship that you did not have before? How did you develop these appreciations?
The main appreciations that I've gained while being here are being a student at HTHMA, having supportive teachers and family, internship, and my life in general.
I really appreciate my supportive family and teachers a lot more because with them I am encouraged and a lot more driven to want to put forth my best effort in whatever I do to make not only myself proud, but them as well.
I really appreciate the fact that I am a student at HTHMA because by being here i am presented with a lot more opportunities, support, knowledge, and creativity. If it weren't for the school, I probably would not have been given the opportunity to do internship and get a better understanding and idea of my possible career choice.
I am appreciative of internship as a whole because it has really opened my mind up to new ideas, and has also given me more of a detailed picture or idea of how working in a law office environment would be like.
Mainly, this internship has helped me to appreciate my life a lot more. No words can explain how much I appreciate my life. I know that there are millions of kids in the would die to be in my position and be able to take advantage of such fun and fabulous opportunities, receive a good education, have a place to stay, have food to eat, and be able to just live a fun and happy life. I am so grateful to God that I am even still alive to be able to be apart of such a wonderful learning experience like internship. I know that there are a lot of students who could benefit from internship, but are just not able to have it. So I'm just really grateful.
The main appreciations that I've gained while being here are being a student at HTHMA, having supportive teachers and family, internship, and my life in general.
I really appreciate my supportive family and teachers a lot more because with them I am encouraged and a lot more driven to want to put forth my best effort in whatever I do to make not only myself proud, but them as well.
I really appreciate the fact that I am a student at HTHMA because by being here i am presented with a lot more opportunities, support, knowledge, and creativity. If it weren't for the school, I probably would not have been given the opportunity to do internship and get a better understanding and idea of my possible career choice.
I am appreciative of internship as a whole because it has really opened my mind up to new ideas, and has also given me more of a detailed picture or idea of how working in a law office environment would be like.
Mainly, this internship has helped me to appreciate my life a lot more. No words can explain how much I appreciate my life. I know that there are millions of kids in the would die to be in my position and be able to take advantage of such fun and fabulous opportunities, receive a good education, have a place to stay, have food to eat, and be able to just live a fun and happy life. I am so grateful to God that I am even still alive to be able to be apart of such a wonderful learning experience like internship. I know that there are a lot of students who could benefit from internship, but are just not able to have it. So I'm just really grateful.
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