Final Blog Post

This Internship has been a tremendous experience. I've learned so much about radio journalism, and I continue to be amazed by the incredible opportunities this experience has given me. I've met some incredibly intelligent people, I've had intellectual, thoughtful discussions and I've reported on excellent stores. And that's just with my peers! I met some of the world's most leading environmental activists and I got the opportunity to share my opinions on their work.

The Career Pathways Academy really allowed me to grow as a person and as a future job applicant. I've learned so much about workplace skills and I was able to transfer them into my internship. I've been using my Linkden to connect with teachers, past employers, current employers and potential future employers to broaden my opportunities. Also, now I can put the link of my google site onto my next job application! The skills that I have learned are so valuable and I only have Mr. Morales To Thank for them!!

Catriona has been an incredible supervisor. She's been helpful, thoughtful, and inspirational. She encouraged us to stretch our minds as we researched potential leads. We were able to find angles on news stories that we'd never thought about because of her. My writing, editing and researching skills have grown so much over the past three weeks. Also, Catriona has given us the opportunity to meet so many world renowned environmentalists. Even Cheryl Jennings from ABC7!

Final Blog (#5)

The amount of experience I have gained in the past six weeks has been incredibly useful and will most certainly make an impact on my future choices and influences. While NCTV has given me plenty of insight into the film industry and how a full filmmaking studio functions, the Career Pathway Academy has allowed me to discover new economic strategy and career planning that will come in handy for finding a job as well as day-to-day life. The particular and finite details of my strengths and weaknesses that appeared in our self-evaluations allowed me to get a much better grip of what is worth focusing on improving and what is not. I also utilized many professional software programs such as Google Sites and LinkedIn to enhance my professional appearance as well as simplified the requirements of most (if not all) jobs into basic career readiness skills. NCTV has allowed me to understand exactly what goes into the filmmaking process and the fact that basic preparation and scheduling are just as important as filmmaking knowledge. I have had the great opportunity to work at an actual television studio by the young age of 15. That, to me at least, is a huge feat. And it is all in part to the Career Readiness Academy and Mr. Morales teaching me the exact things I need to become a successful businessman.

Blog #5

I have always been grateful for a lot of things in my life, including my supportive family and friends, and being able to live here in Marin. This summer has been particularly significant in my life since it is the first time I have committed my time to an internship, a class, along with my regular homework. It has truly been a great experience in which I have learned a lot about communication, collaboration, and professionalism, skills I will benefit from in the future.

In class, I was able to produce a better quality résumé, cover letter, job application, and I was given the opportunity to take tests that would help me analyze my personality to see my strengths and weaknesses. I have tried hard to fix my weaknesses, by paying attention to my actions and slowly changing them, and I am thankful to this class for helping me recognize the improvements I can make to become a more diligent, patient person. I am also glad to be able to make a LinkedIn page to boost a future job application, as well as many young people are not online and are not aware that they should be. What really stood out to me in this class was a TED talk where I learned that not only does someone need to know what they do and how they do something, but why they want to, and that has made me discover that I deeply enjoy helping others and have strived to do so in my daily life.

At my internship, I am so thankful to Catriona for giving me the opportunity to meet all the amazing professionals that I did, and being able to share their stories through Earthscope's blog and radio. I am grateful to Diana Beresford-Kroeger, whose bringing her ancient knowledge of the health benefits of trees to the 21st century. I am grateful to Steven Wise with the Nonhuman Rights Project, for working to give animals legal rights. I am grateful to Dan Griffin, whose study on blue oak trees has determined the severity of California's drought in relation to those previous. And I am grateful to Adam Scow of Food and Water Watch for working against corporations that promote fracking and other harmful processes on the environment.

From these experiences, I learned how to be professional, and that I can work as a journalist. I was able to set up interviews, and communicate efficiently with the people in my internship. I developed my ability to speak confidently and with purpose, which is really important for me. I also learned that I have a greater interest in protecting the environment. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities that I have been given because of where I live. Other students around the world, or even around our own country, do not recognize, or have the tools to find such incredible internships and experiences that I have living in such an influential community, and I am not going to let this go to waste.

