Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Unexpected Challenge

Right from the beginning my internship had challenges that I knew I was going to face. Initially I thought the biggest challenge was going to be a matter of dealing with the bureaucracy of a public institution and the level of red tape that comes with it. What I found is that for all the hassle that does come from the extremely long chain of command approval system ASU is fairly efficient. My dad for example works for the City of Mesa and has told me how it’s nearly impossible to get things pushed through at times.

The real challenge came in two parts. First my supervisor was asked to help with the Young African Leaders Initiative that our college hosts. This made her completely inaccessible which was both good and bad. It tested a good amount of the skills I’ve built over the years. The second challenge came way of creatively implementing the college’s new pedagogy into the already existing lesson plan. I had to stay extremely dynamic and accommodating in my resolve when handling both situations.

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