"Making the most out of Work"

A lot of people complain about their jobs, sometimes it could be you or sometimes it could be the environment that you’re in. Not everyone is going to get along with their boss or their co-workers but you have show that you have potential in whatever situation that you are faced with.

A lot of jobs that we get offer us good work experiences that could take us far in life. It seems only about a money situation when you’re first starting out your job. But after the training and hard work that you have put in, you realize you have developed some useful knowledge that you didn’t know about before.

Do you feel challenged with the jobsites that you received? Why or why not? If not, what could you do to change it?

" Conflicts Between Teachers and Students "

Conflicts between teachers and students is a common issue today’s society. Students and teachers find themselves arguing in class because they both don’t agree on everything. Teachers are sometimes rude to students, so it’s only a student’s reaction to respond in their defense. Teachers need to learn how to speak to students in a way where they would listen. Others feel that the culture of disrespect is centered around student’s attitude towards teachers.

I think students and teachers can bridge the gap in communication and reduce conflicts by being respectful to one another. If teachers show some type of love and affection then maybe the students wouldn’t disrespect their teachers. If students stop being rebellious then teachers would be able to help the student. It goes both ways for the students as well as the teachers - both parties play a part in the conflict with each other.

What are the effective ways of dealing with conflict? How do you resolve conflict and keep both parties happy?

New National's Stadium

The new National’s stadium is being built as I write. The stadium will be located in Southeast Washington along the Anacostia River bounded by South Capitol Street to the west, M Street to the north, First Street to the east and Potomac Avenue to the south. It will take $535 million, maybe more, to publicly finance 41,000-seats. The stadium is scheduled to be completed in spring 2008.

Mayor Anthony Williams should use that money to give DC students new books and better teachers that will actually do their job and teach. The stadium money could help DC kids who have a desire to go to college but simply cannot afford it. This is big money that we are talking about and spending it on a new stadium is just a waste of my future. Besides we already have the RFK stadium it might not be the best stadium but it’s not the worst either – why couldn’t it have been renovated? With all the money that they are putting into this new project, they could have used it to benefit something that is much more valuable - our future.

How do you personally feel about the new stadium, is it worth the time and money?

"Ground Rules For UA Blog"

Purpose: The purpose of this blog is to share other interns’ opinions about how they feel about the Urban Alliance Program, School, and Life as a senior, and other general questions, comments, or concerns that they might have.



Ground Rules: There would be different ground rules that the interns must follow in order to take part in the everyday blog activities.

- No use of profanity in the comment blogs
- No putting others down; everyone is entitled to their own opinion
- No starting drama with anyone in UA.
- Express your feelings or concerns in a professional manner
- Commit to writing in the blog at least once a week
- Address any new ideas that UA can do to make the program fun but also meaningful


Name for the blog: - Blog-it-Out