This is the building where I worked for the course of my internship. This was where I setup up the computers and installed hardware. I would unhook my seat belt with my right hand; walked up to the door to where I proved myself each time I crossed the threshold and I greeted each staff member in the building. I made my way to the kitchen for the coffee, my morning wake up call. Immediately, Mac McGee—Executive Director of All Congregations Together (ACT)—called my name and I hurried to his office. On my way there I wiped the crust out of my eyes my eyes and hoped that there wasn’t any trace of sleep in them. “Hello!” my mentor, Mac, said, “Well today we are going on a trip. I want to show you the transportation part of this organization.” I just nodded and turned to the kitchen yearning for the fresh coffee. I quickly turned back as he look up at me. I smiled back.
This is called the Writers Block located in the back of the Southeastern Teen Center; where kids can go graffiti and express themselves legally. Every time I head to the office, I see this work of art. My mentor introduced me to Lamar Jackson, the Executive Director of The Southeastern Teen Center, who helped create Writers Block. I’ve seen some of the other teens that come here and make their art piece. Some of the things on the other side of that wooden wall are just awe-breathtaking. I was amazed by the things that I saw and when I began think of layout designs and different other graphic designs for the computers. I would just think about the time I saw this and this began to inspire me to setup the display screens along with the tower designated to a certain staff member because of the way they want their complete set to look like. During this time I envisioned cups of coffee up on the wall of writers block. Hallucinating from the lack of caffeine like daydream of me at a restaurant drink coffee with a cup of coffee.
These are the brand new computers that were donated to the organization. I replaced these with the old profiles that were previously there. Having to work on these for most of my time at internship was a wonderful and great experience. Whenever there was a problem I was the one they went to for help, and that felt really good because it was nice for people who usually wouldn’t ask for my help needed my there. I had to transfer all of the information from the old profiles and put them on these brand new ones that were donated to them. I put the latest Microsoft office 2007 on there and various other software products. I truly believed that my mentor was very pleased with the progress I made during the course of my internship, as he thanked me and told me what a great job I did on the computers. “Ok so what I want you to do is take out these old profiles,” my mentor began, “and put in the newer donated ones that are in the warehouse”. And those were my only two tasks to do, in the beginning. So even though that was just a general objective, one thing still bounced around in my mind. How am I going to do this? First thing I did was ask what I was supposed to check for. Then I configured a list and made another checklist for the software and hardware that I put on each of the ten computers. I started tackling my test.
These are the old profiles that I took out and put in the warehouse. These profiles have only 8GB of memory and 128MB of RAM plus another 64MB RAM chip inserted. When I first took a look at these old computers I noticed instantly the lack of up-to-date technology. My mentor had to put one or two more extra sticks of RAM in to the computer and still only had 256MB of RAM total. When I switched out these old computers with the newer ones, I felt good that I was able to help with the process of updating the office. There are things that they couldn’t do quickly enough in a timely manner with these profiles. They were extremely slow and they couldn’t bring up a program like Microsoft Word or the Internet Browser. A snail could get across a 2-inch bridge faster than I could open the program.. Switching out these computers was a breeze, at least until I had to transfer the information over to the new Dell’s that were in the other room. Thinking of transferring things, I want to transfer the coffee into a cup with some creamer. Would my coffee break ever come?
This is Mrs. Blanca Lara, 93, whom I helped so she could see her husband. I thought if ACT weren’t there to provide the services she needed, she would most likely have to take public transportation. Ever since I helped her into the car, she would talk her mouth away. But it wasn’t random awkward things she said. They were stories that flowed together. I remember one thing the most. She said that she wished she had more kids because her only son, I believe, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada and can’t help care for her and her husband. As a result she lives in a senior citizen home by herself. When my mentor asked me what I thought, I said, “I had just thought, what if we, meaning this organization, weren’t here to provide her with the transportation services? How would she get to where she needed to be? That would mean that she would have to take public transportation; and a 93 yr. old woman taking public transportation just doesn’t sound right or safe at all.” Thinking of the transportation I look out the window, and see a Star Bucks. I am quickly reminded of those wondrous images that I once put away.
This is the building where I worked for the course of my internship. This was where I setup up the computers and installed hardware. I would unhook my seat belt with my right hand; walked up to the door to where I proved myself each time I crossed the threshold and I greeted each staff member in the building. I made my way to the kitchen for the coffee, my morning wake up call. Immediately, Mac McGee—Executive Director of All Congregations Together (ACT)—called my name and I hurried to his office. On my way there I wiped the crust out of my eyes my eyes and hoped that there wasn’t any trace of sleep in them. “Hello!” my mentor, Mac, said, “Well today we are going on a trip. I want to show you the transportation part of this organization.” I just nodded and turned to the kitchen yearning for the fresh coffee. I quickly turned back as he look up at me. I smiled back.
This is called the Writers Block located in the back of the Southeastern Teen Center; where kids can go graffiti and express themselves legally. Every time I head to the office, I see this work of art. My mentor introduced me to Lamar Jackson, the Executive Director of The Southeastern Teen Center, who helped create Writers Block. I’ve seen some of the other teens that come here and make their art piece. Some of the things on the other side of that wooden wall are just awe-breathtaking. I was amazed by the things that I saw and when I began think of layout designs and different other graphic designs for the computers. I would just think about the time I saw this and this began to inspire me to setup the display screens along with the tower designated to a certain staff member because of the way they want their complete set to look like. During this time I envisioned cups of coffee up on the wall of writers block. Hallucinating from the lack of caffeine like daydream of me at a restaurant drink coffee with a cup of coffee.
These are the brand new computers that were donated to the organization. I replaced these with the old profiles that were previously there. Having to work on these for most of my time at internship was a wonderful and great experience. Whenever there was a problem I was the one they went to for help, and that felt really good because it was nice for people who usually wouldn’t ask for my help needed my there. I had to transfer all of the information from the old profiles and put them on these brand new ones that were donated to them. I put the latest Microsoft office 2007 on there and various other software products. I truly believed that my mentor was very pleased with the progress I made during the course of my internship, as he thanked me and told me what a great job I did on the computers. “Ok so what I want you to do is take out these old profiles,” my mentor began, “and put in the newer donated ones that are in the warehouse”. And those were my only two tasks to do, in the beginning. So even though that was just a general objective, one thing still bounced around in my mind. How am I going to do this? First thing I did was ask what I was supposed to check for. Then I configured a list and made another checklist for the software and hardware that I put on each of the ten computers. I started tackling my test.
These are the old profiles that I took out and put in the warehouse. These profiles have only 8GB of memory and 128MB of RAM plus another 64MB RAM chip inserted. When I first took a look at these old computers I noticed instantly the lack of up-to-date technology. My mentor had to put one or two more extra sticks of RAM in to the computer and still only had 256MB of RAM total. When I switched out these old computers with the newer ones, I felt good that I was able to help with the process of updating the office. There are things that they couldn’t do quickly enough in a timely manner with these profiles. They were extremely slow and they couldn’t bring up a program like Microsoft Word or the Internet Browser. A snail could get across a 2-inch bridge faster than I could open the program.. Switching out these computers was a breeze, at least until I had to transfer the information over to the new Dell’s that were in the other room. Thinking of transferring things, I want to transfer the coffee into a cup with some creamer. Would my coffee break ever come?
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