Today was an okay day because hardly any customers came by and business was running slowly. I did not have a lot of work to do. But I did what I typically do when I arrive at my internship. Today was a day like any ordinary day. I became bored because hardly no one came and I had nothing to do. I am starting to think how some business are getting affected by the economy when hardly any customers come by. I would say that I kind of had a long break and i like that because typically I am always busy. Since there were hardly any customers when I arrived the baker taught my how to create icing that goes on top of the cinnamon rolls. It was funny when i tried to create that icing when I made cinnamon rolls at my house becuase the icing came out watery and nasty. When I learn something new at my internship I try to copy it at home but unfortunately it does not work out as i would like.

Today was an ordinary day. I was putting a lot of bake goods on display. Today a lot of people came and it was very hectic. Today out of no where people started to come by and order food like crazy. I was kind of nervous on how chaotic it can get with people lining up outside the door. At first i was calm but them I became stressed out. Too many customers came in. Alot of goods were sold and the baker had to bake twice as much as he usually bakes. I was very tired at the end of the chaos. I was helping out the baker with the pastries and it was a nice experience because I learned alot from the learning experience. I am trying to apply what I am learning at my internship in terms of baking but it is not as easy as it seems when I see the baker bakes goods. It is very hard to learn how to bake, there's alot of science that a baker has to use when baking good. Overall even though that whole chaotic issue I had a learning experience.

Reflection on yesterday's internship

Well, yesterday I had an amazing day at my internship. Not only did i began to get my hands on my interest but I also tired to step out of my interest and learn how to cook. I have to say that I was first skeptical because i don't like cooking period. But after I the employees taught me how to cook i realized that it was not hard as it seems. I usually don't cook at home and when I began to learn how to cook I really liked that experienced and I realized that I enjoy cooking as much as I enjoy baking good at my house. To me cooking was hard at first because you have to remember all the ingredients and baking is the same thing but I am really good at baking goods in holidays. Like I said I had so much fun because I got so much out of that experience.

What I'm learning from La Casa Latina

Going to La Casa Latina for almost 1 month has been an amazing opportunity. I have not yet gotten my hands-on my internship but my mentor told me that right now i need to learn the basics like organizing the pastries to make them look pretty. I have not yet mastered that because since the baker bakes alot of pastries I keep forgetting how a certain pastry should be displayed in the display window. After mysterying that he will then teach me how to bake goods. He said that baking is not the only things that his interns do, they also help around like sweeping, customers, organizing the materials. I am so excited to learn how to bake goods later on. By the end of my internship i want to be able to identify myself as a baker by baking things from scratch.

Reflection: Shadow Day At La Casa Latina

I remember that when I walked in to do my shadow day at La Casa Latina I could smell the aroma of bread and pastries. I walked in ready to expeirence a fun day and exciting day. I met all the employees their and they were nice people. Jose told me that I was going to be working with the baker there. Ruben, baker, taught me some basic that I need to know like organizing the pastries so that they look appetizing and pretty. I learned reletivley quickly. He also taught me how to put custard in a cupcake looking pastry. During the shadow day I observed him making pastries. I have got to say that it's not as esay as it looks. It a tough job both mentally and physically. I on the other hand had lots of fun and that why I choose this internship.

Qualities For Next LTI

The qualities that I am looking for next years LTI are that I want to intern at a place that I am comfortable and that I would have a mentor that had the same qualities that the mentor that I worked with had. I have already experience what is like to be a teacher for almost seven months and I have to say that I would pursue that career but I want to explore any other interest that I have right now. I would love to work at a science place or a bakery. I would be more than happy to stay at my internship for one more year but I don't know if I would be missing out on other opportunities that er out there that might benefit me in the future. I would work with a mentor that always checks up on me, I mean a mentor that is on your side and that is guiding you every step of the way. For example if I decide to work at a bakery I would first want to be guided on how to bake stuff but as I get better I would love to become independent and bake cakes by my self. I would also like to work at a place that is in the bay area and not in San Fransisco because i am not ready to be somewhere far away. I want to stay as near as possible from my fmaily. I an not ready to venture out of the Bay area but on the other hand I know that this will benefit me in the future.

Another Topic

Another topic that is debated at my LTI is having the ELD class for the students. My mentor and all the teachers agree that having that class really is not that engaging to them. When it comes to teach the ELD class my mentor does not look forward to it, she says that the class is boring to them and that they don't focus as much as my mentor would like them to focus. I could see that my mentor does not like that class and that she has a difficult time maintaining their focus. I mean it the end of the day and they all want to go home and rest. That would be another topic that they are most likely to debate over. Also depending on what level the students are they would go to either ELD of AED. But really it annoys my mentor that they have to do it. Me personally don't see what the point of the class is. Most of the thing that they are learning they have already learned in kindergarten. I mean it words that they hear int the daily baisis and that they should know by the 1st grade. Their are many students that are very high academically and they go to the AED class. But overall me, my mentor, and all the other teachers don' t see why they do this.