DAILY POST 03-31-08

Today was a great day at AMNESTY, i did a whole lot of things.
1. I had to finish up the summary and look up the resources of the War dance project.
2. I had to go into the data base of the organization and make sure that the personal info of the people that participate at this organization are well organized.
3. I had to make packages to send to some of the Amnesty activists
4. I had to make a list of organizations that work on THE DEATH PENALTY ISSUE. After that i had to find out their mailing information, because on Wenesday we have to send some books that can help them with their fight against the DEATH PENALTY.

I hope that tomorrow will be such a great day as it was today!!!!

WEEKLY VOCABULARY 03-24-08

1. Word / Phrase: Felony

Meaning: An offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors

Context: While reading an article on violence against women

2. Word / Phrase:Prolific

Meaning: Producing in large quantities or with great frequency

Context:While criticizing my co-worker's work

3. Word / Phrase: Abridged

Meaning: To shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

Context: Whie criticizing my co-worker's work

4. Word / Phrase: Altruism

Meaning: To give your time unselfishly

Context: I read it in an article, because that is what i do the most, about violence against women

5. Word / Phrase: Rhetorical

Meaning: Used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect

Context: I encountered it while again reading another article

DAILY POST 03-27-08

Today mellisa left me an assignament in where i had to create a summary about a documentary that i saw it is called WAR DANCE and after the summary i had to find places for people to find information about the movie if they had any questions. besides that i have nothing else to do, so i guess i could just do my other hw...

DAILY POST 03-26-08

Today i have finished critizicing alexis work, she said that i did a really good job, besides that i have nothing else to do.....

DAILY POST 03-25-08

Today the only thing that I did was too help the other intern, her name is Alexis and she is the brain of the big project that i have been working on for the past week. I was critizicing her work( I had to critize what she was doing for that big project, because she is going to be teaching it to high school students) as a high school student, telling her what should be fixed and what should be added to it. this was also Robinson's job but he has been abscent for the past 3 days, so i had to do the critizicing by myself.

DAILY LOG 03-24-08

Today was a good day, i was still working on the final touches for my 2 assignament. I was reading the last paragraphs and writting the final sugestions. After that I had time to read a little more about the horrible things that happen to women during the GENOCIDE in Rwanda. I've to admit that this internship has made more passionate for reading, I think that I'm progressing.

DAILY LOG 03-18-08

Today I'm still doing a whole lot of reading, I'm getting a big headache, but i have to admit that it is worth it. The reading that I'm doing is about the GENDER BASED discrimination that is happening in Rwanda...

DAILY POST 03-18-08

Today I started working on my new project, for this project the first thing that i have to do is do a whole lot of reading about things that make me so angry that i feel i want to cry. I'm doing a reading about Women that had children as a consequence of rape, as a consequence of the Rwanda Genocide, so the reading is pretty frustating.

DAILY POST: 03-17-08

Today both my mentor and my additional person are out of the office so we are on owr own. fortunately for me i have finished with my work, i just need my additional to check it and make sure that it is correct and i can move on to the next project. my mentor is on vacation, so she will not be here for 2 weeks i think... today it has been a good day.. :)

WEEKLY VOCABULARY

1. Word / Phrase: War Dance

Meaning: Is a documentary about the accomplishments of a group of kids from the war zone in Uganda.

Context:We had to watch this documentary as part of the project that we are working on

2.Word / Phrase: Coerced

Meaning:to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, esp. without regard for individual desire or volition

Context: I encounterd this word while i was doing a reading about my new project

3. Word: Gauge

Meaning: To appraise, estimate or judge

Contex: I encountered this word while reading an article about the gender discrimation in Rwanda

