Internship

Drew has had a difficult time connecting with the person at Post Central about his internship. His teacher is riding him to meet deadlines and get hooked up. He now has an F because business does not run on school deadlines. The mentor at his place of internship has been traveling and unavailable.

Today, finally, they have a meeting. But there is a transportation issue. This is important enough that I quietly slip away in the afternoon in order to drive him to the meeting. I drop him off, then head to a nearby store to use the facilities. I return to the parking lot just after he has finished his meeting.

He climbs in the car practically glowing. He talks fast and furious. "Mom - you should have seen --- they have all this gear --- they were working on shots from an upcoming movie---doing a commercial for a national chain ---"

On and on he went, drooling over the work, the place, the people, the equipment. He had stepped into a dream world and was overcome with anticipation. It took me forever to wedge in a question about schedule. Turns out he will call them the first week in November and be allowed to shadow after school for awhile. If things go well, later on they might allow him to do some hands on stuff.

He is hoping that he can convince them to keep him on in the summer too. I think he was floating all the way to soccer practice. He so has senioritis! I am happy he is finding what he wants. I just hope he doesn't get too deflated if things don't go the way he is hoping.