Interview Questions for Larissa Johnson

1. How did you get your position at your job?

2.Why did you choose this place to work at?

3.Did you grow up in California?

4.Has teaching kids about nutrition been inspiring?

5.Where did you work before coming to this company?

6.Where'd you go to college?

7.What did you major in?

8.What age group do you like to work with the most?

9.Do you have kids?

10.Do you like being in charge of your time? or is it harder to stay on track?

11.What is your title here?

12.Where are you from?

13.What inspired you to work with kids?

14.Were you super healthy as a young woman?

15.What's your favorite fruit?

16.Are you more of a vegetable or fruit person?

17.What is your favorite meal to cook?

18.Do you share a lot of the information you hear about different fruits or vegetables with friends and family?

19.What do you love most about working here?

20.How did you pay for college?

Wow What A DaY!

What happened today?????
Today at internship I was given a tour of my internship site. I learned what they do and what I'm going to be doing for the time I am interning here. I intern at A Network for A Healthy California and they are known for teaching different age groups about how good it is for the human body to be eating fruit daily. For instance, if you have type 2 diabetes it can totally be prevented if you eat a cup of fruit everyday. I will be going out to the community and helping my mentor do the job of teaching others about the positives of eating fruit as well as working on presentations.

How did you get to internship????
Getting to internship was a journey. I arrived at my internship by taking the bus, from the bus onto the trolley, and after the trolley walking to my location. At first everything was going really smooth, my intern partner and I knew exactly what bus to take until we reached the area where our intership site was located. We were scared but not to the point where we panicked. So our solution was asking people if they knew where the building was, and thankfully someone did and we got to our site on time. It was actually our mentor that had us waiting for her 20 minutes after our set time.

What did you do for lunch???
For lunch, I went to go pick up my school lunch, then decided to go to Starbucks because I was craving a Grande Java Chip Frappuccino. After that, I headed towards the bus stop where I only had to wait 5 minutes.

How did you get home??
My mom picked me up at my site at 3:30 after my exciting first day of internship was over. I am now relieved that I know where to go without the fear of getting lost on Thursday. I'm excited to see what's next!

How did everything go?
Everything went better than I expected. I was expecting a book of rules and my mentor telling me exactly what I will be doing as soon as I stepped foot into the office. But it wasn't even like that at all. Everything was laid-back, there wasn't a strict schedule laid out, and I don't have someone over my shoulder telling me what to do every single minute I'm at my internship. So the moral of the story is, "I am satisfied with my internship and being able to see a different side of me as I work in the adult world."

FDR and Barack Obama

During the time of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency his plan to put the unemployed back to work relates to Barack Obama’s layout of starting to build jobs and getting America out of the failing state of its depression by handing out money as a motivation so that employees could continue working. FDR said, “Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.”

When it comes to Obama’s decision, he plans to change the fate of the unemployed by offering $7 billion to permanently change their unemployment-insurance laws to cover part-time workers and prevent laid-off workers from struggling more than they already are. He has a stimulus package deal that will include tax breaks for businesses and individuals that will help generate jobs and spending to help America’s ailing economy. FDR on the other hand, planned on getting out of America’s Great Depression through direct recruiting from the government.

In his Inaugural address Roosevelt states, “Values have shrunken to fantastic levels;taxes have risen;our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income.” This simply goes into how much money becomes worthless once a country is slowly falling through the cracks. For example, today the value of dollar isn't worth as much as it used to because of the excessive use of dollar seigniorage. Being in great debt from the Iraq war and other unnecessary involvements, is also a factor that only limits us to get back to the way things were before this recession period even began.

It is apparent to me that the way Roosevelt went about getting America out of such a great depression is similar to the way Obama will be taking charge to get America back on track. FDR's words are echoed in Obama's inaugural speech. Roosevelt brought up the fact that even though we face hard days ahead of us, it is our national unity that will get us through. Obama continues on this idea by saying, “In this window of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come.” So I say, if we were able to fight through a much rougher time during the time of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency, then there's no doubt that with a President so passionate as Obama, we will continue to move forward and rebuild America once again.

Sources:
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"Franklin D. Roosevelt: First Inaugural Address. U.S. Inaugural Addresses. 1989." Bartleby.com: Great Books Online -- Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and hundreds more. 24 Jan. 2009 .

"Obama Pushes States to Cover More Unemployed - WSJ.com." Business News, Finance News, World, Political & Sports News from The Wall Street Journal - WSJ.com. 24 Jan. 2009 .

"Obama's inaugural speech - CNN.com." CNN.com - Breaking News, U.S., World, Weather, Entertainment & Video News. 24 Jan. 2009 .

