Hello,
My name is Thomas Rush. I am entering my 2nd year of Graduate School at Arizona State University where I am looking to complete my M.P.A. with a focus in Urban Management. Over the previous summer I spent 12 weeks working for The U.S. Department of Commerce in Cape Town, South Africa as a Trade Specialist. The goals I had before setting out were to soak up as much experience in various projects as possible, jump at any opportunity to be part of a new project whenever they came up, enjoy living in Cape Town on a personal level, and embrace the new position I found myself in. If by the end of this internship I can claim to better understand the nature of the position I was in, created high levels of good will with my peers and supervisors as to be asked to stay on in some capacity, and to feel that the internship provided me with a solid supplemental foundation to my academic structure then I will view it as a beneficial summer.
Thomas, I really enjoy reading your blog and I think your internship was pretty awesome since I personally always wanted to get an internship in the Chinese government in the previous summer, but then I realized that the government didn't provide any internship positions to the public so I guess the only way for me is to take civil service exam in the future. Anyways, it is good to see you and I look forward to reading your blogs about your wonderful experience in the summer.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you enjoy future readings and I look forward to reading about yours.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy reading your blog. It's amazing you got the opportunity to experience interning in South Africa. I always wanted to do my internship at a different country to see the difference in culture and government. Best of luck.
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