Yesterday and my First Class

Last night I was exhausted from going work and then to my first class. In the morning, the other Chwat interns and I went out to complete the scavenger hunt on Capitol Hill. We went through the congressional buildings to certain points of interest. I received my Library of Congress reader’s card in the Madison building, so now I have access to the items in the library to use in research. We didn’t complete the scavenger hunt as we ran out of time before we needed to be back in the office, but we finished the majority of it.

I think my communication skills will definitely improve through this internship. Yesterday I spent most of my time at work calling people on the phone, so all the practice I’m getting should have at least some kind of positive effect.

My class is going to be amazing. The professor, Colman McCarthy, former editor of the Washington Post, has an unbelievable record of people he’s interviewed. He listed off all the Nobel Peace Prize recipients he’s talked to (Gandhi, Mother Theresa, MLK Jr. to name a few), and nearly caused my jaw to hit the floor. His knowledge of the topic is probably one of the best in the world. I can see now why the class came so highly recommended by former interns. The class is relatively small (under 20 people, including 2 other TCU students), so I am extremely honored to have made it into this amazing class. The assignments I have for this class include keeping a weekly journal to write our thoughts on violence and a 1000 word term paper analyzing pretty much any subject dealing with violence and/ or peaceful problem solving. I can only imagine the amount of useful knowledge I’m going to obtain from this course.