So, I meant to post a review of each day of my internship for the first week but I just got so busy that I didn't have too much time to sit and blog! This is a good sign, I think. The week has been absolutely wonderful, getting to know so many people within Dynamic Earth, but I'll be glad to start this next week knowing I don't have as tight of a schedule to keep. This is what my week was like...
Monday
Meet with: Education Manager, Outreach Coordinator, Groups and Education Bookings Officer, Food and Beverage Manager. Also, attend puppet training as the skills may work into one of my internship projects.
Tuesday
Meet with: Education Officers, Marketing Director, Events Manager, Corporate Sales Manager. Also, read the education folder which outlines the last year's education programs.
Wednesday
Meet with: Chief Executive, Retail Manager. Tour the attraction and attend two classroom sessions.
Thursday
Familiarisation day with Front of House, which took all day and I got to see how the exhibition works from the inside out.
Friday
Meet with: Scientific Director, Operations Director, Corporate Director. Help set up Saturday's club for kids with an Education Officer and have a catch up meeting with Scientific Director and Education Manager.
As you can see, I was quite busy meeting all sorts of fabulous people! This next week I'll be working on designing my projects and continuing to get a feel for the place.
On Friday I went out with two Front of House employees from ODE to get my first taste of haggis. My review? Not too bad, but not too good either. It was kind of bland and peppery and all smushed up with neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes). For a drink we all had Irn-Bru, which is a Scottish fizzy drink (soda or pop).
Yesterday I went on a tour at the Museum of Scotland called "Scotland's Ancient Flora and Fauna" and was very impressed at the amount of information available about Scotland's past. After the tour, I hung around the museum and took a bunch of photos of my favorite things. Check out the National Museum of Scotland album at my photo site. The captions will hopefully be updated soon.
Tonight I'll be doing some research on how I want to design my study at Dynamic Earth and perhaps attending a movie night at a friend's flat.
Thanks for reading, cheers!
3 comments:
Liza Lou! What a great site! I'm starting to feel my age with lack of knowledge and understanding of how to "run" one of these sites - brilliant (as the Brits would say)! Your adventures thus far seem to be so memorable however minute they may be. Learning the lingo, people and culture of the Scots will be something you never forget. Can't wait to hear more about the knowledge and experience you acquire while at the museum and in your travels. Much love to you. -Laurel
Hey Liza-It sounds so great! I loved reading about Hagus:) So, I hope the wind hasn't stopped blowing because I just mailed your headband. Uncle Tony said it would cost $50.00-NOT! It was only about $3.50...Let me know when it arrives-love you lots, Aunt Debbie
Liza....We saw pictures of some of the wind damage all across Europe. The news broadcast said that the UK got some of the worst of it. It looked a bit like what we had here a month ago. Did you have any wind-aided adventures worth telling?
Dad
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