Working at Qualcomm thinkabit I have noticed that one of their goals is to really educate the children about engineering and for the students to leave with a good spirit and make them feel like they can do anything in the world and everyone has a fair chance to become something. One iof th ereally valuable lessons they learn from coming to thinkabit is learning how to work with others, even if they are used to it, they work with new peers to create something cool and presentable.
One of the funniest things that happened was one of our other intern, was counting the bean bags so we could know how many supplies we needed for each and as he was counting he lost track at 4. It was quite silly because we get young kids who can barely count but can actually get past 4. Another time was when one of the kids just drew a squiggly line across the board for their career choices, there are a lot more but this blog post would be really long then.
I thought I had the patience for children but this externship has really pushed my patience with children. I thought that I had developed this skill because I really do enjoying working with children but having those few that push your buttons everyday gets very tiring and its new kids everyday so you never know which ones your're getting. I'm learning how to work with more challenging kids and taking my time and not getting frustrated with them.
One of the funniest things that happened was one of our other intern, was counting the bean bags so we could know how many supplies we needed for each and as he was counting he lost track at 4. It was quite silly because we get young kids who can barely count but can actually get past 4. Another time was when one of the kids just drew a squiggly line across the board for their career choices, there are a lot more but this blog post would be really long then.
I thought I had the patience for children but this externship has really pushed my patience with children. I thought that I had developed this skill because I really do enjoying working with children but having those few that push your buttons everyday gets very tiring and its new kids everyday so you never know which ones your're getting. I'm learning how to work with more challenging kids and taking my time and not getting frustrated with them.