Blog #5

I'm extremely grateful for the people in my life and the opportunities I have. This summer I have been so lucky to have received all the blessings that I did, and I learned some pretty valuable things. During class, I learned about myself, through the quizzes and personality tests. Of course I also learned all the skills required to work in a professional workplace. As for in my internship, I learned what it's like to be in an actual professional environment. They have their own company, so I was also able to learn about how companies make books, programs, and blog posts with their own brands. It was interesting to see the behind the scenes of a website and company. I'm very thankful to have gotten this amazing experience to really know and understand what goes on in the professional world. I loved getting to use all these cool sites during the class like Blogger, Waybook, and Google Sites. I've also definitely increased people skills during my internship. I learned how to communicate with adults and how to speak and dress appropriately in the workplace. I', truly so glad to have had this opportunity this summer and learn so much about the real life and also myself, and how I am around certain people in certain environments.

Blog #4

The total of my future expenses each year are about  27,000.  I know this is logical because my primary sources for information are websites such as Living Wage.

According to websites such Living Wage and Truity, I can likely count on making $100,000 each year in my future job as a movie producer.  My education/training to get that job will cost about $30,000 total for all years of training.

I want to save $8,000 for my rainy day fund each year, and $9,000 for retirement each year.  If I save $9,000 for retirement each year, by the time I am 65 years old I will have $405,000 plus interest.

Comparing my future income and expenses makes me think that being a movie producer may be a profitable job, at least in supporting myself. I know in an industry like film, salaries increase and job positions increase with time. I know that in the beginning I won’t be making that much money but I just to encourage myself to work hard. I definitely want a job where I will be able to save money too, especially for things like retirement and leisure.

Job Titles

I'm not 100% sure of what I want to be majoring in for college, but I've been thinking about it a lot as I've been growing up. Some of the things that I've thought about before include a movie producer, pharmacist, and marketing/advertising person. Those are all three completely different things, but that just reflects that I am still open and not completely sure which path I want to take.

An executive movie producer’s salary is about $139,000 and this is one who would be working in San Francisco. If I were to be a producer, I would definitely be working in San Francisco. There isn’t a specific educational requirement for producers, but a bachelor’s degree in film and cinema is the most ideal. Producers need to be very clever and creative. They need leadership and management skills, and also need to be a very good communicator.

A pharmacist’s annual salary in california is about $132,000. It ranges from state to state but relatively, they’re about in the $100,000 range. To be a pharmacist, you need a PhD and then you must pass two exams to get a license. Some important qualities required include analytical skills, communication skills, and one must be detail oriented.

On the other hand, a marketing and promotions manager’s salary is an average of $115,000 a year (2012). These salaries however are much higher in big industrial cities such as New York or California. These jobs require a lot of creativity, interpersonal skills, organizational skills, and of course lots of communication skills.

My last Blog

This summer, I am very grateful for the experiences I have had. My internship showed me a lot of what the real world is like and the CPA class has shown me how to prepare for it. Most of the time, I spend my summers at home watching Netflix and scrolling through Pinterest. But my internship has made my summer feel purposeful and has kept me occupied. I am grateful for the work readiness skills we learned in class. When I was at my internship, I was thinking about them all of the time. How can I do this better? How can I improve this skill? I am grateful for the administrators, teachers, and other adults who have made the CPA classes possible. I have learned how much I need to do to prepare for the future. I also learned that I really love tracking my budget, which is a little odd. My friend and I are trying to fund raise for a project we are doing and I made us a spreadsheet for our budget and it was really fun. Through the CPA class, I have become more aware of what it takes to be a great worker. With all of the skills that we learned, I now have something to make me more appealing to employers and colleges. I am also really grateful for my internship. During that almost 2 month period, I learned a lot. I had a wonderful time and I am extremely grateful. Everyone was so nice and I always felt welcome. I didn't feel like the high school intern. I really liked doing the discoveries and exploration quizzes on Waybook. I know that  this kind of opportunity isn't available for a lot of people and that I am lucky to have it. These kind of skills are going to be the ones that I use for the rest of my life, unlike a lot of the things I learned in my math class.