Week 9 August 1st - 6th

So this week we wrapped up the internship. On Monday we had dry runs of our presentations. I learned a lot about presentations. A person can really tell how much time someone spent on making the presentation just by the look of it. I am glad that I worked hard on my presentation. There were just a few things that I needed to change after the dry run. I was happy that I didn’t have to redo my presentation and I just need to make a couple of slides clearer. I made the changes and then practice a couple of times and was ready for the real thing. On Tuesday we had the presentations at AIP in College Park. I don’t mind talking in front of people but I still was nervous. My mom and dad were able to come and listen which is always nice but I think that made me more nervous. Overall the presentations went great. My parents enjoyed them and that should say something since they aren’t really that into physics. I was interested in a lot of the other interns work because I had been hearing about their work all summer and finally saw what they did. I think my favorite day of the week was Wednesday when the interns came to AIP and talked about the internship and then I went on a tour of NASA Goddard Space Center. I had never been to NASA even though I grew up 20mins from it. I really enjoyed the information I learned during the tour and want to thank my fellow intern Carl Campbell for setting up the tour. It was a short week for the internship as it was the last one.
To finish up my week I moved out of my apartment in DC on Wednesday night. I had to because I started work at a summer swim camp the next morning. I worked at the Fairland Aquatic Center last summer as a camp counselor and they needed me again this summer to finish up for them. So I went from one job to another. I didn’t even get a break. I enjoy working with the kids but it is completely different from working at NIST. So I am working for a week at the camp and then get a break. It was a sad day to finish the internship. I really enjoyed the experience.