Internship Readiness

The qualities of someone who is internship ready are punctual; provides excellent work and gives there all at everything they do. I plan to demonstrate internship readiness by staying organized, speaking and performing with all there thoughts collected and gathered. I plan to remain professional and never get too comfortable. The changes I’ve started to make are spending more time out of Year Up to understand a concept or anything I need further explanation on. I take time out to connect with my teachers or any staff of Year Up to receive feedback and to know my strength and growth areas so I can work in those areas moving forward.

Good and Bad jobs

I started working my sophomore year in high school and it was a great experience. My first job was working at cold stone creamery  and I loved it for several reasons. The number one being I got to eat as much ice cream as I wanted and I love making customers satisfied. I learned a lot of skills that will serve me well on internship such as my communicating, verbal, and listening skills. My co-workers made work a pleasant place to come to everyday, because if you weren’t having a good day they cared enough to change that all the way around. I learned that the workplace can be a challenge and not everyone there will be fair but if you are true to yourself and seek help and ask your manager questions then you will get a lot further instead of staying on mute. My senior year in high school was a year of independent memories, by this time I’ve already had a few jobs and enough to collect work experience. I went on craigslist one day to look for internships for high school student with the search title being “Student Assistant, “well I  and cold and I landed the job perfect timing three months before high school graduation. I t was a funeral home in Berkeley California. I filed papers, made phone calls, and organized files. By far this was the worst job I’ve ever had because the energy in the building as really negative an d cold and I mean literally cold because on the bottom floor was the basement where the dead bodies were kept in a freezer. I didn’t want to go near that area but I had to a few times to get to the garbage and it was very uncomfortable. Although I didn’t like this job I learned a few skills such as, communicating with my boss and co-workers and how to be organized with my work and the people who would come in crying because they lost a loved one. I ended up resigning from this job because it made me miserable but I’m glad to say I’ve had the experience.

Diego Riveras Painting

September 17,2011 the citizens of America started their protest for something they strongly believed in. The movement is Occupy Wall street We are the 99%.Diego Rivera made a painting during the time of the Great Depression relating the two in similar ways. I Interpret his painting describing what is going on from the foundation working on up. I see a bank on the first floor on the bottom the platform, On the left hand corner I see a banker looking at some papers almost as if he is really into what he is doing. There is a guard watching the Ban Teller behind bars protecting him. On the right hand side I see citizens conversing and they loo rather wealthy from the style of their clothing. There is a metal Bar tool that is separating the two sections. The metal loos as if you wouldn’t be able to brea in between the two floors. Above that metal you are in the middle section ,where I see a police guard watching dead bodies in rows neatly next to each other and if they were alive they would be un comfortable because they have no blankets to give them warmth and I get a bad vibe from this section Depressing is the vibe. Going up there is a triangle shape glass ceiling with metal holding it together, this supports the floor above it where you see a train going across the bridge with citizens who seem to just be going on with life and not to pleasant with their situation and blind to what it’s really going on around them. The last Section of Diego painting is the first floor that sticks out the most because you see tall skyscrapers of the old modern day of Ney York when the Great Depression was going on as like today the similarities are the same between the two Wall Street Crashes. Diego Rivera’s painting is made very clear to me and what he is trying to get his audience to convey. He is speaking truth about what is going on during thr Great Depression through his painting without sugar coating it but with salt being the foundation of what cruel situation was going on.

Mother Africa, My inspiration.

I’m inspired by Africa, Every day I wake up, I look at myself and tell god thank you for creating me. Africa inspires me because my roots start there, that’s where I trace my heritage back to. That’s what I’m. My mother is an African-American and my dad is Sudanese. My mom being an American citizen and African American led to me learning more about the civil rights such as the “Black Panthers. “I have always been fascinated with activist and it just made perfect sense to know about the Black Panthers because I lived in Oakland, CA. My dad being an African made the icing on the cake extra wonderful. I say this for the reason being, I felt blessed to experience both sides of the African culture. I’m half Sudanese and half African American. My dad was born in Khartoum the capital of Sudan. I feel attached to my inspirations because the more I learn about Africa or myself I can relate and put the pieces to the puzzle together. I know I share this experience with several around the universe; these humans I share this ultimate experience with are on one accord with their internal mind. My inspiration rubs off on people I interact with on the daily basis. The people who know me best such as family members or friends say that they can see my love for Africa or my yearning to want to know more about Africa. This inspiration will last a life time, not only a moment, a moment would make is a powerful inspiration for me. Africa is what I come from and where I believe the first intellectual thought came from relating to my thoughts. This inspiration will last a life time. It drives me to experience, intellectual thoughts, and passion. My inspiration is Africa.

My Commuinty

The community I am apart of is called Leadership Excellence .It’s a non-profit organization that serves African American youth. Giving them the support of education, past history, social media, environment and everything else you can think of revolving around support. This community has given me hope, insight and plenty of education on myself and my heritage. They have served over 600 students in the last few years. I call this my community because the help I have received through the volunteers and mentors in the program. I have grown so much from spiritual to physical from all of the workshops they have taught. I am very thankful for a group setting of educators. I will start a non-profit organization which one day I hope the youth and adults will be able to speak on it such as an empire. For this is a Community I’m designated to.

Module one the "GOOD and the BAD"

The past seven weeks has been a remarkable journey.I have had challenges and lots of new learning opportunities.I learned alot about myself,from the way I communicate to the way i prep for a test the next day.A few positive attributes i gave to my community and myself were being organized,keeping a professional language,helping my colleagues, and never being late or missing any days during the seven weeks.I'm proud of myself for making all of these achievements and even more grateful for it being recognized by my community.I earned an Award for my Core Values.I will improve on my challenges such as taking the time to really study for a test,and if i don't understand it I will get seek some tutoring.I always look forward and thank th4e past for the present "SANKOFA"I will go forwards and never forget my past.

Despite the Hood

My neighborhood is an environment, where education is what you seek and crack is what you reap. I live on the borderline of west Oakland and north Oakland. The population is high scale with a lot of people who have been living in the community and a lot of new comers coming into the community. Most minority and low income. Public Assistance and social security is the income of most of the people in this community. I see a lot of environmental racism in West Oakland, On Mandela parkway there is a factory where cardboard boxes are being made for cereal ,now while your kids are getting up and ready for school eating there cereal, there inhaling the boxes being made for that cereal. This is not fair nor right to put a factory there because you know that the population in west Oakland is low income and can’t afford to live in middle class neighborhoods. I am who I am today despite me neighborhood.I  Am not a statics of the hood. I went to high school and graduated and am furthering my education. “This is the most rare saying in the ghetto”.From birth to now I lived in low income neighborhoods and have learned and witness it all with my two eyes, that the actions I see,I don’t want for me in my life.Iam glad I have lived in low income neighborhoods so that I can see the injustice government doing there cruel.From this I learned about instuition racism, environmental racism and gentrification. I will take this knowledge and apply to help my previous and present community To have justice and safe living for the future. Am glad for this experience of living in a neighborhood ewhere I could witness bad and good actions for this is who I become despite my neighborhood Keren Osman.