Re: accomodations at an internship - seeking advice

[Guest guest]

Hello ,

This may not help, but I can say that it took 10 years for me to get

a B. S. in Aeronautical Technology. In between, I got married, had

two children, got drafted, worked for five years, took classes in the summer,

and finally changed schools and programs.

The results of all of that led to a working career well suited to my

limitations. Maybe the point is when the wind blows the reed has to bend to

survive?

At any rate, if the internship is very hard, how is the profession going to go?

I had my heart set on being an Aeronautical Engineer at one

of the country's most prestigious schools for that discipline and I

could not manage the work load, didn't have enough money, and got in

a family way much too soon. It turned out that I was a good

generalist and capable of focusing on a broad spectrum of conditions

while solving problems in engineering development programs.

There may be school programs for that work, but I feel it was a mix of the type

of schooling, family heritage, chosen hobbies, and natural mein that combined

interest, talent, and background to produce marketable skills.

Some times it is better to flow with the current and seek

other possibilities which is not really giving up but using one's

natural talents as the appear in life. I feel that the many hiatus

periods from school and the 2 1/2 times longer overall sequence

allowed that to happen for me with very good results in terms of my

whole life experience. Now that I am seventy-one years old and

retired, I can see many things not visible in my middle twenties.

EdM from NH

[Guest guest]

,

I can't imagine what you are going through, but listen to Gretchen and I'm sure

she'll walk you through this.

It's one thing just getting through school and then have to deal with being

tired which also means more stress which is not good. Take one day at a time,

and I'll keep you in my thoughts everyday. Don't worry, it will be alright.

Take care,

Love, (in the keys)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I do not have the same resource list as Gretchen, but I can echo

that it is extremely important to get support and to have an outlet

for advice, and to communicate this in a manner that will ultimately

reduce stress. And managing stress and fatigue now is super

important too.

I am not one to say slack off, but you are seeming to place a LOT of

emphasis on the A average and from what my sister tells me (I

realise every state is different) an A is not necessarily what it

takes to succeed in social work - the interning is the priority

thing. Maybe an assessment and finding a balance between A grades

and interning is also an option and a way to remove pressure.

I have a very demanding job, have colleagues who do not see any

difference in me (appearance, gait etc all normal) so therefore do

not GET the fatigue thing. It is critical for me to set my personal

boundaries up right and then stick by them. A contract is one way

of doing this - but make sure it is not jeopardising anything. In

my work I just have an UNDERSTANDING with my bosses. After a hard

week I will come in at 10 and leave by 6 to recover. The critical

thing and test should be do you get the job done. In social work

that is hard, but even doing the case files from home, for example,

is one way to design the work in a way that can reduce stress and

fatigue.

I wish you luck with this and you are in my thoughts. Thanks for

posting and feel free to send me an email off list if you have any

other questions on how to balance a busy work life situation - I

travel about 50% of the time internationally for my job and make the

balance a permanent goal in my life and am happy to share tips - or

post on list if you want more people to see.

Donna