The End of the First Week of Internships

Please describe your internship site by answering the following questions...


What is it?

My internship is at kensington stables. It is a place where you can learn how to ride horses, rent horses (ride them in the park), and where you can rent ponies for parties.

What kind of business is it and what kind of work do the professionals do there?

kensington stables is privatly owned by Mr. Walker (my mentor), he is the head guy there, his family gave him the stables in 1991, they had for almost a hundred years!

Where is it?

kensington stables is at the corner of prospect park, in canton place and east 8th street.

Tell a little about your mentor.

I have more than one mentor, more like 3. But the head guy in charge is Walker the owner (he isn't around much). The second one is Gallop, it is a non-profit company that works with kensington stables to help disabled childern ride horses (we only see them 2 times a week) our mentor there is Alicia or Suzie. Our third mentor is a girl named Chelsy, she is 17 years old and also doing internship. She is very tough and makes us work a lot (she is the one that is around most of the time).

What happened on the first day?

On the first day it took us a while to get used to the smell. At first we were nervouse and scared, but luckily Alicia from Gallop was there and she was very friendly. we helped them prepair some horses and helped a kid ride on one.

What kinds of things have you done so far?

We started to learn how to groom a horse and pick its hoofs. we are getting more comforatble around the horses.

What were some of the highlights of the first week? (Memorable moments, cool things...)

Fran made each one of us pick up a horse's leg and clean it, it was very tough because it was our first time doing it.


Please answer some logistical questions...

When do you leave school?

I leave school around 11:40.

How long does it take you to get to your internship?

We usually arrive around 12:55.

When do you arrive at home?

I usually get home at 4:45.

What is your schedule? (What days do you work and for how long each day?)

I work Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday for 3 hours eachday. some times i stay an hour extra.

Who are the two people that can sign your time card? (Your mentor and the additional person)

There are a lot of people who sign my time card. untill now 5 diffrent people signed it.