http://www2.evergreen.edu/self/taxonomy/term/10/0 How are you all coping with the internship now that it's not quite so new? The relationship between you, the setting, your co-workers, supervisors, and clients/customers can be complex, so it's important to begin sorting through all of this early in the game. Please address the following questions in your post (remember to specify where you’re working) and respond to your peers’ posts throughout the week. 1. What expectations did you have about yourself and about your organization? How well has reality met up with expectation? Why? 2. As the new person in this work environment, what pressures have you felt from staff and from clients in terms of your performance? How do you think these pressures will change over time? (If you don’t work directly with staff or clients, discuss the pressures you are experiencing overall in your work.) 3. What coping strategies seem to work best for you as you deal with these pressures? 4. What skills do you think you need in order to work better with staff, clients, and/or others in your work? 5. Is this a hospitable organizational context (see Dalton p. 377)? For example, is the environment geared toward teaching interns? 6. What do you need from your program learning community peers right now? suggested: How is the concept of different ecological levels of community relevant to your experience? Review Dalton ch. 1 (at least pgs.17-31) and ch. 5 (at least pgs. 135-147), and reference the text in your response. en