Before starting the internship, I was being worried a lot. Even I was a little frightened. I encouraged myself so many times to knock the door of that institution on the first day. Since English is my second language, I really wondered what kind of tasks I would be given. Certainly, all the tasks the supervisor gave me were small and even sound boring(if you go through all of my posts, you can know what I did),but I would like to say that I was doing every task with a full heart. The reasons are simple: above all, I love working for art, and secondly, I am always gratitude for ** giving me this intern opportunity and valued it deeply.
I am a stubborn person - If I were indifferent to something, even if I was paid a large amount of money to do it, I would not finish it well. Last year, during my first intern at a photo shop in China, the boss had asked me to be a cashier. Unfortunately, I hate counting money and indeed I had once forgotten to charge a customer 15 RMB. On the contrary, this time was completely different; I felt like a fish in water ^ ^ I enjoyed doing any small thing that the curator and registrar gave to me. Some tasks, such as filing and reformatting CV, sound very tedious,especially for the other staff who has been working here for a long time. However, all of these things were utterly fresh to me. I always think it is essential to do these "trifles" well if I want to develop my career within this field. If I failed to do these small things, how could I finish more challenging things in the future? I never despited the routines, such as checking daily artist's mail by EMU. In the beginning,I didn't do it until the curator put the box in front of me, but after a few days later, I got a habit of checking the box everyday through EMU when the curator hadn't been arrived, and put every mail in the corresponding file. I knew that the curator was very busy and mail filing was a tedious load for her, but I would like to help and practice to be organised myself. Also, through frequently checking the file, I have acquired a lot of excellent information about Australian contemporary artists.
It is not because the language, I prefer "say less, do more", but I was not shy to chat with other staff and they are very friendly and polite. I am grateful to them all.
I had to get up very early to go to work on Mon and Tue, but I was full of joy and enthusiasm, because many things I am interested in were waiting for me to finish.
I probably wouldn't write any more until next week (the last day of my intern),and maybe one more post left. Hope everyone enjoy reading my experiences which would be my beautiful memories of studying abroad Y(^_^)Y
Congratulations on completing your internship. It certainly does take bravery to put yourself out there, even when English is your first language, so you have done very well.
ReplyDeleteI guess small tasks within an organisation can become tedious but it is amazing how much you can learn about higher roles and more important tasks just by being within the environment and working with the other staff. Letters from artists is a great example of how small things can give you an insight into the bigger picture.
I feel the same about my internship - I'm just happy to be involved so will complete any task, no matter what it is with enthusiasm.
Thanks for your insights.