Obama's Inaugaration

As I was listening to Obama's inaugaration speech on January 20th, 2009, there were actually two quotes that struck me. One was when he said: "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America," and the other was when he said "We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by including terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." The first quote was encouraging. I thought that his technique of coming out and just stating what WE should do as a nation now that he is President shows his readiness to take on the leadership role. To me, he's saying that even though we've been through a lot as a nation it's time to restore all that have gone wrong with a new attitude and a new America. In other words, "It's a new day, let's remake our country!" The second quote that Obama stated was not one to mess with. It was as if he was letting those who have left a negative mark on America know that now that change has come through him, they better watch out and KNOW that we don't play games, we are the REAL DEAL! Obama's words keep me up on my feet. I don't find myself questioning anything he says because it all seems realistic. Rather than diving into deep waters, he seems to know how deep he must dive in before drowning. Day by day I will live with the knowledge that America has a president who FINALLY gets it. He will lead with an iron fist and a soft heart. YES WE CAN!

Revised Outline

"Them? Us? Look at them, they are us, what differences do you see?" This quote, which was stated in the 1994 film, Lion King, sums up the extent in which, Ruby Bridges, took action as a Civil War activist- just as Kiara from the Lion King thought the same about her fellow lions. It was through her action of standing up for the integration of black and white kids that caused a stir in the fight against civil rights.

Ruby Bridges was born on September 8, 1954 in Tylertown, Mississippi, but was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. She lived during the time when the blacks and whites had separate water fountains, when blacks sat in the back of the bus, and when they had separate schools. It was her mother's wish that she get a good education so that her life wouldn't be as difficult as hers, and to do this she had to go to an all white school. But there was a problem, whites did not want black people going to their school because they thought they were better and that there shouldn't be equality between the two races. Because of her family's wish for Ruby to attend an all-white school, her father lost his job and white people threatened to poison Ruby if she even stepped foot in "their" school. However, Ruby and her family weren't going to let the white people change there mind, Ruby passed a test and was accepted to

Artist's Statement Outline

"Them? Us? Look at them, they are us, what differences do you see?" This quote, which was stated in the 1998 film, Lion King, sums up the extent in which Ruby bridges, took action as a Civil War activist. Just as Kiara from the Lion King thought the same about her fellow lions. It was through her action of standing up for the integration of black and white kids that caused a stir in the fight against civil rights.

Body:
-Ruby Bridges and her story
-Go more into depth about what makes her stand out in history
-Why did she do this?

Conclusion:
-How has America benefitted from her influence?
-How I feel about this?
-Are we truly one group of people like the quote says?

It's Either One Way or the Other...

As we all know, the focus on our environment is a huge part in politics. It wasn't until January 6th, 2009, that our president Bush, 2 weeks before leaving office, decides to safeguard areas totaling 195,280 square miles. According to the first article, before this decision, he resisted imposing mandatory curbs on greenhouse gas emissions that have to do with climate change and has opened large areas of the nation's drilling, mining, and other use of resources. Why wasn't this done before he's about to leave office?

From the way I see things, I feel that he wants to leave The White House wanting to save his reputation. I mean let's face it, I highly doubt that 10 years in the future he will be viewed as one of the best presidents in the history of America. However, I don't think him being president was a waste. He's only human and of course humans make mistakes, so upcoming presidents can learn from those mistakes and change the ways they govern from what they've seen. Through Bush's new decision of ocean conservation, I think that adding this will only add another distraction to our economy and leave America in more debt than it already is. If Bush is trying to protect his reputation, I don't think that such a rash decision as this will help anything, it'll only make things worse.

The second article, titled "Bush's seven deadly environmental sins," has me leaving with different questions. Bush's first sin is listed as, "Bush Sin 1: Blew hot air on global warming." This is when he refused to agree to mandatory greenhouse gas emission reductions. My question is why didn't he do anything about this environmental issue before putting his focus on a whole new one? Bill McKibben, an author and climate activist says, "The most shameful thing we've done of all is to walk away from the international debate on climate, which has crippled the debate and caused everyone in the world to think that we're hypocritical and deluded." Personally, I disagree with statement. The reason is because climate isn't everything. Sure it affects the earth and we should know about the weather and all of that, but there's also other focuses in life that are more important. Maybe it's time to educate people about climate so that they know where they're money is going as well as the effects of climate change, but for now I just think were spending way too much money on an issue that not many people feel passionate about or even know about. Bush made a quick decison, he made promises that he didn't fulfill, but once again people make mistakes and I applaud him for his courage and perservation and sticking out his term till the very end, considering all the bashing he was getting from literally all directions.

Internship Goals

1. What do you hope to learn about the "adult" world of work while you are at your internship?

Through my internship I hope to learn that with the opportunity I have to be an "adult" I learn responsibility. I hope that I love what I do so that I don't get bored and I can really head towards my goal of becoming a nurse.

2. What do you hope to learn or discover about yourself and your identity while you are at your internship this semester?

I hope to learn that I am actually the person I perceive myself as. I hope that I can show care and love to those who need it and at the same time love what I'm doing. I hope that I can grow as a person by working with other people. I'm usually better at being independent and working alone rather than with people, so hopefully through internship I will get better at group projects.

3.What goals do you have for yourself for your internship experience?

Concerning my internship experience my goals include being able to speak to others without being afraid to be judged. I hope to have a positive attitude towards my co-workers and mentor. I am also looking forward to being exposed to the work field so that I am not afraid when I am an adult and actually pursuing what I wish to do.