"How has my communitdy based internship helped me feel whats its like to be different?"
Mentor 1
Benjamin Trager
Location
Union Wisconsin Room
Start Date
5-4-2019 1:30 PM
End Date
5-4-2019 3:30 PM
Description
My research question is “How has my community based internship taught me what it’s like to be different?”. The purpose of this research is to explore and showcase how it feels to stick out in a setting. My research is through my experience at my community based internship where I am almost always the only white person in a room filled with african americans. My research also comes from my reflections of my experiences at my work site. Through my work I have experienced all of the aspects of being different than those around you, including differences in appearance, jargon, and overall attitude. Although I feel misplaced in my community based internship, it is still very rewarding. I have made a lot of positive relationships through my work, and I have the ability to promote good sportsmanship, athletics, attendance, and academics in the children at milwaukee public schools. I also work at a juvenile detention center where I promote the same things, and try to help them see that they can still have a normal and happy life after this stage of their lives has passed. I have also made very meaningful relationships with the inmates, and I plan on keeping them even after they are out. Through this research, I now know what it is like to be different from the people you are surrounded by, and how important it is to treat others that are different to you as equals.
"How has my communitdy based internship helped me feel whats its like to be different?"
Union Wisconsin Room
My research question is “How has my community based internship taught me what it’s like to be different?”. The purpose of this research is to explore and showcase how it feels to stick out in a setting. My research is through my experience at my community based internship where I am almost always the only white person in a room filled with african americans. My research also comes from my reflections of my experiences at my work site. Through my work I have experienced all of the aspects of being different than those around you, including differences in appearance, jargon, and overall attitude. Although I feel misplaced in my community based internship, it is still very rewarding. I have made a lot of positive relationships through my work, and I have the ability to promote good sportsmanship, athletics, attendance, and academics in the children at milwaukee public schools. I also work at a juvenile detention center where I promote the same things, and try to help them see that they can still have a normal and happy life after this stage of their lives has passed. I have also made very meaningful relationships with the inmates, and I plan on keeping them even after they are out. Through this research, I now know what it is like to be different from the people you are surrounded by, and how important it is to treat others that are different to you as equals.
