Assignment #1

Journal Entry #1
Reflect on your process so far in preparing for the WLE by addressing the following prompts in a 2 page reflection:

What has been difficult? What has surprised you? What have you learned?

What are you exctied for? What are you most uncertain of right now?

What advice would you give to the 11th grade students next year?

What do you still need to do get ready for your shadow day on January 31st?

The most difficult aspect of the WLE so far has been getting hold of my prospected interns. I've only had two that I've really been excited about, and it's been pretty hard to get in contact with them, Night Shade Books especially. Manic D wanted me to send in all my information, and from what it seemed, it would take them a long time to get back to me on it. What's kind of surprised me the most is how professional some of these places expect us to be; granted, it's our first "real" job for the most of us, but I never would have thought that some of these businesses would take high schoolers so seriously. Who knows.

I'm really excited about working for Night Shade, if I can. I'm familiar with a lot of their books and authors, and it would be really cool to be behind the scenes on some of their projects. That would, quite honestly, be a dream-come-true.

Some advice I'd give to 11th grade students next year: jump the gun. Get on it. Seriously. It doesn't happen so quickly, trying to get an intern. You have to really keep up on it, otherwise you'll be on the border of an anxiety attack when it comes to crunch time.

The only thing I really need to do to get ready for my WLE is keep in contact with some of the interns I have in mind. It's been hard to get a hold of them, so I really have to keep trying, otherwise I might end up intern-less.