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So far, my ILP at the Free Library of Philadelphia has continued to go just as well. My partner and I have been able to work on some interesting projects and create some interesting pieces for the library, including interviews and documentaries. There was small communication errors that happened, but they have since been fixed and overall it has been a good experience so far. We we're able to to see what it's like working with other people in order to create content that we are continuing to improve and make better. I am looking forwards to making more works and meeting new people to interview or work with in order to expand our skill set, and continue to learn.

ILP: What went well is that I'm starting to get use to the type of lighting that has to be used. Before I'll mess up the lighting by showing to much meaning it was to bright and then at times it'll be too dim. What I'm looking forward to is to hopefully move on to sound or audio work instead of lighting. Also for the school year to end so I won't have to deal with ILP, until next year. What stands out is that the person was out and I didn't go, and was out for spring break so I spent 2 weeks not going. Nothing else is important.  

My ILP has been going great and I have been learning a lot about Veterinarians and their line of work. I have met some of the sweetest cats, even though some of them are hard to deal with. I have been helping prepare for surgeries happening the next day and mainly just assisting the technicians. I've been learning about different diseases that cats could possibly contract and I've been learning more about cat anatomy. I hope to learn more and experience new things. 

Since last checking in about my time at the library I have spent my time in the teen center continuing my work of creating book tags. Occasionally I will participate in "book face Friday" which is a hashtag put on the libraries social media accounts featuring a book every Friday. Everything has been going very smoothly and I have come to enjoy my time interning there. I am looking forward to bettering my relationship with the library staff and opening up more opportunities for myself there. 

Since the last check in I have switched my ILP from volunteering at the free library to participating in debate. This was a better suit for me because I was already spending a lot of time working on debate, and I was actually getting something out of debating. Since switching things at debate have went pretty well, as my partner and I placed in third in the final tournament of the season in the novice league. Because of this I'm looking forward to the upcoming tournaments to see how well my partner and I do. It stands out because its actually something fun that I like doing instead of something that I'm forcing myself to do in order to get an ILP grade. All in all I'm happy about it. 

Right now we have gotten some kids from beeber and some of them are able to help code with Real World, and we were able to go further with Project Stargazer. We still have a long way to go from now.

At my ilp, it's been pretty consistant. I am still the councilor at Mckinley Elementry's assistant. I often talk one-on-one or two-to-one with students about various issues, incourperating the core values of sla research(finding all the facts of isssues), inquiry (ask questions to get the kid to open up), presentation(asking them what they did), reflecting (on how they could of handled it, and what they can approve on.) and collaboration(with student or student and councilor to create a game plan for when and if these situations arise again and how to apologize.). Also, I have been managing the Tiger times school news paper. So far its pretty good.

I have done many of same things in March as I did in February.  That is basically working on my cigar box juggling routine in preporation for performance at shows.  More specifically the Philly Folk festival.  I have also done some puppetry work which was a lot of acrobatics as well because it was a thing called pepo and pepe and basicly you are in a suit where your hands are the feet of a guy and your feet are the other feet of the other person and it looks like they are dancing and it is very cool.  I am looking forward to Philly folk fest very much I go every year and it's a lot of fun.  People sing on the main stage but the give and take perform on a smaller stage close to the big stage.  All the performers get free food so if this year I become a performer I will get free food!!

I have now been working at my ILP for almost the whole year, and it has been going really well. Over the past few months, I have been pulling kids out of the classroom, helping them one on one, grading papers, helping with dismissal, practicing my Spanish in the classroom and led a lesson/discussion in class. Going to ICS, my middle and elementary school every week has really helped me realize what I want to do for a career, which is working with kids and to advocate for them and their education. Along with that, I am really enjoying speaking in Spanish a lot more, and it has helped me remember a lot of it, and become as fluent as I was a few years ago. I am looking forward to continue what I have been doing, and to continue working in and out of the classroom, while improving my Spanish. 

I have an ILP at ACE architecture. So far it is going pretty great. At my intership we are working on a park in south philly with architects that work for the city. Also, we are making template designs of the park with the other students.

My ILP this year has been a pleasure to attend, I have learned a lot of new things about music production and how to use new tools for recording and mixing music. I have also learned a lot about interacting with other people in a professional work space, which will help me a lot in the future with interacting with others at work and being able to collaborate. One other thing that I have learned is how to work on my own in a professional environment, and not depend on others as much as I have to at school. I have been happy at my ILP and hope to learn more about music production in the days to come.

For my ILP i mentor a 3rd grade girl  at Powell elementary school. I enjoy being a mentor because you can see the change in the person you mentor. Over the 6 month period I have been mentoring  this young lady I have seen a very large change in her behavior and how she interacts with me and her peers. 

Over this past couple months, I have been writing a lot of music, and have learned the ins and outs of writing, recording, and other aspects of professional music. I feel as though my musical professionality has been improved by a lot through this work. I've learned a lot.

My ILP at Major League Ultimate is over and it was fun, until the end. Towards the end they did not give me any work to do and I was no longer engaged in what I was doing so I quit. I switched to the Jewish Exponent which is the jewish magazine in Philadelphia. It is fun and so far I have only been introduced to everything but I am sure that I will have a lot of work to do there in the future.

Going well so far and there is progress on my front. I hope everything goes alright with this in the end.

Now, with my ILP at Technical.ly, I've been doing different research on startups and companies that can help Technical.ly when they branch out into different cities. I haven't been there every day, but whenever I am, I'm helping my mentor out with research and/or helping with the search towards different cities in the U.S. 

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