What I have learned about my internship
To be honest, I thought that Keep Forsyth Beautiful was just an organization that went around planting trees at various schools and picking up trash on the side of the road. But, upon diving into my internship I have discovered that Keeping Forsyth beautiful involves much more. This includes actions like monitoring methane levels in a local landfill and monitoring oxygen levels in local streams. Now, I am really enjoying my internship and all of the various activities and people that I get to interact with every week.
This internship surprised me with all of the different jobs that I get to take part in once a week. I have done everything from touring a Advanced Disposal recycling facility and viewing a water filtration facility to monitoring the water coming out of dams throughout the county. I have really enjoyed getting to experience, however quick, the different careers that I may go into.
From the routine parts of this internship, I have learned what goes on behind the scenes to make the job run smoothly, from all the phone calls to the paper work that I have seen take place over this internship. Now, credit to my mentor for making my 3 hours a week as action-packed as possible with as little as the day to day work as possible. But, the little "boring" stuff that I see is important to witness because that is what happens at every job. There is always the fun, but the less fun usually happens more often. To sum it up, I now know why the common saying is that you have to love what you do, or you will not work very long there.
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