My Internship With Lokelani Intermediate School

I’ve wanted to be an interpreter since I was ten years old. I was so impressed how interpreters could know so many languages and transition it another language. It truly baffled me and it was a career I wanted to do. It was truly an honor to receive an internship with Lokelani Intermediate School. Interpreting at schools/universities is a challenge and the interpreter has constant challenges, not just the deaf student but other students and school factors. I learned that being an interpreter is not just interpreting for a student. You get attached to the kids no matter what. You are in charge of their education and making sure they get the most help as possible. Also, the most important factors of being an interpreter is to be patient, kind,
Some of the 21st Century Skills that this internship applied are Civic Literacy and Engagement, Communication Skills, Global Awareness, Interpersonal Skills, Self-Directional Skills, and Thinking and Problem Solving. During this internship I learned more about the deaf community in education and how the government handles it. Communication Skills and Global Awareness also played an important factor because obviously I have to communicate with the kids and in this experience I learned how to interact with these students and teachers. I also learned how the learning environment is like for the interpreters and students and was able to apply it to my internship and hopefully to my Senior Project. Interpersonal Skills is something that I had a difficult time with the interpreters. I was a bit nervous to ask them to sign papers during the internship, like sign off my hours, an evaluation and etc. Also I felt like I was a distraction when I went along with the interprets to their meetings. Though, the interprets reassured me that if I have any questions, concerns, or they need to do anything for the internship, I just to have to