Well hello strangers! I think I started off my last post with that as well. Ok, it's been awhile. I think I only posted once while I had my internship. It was pretty tiring. I got up really early, was on my feet all day, and yelled at kids a lot. When I say a lot I'm not exaggerating. I yelled to get kids to be quiet, clean up, go to lunch, go outside, pay attention while crossing the street, not to stab holes in the trays we gave them, etc. Looking back at everything I don't mind that I yelled a lot. This might sound a little cheesy but I think I found my voice through all that yelling. During one of my last classes I raised my voice because of some reason that has completely slipped my mind and the artist who was teaching the class said, "I know she means business because I've never heard her sound like that." I'm not really one to have a loud yelling voice. If you're like 20 feet away from me and it is mildly noisy in the room I wouldn't have been able to get your attention if I called out. I think now I would be able to get anyone's attention from some distance away. What I'm trying to say is that I think I can produce a substantial sound, which is something I could not do before. I think that is pretty cool.
That wasn't the only thing I gained from the internship. I also got really good at calming down kids who would start to cry. Oh my gosh, kids will cry over anything. They want their mommy/daddy, they don't feel well, they messed up on a project, the list goes on and on. Well I'll share my trick with you now so remember this: when a kid is crying, it is usually over something that is not a huge deal so the best way to get them to stop is to just ask them lots of questions about random things. I swear this works so well. One girl fell on the playground and was pretty torn up because she scrapped her shin. I got her to stop crying pretty quickly by asking her about Pixar movies. By the time I mentioned Ratatouille she was fine. Another girl was crying for some reason and I got her to stop by asking her if she wanted to play tic-tac-toe with me. Maybe this won't work for everyone but I found it pretty foolproof. A pretty thorough knowledge of Pixar movies would definitely help.
Aside from my internship during my second blog-writing hiatus I went to a few concerts, Nats games, and nights on the town. Pretty standard summer stuff. I soon start my next internship and hopefully I can find a job that actually pays me very soon. Wish me luck.
Until next time (soon?),
Caroline
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