4. Word: Assets

Meaning: A single item of ownership, having exange value

Context: While reading another article about gender dicrimation in Rwanda

NEW PALTZ

The trip to New Paltz for me was really really good, i learned a lot of things not only about New Paltz but also about all the colleges. I learned how and based on what they pick their students, the kind of programs that are available which unfortunately do not include Chemical or Nuclear Engineering. I also learned that a student can have a job at the campus as a tutor or as a turist guide and you know what the best part is: THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES. The campus was just beautiful, it had lakes that during winter they froze so you can skate on them and during the summer you can swim in there. They also have a whole lot of building and classrooms that are huge and all of the facilities that they have like the GYM and the SWIMING POOL, I find it fascinatd to be taking classes in a place like that.
I thought that I will like living in college specially if the dorms are like the ones in New Paltz, the dorms there are like a small house, it has 3 bedrooms 1 per pair, a small living room, a big bathroom and a small kitchen. I think that the dorms are best part, they are not that big neither that small, you don't have to live alone and you all of the privacy you need.I also liked the campus a lot because there a lot of activities and things that you can do so you won't be bored and the best part was that you can study abroad for the same price that if you were studying in the country.
I really enjoyed that trip and I'm also very thankfull to Mr. Sean for letting me have such a great experience.It really change my opinion about SUNY.

Third Week Assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently.

I had just finished my third week and i'm still working on my second project. For this project i had to pick a country and an form of human rights violations and for these i had to describe the country and describe the type of human rights violations.

The country that i picked was Afghanistan and the issue was Violence Against Women from before the Taliban took control and after the taliban took control of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. I picked this country and the issue because for some very strange reason i have some kind of attachement to Afghanistan and also because i just hate it when men ill treat women without a good cause.

After i'm done with my research i have to put together a project that i will be presenting to a elementary school kids. I'm looking forward to that presentation.

Second Week Assignment part 2

1.What did you do during your second week?
On my second week i had to work on the same project that i was working in last week, only this time it was getting a little more complicated because the material was getting harder and harder and none of my mentors were there to answer questions

2.How was it different than the first week?
I could not ask questions, because there was nobody there to answer

3.What is something that you really like about the internship?
As for right now the only thing thati like is the site, because i can't get used to the kind of work that they are doing there

4.What is something you dislike about the internship?
i'm not sure

5.Who else's blog have your read and commented on?
As for right now Arma's because i have not gotten the time to go to more,and because her blog is very nice

The end of the first week of INTERNSHIPS

1.What is it?
Is a Human Right Organization

2.What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?
This organization protect the human rights of the people from countries that are violating the human rights of the people

3.Where is it?
My internship is at Amnesty International USA in Manhattan at the 5 Penn Plaza on the 16th floor

4.Tell a little about your mentor.
My mentor's name is Karen Robinson, she is the director of the department that i'm working in( Human Rights Education). She is a very nice person, she's also very patient and active

5.What happened on the first day?
On my first day i got to meet all of the staff, know about the things that i had to do while i was there and of course get to work right away

6.What kinds of things have you done so far?
So far i have started to work on my first project. for this Project i have do reseache a city, the standars of education of that city and the kind of Human Rights Education that the students are receiving

7.What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)
The highlight of my first week was when i got to meet all of the staff, it was pretty cool because i got to know all of the people that were helping protect the human rights of other people

8.When do you leave school?
Due to my busy schedule i have to leave school earlier than most of the students. I leave school at 11:30am

9.How long does it take you to get to your internship?
It takes me 1 hour to get to my internship site

10.When do you arrive at home?
I arrive at home very late in the night because unlike most of the students i have a job after school. i work at a pizza place, you might have heard of it, it's called Papa Johns. I work practically everyday, weekdays from 5:00pm - 10:00 and sometimes i stay with my manager untill closing and on weekends i work practically O.C, which means opening and closing, so that's why my life has become so stressfull. i do not work because i want but because i have to. :(

11.What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)
I go to my internship 4 times a week from monday - thursday, from 12:30 to 3:30

12.Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)
My mentor is Karen Robinson and the additional person is Melissa Robinson