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Day 8

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Kita Weitblick and will miss the kids and activities we did together! I’ll miss working with Markus, Ankha and Sarah as well and I thanked them for guiding me in this position and also with my language skills. Though of course the default is German, I was surprised at the widespread English language skills and references I encountered in this experience. Markus was proficient, and would translate for me if I did not understand instructions. Or, we would exchange terms, like telling each other what a type of bird was in our respective languages. The kids don’t speak much of either language being toddlers, yet some show up in little English/American T-Shirts or characters that say things like: “Let’s Get Going!”, “Snoopy Gang”, or “Harvard University.” When people hear I’m from the USA they assume I don’t speak German and switch to English until Kirstin corrects them and says I am learning. Nonetheless, I had a great time these past two weeks exploring Germany and work in the Kindergarten! Here is me and my buddy Marc:)

Department of Health and Human Services- Day 8

Today, I attended a meeting with the White House! The Office of Science, Technology, and Policy from the White House came to North Carolina to hear how the NC Department of Health and Human Services addressed equity issues during the COVID-19 pandemic. By mandating the collection of data on race and ethnicity for vaccination, the NC DHHS was able to identify populations that were falling behind on their vaccination rates. They highlighted the vaccination rate disparities between white communities and black and Latino communities and with this information, they were able to reach out to community groups like churches that these black and Latino populations were already acquainted with. By asking pastors and other trusted adults to disseminate COVID-19 information and vaccines and PPE, the NC DHHS brought healthcare to the community. The above picture is from ABC11’s interview of Dr. Matthew Hepburn, the leader of the White House’s Office of Science, Technology, and Policy.

Day 8, Thank you

Today was the last day of my WEP. Our final TEAMS meeting was held much later than usual, 3:00 pm, due to Dr. Summerville having a long day of meetings. Today was a nice and easy wrap up where I showed her the result of me cleaning up all the data and then turning the paper which summarized everything I had did and worked on for her over the past 2 weeks. After the logistics, I gave my thanks for her taking time everyday to give me this work experience and then she encouraged me to reach out to her whenever I just wanted any help or to chat. I would have loved it if this experience was in-person, but it being virtual was still a very unique and precious experience.

Lenovo Work Experience Day 8- Sushi Lunch

Welcome back gang to the last day of the work experience! It’s been a wild ride. Really fun, too. But as all good things must come to an end given our linear understanding of time, so must the WEP end with it. And so here we are, on Sebastian Polge’s final Work Experience Program blog ever. So what did we do on this auspicious day?

Not much, actually. We went out to sushi and Spring Rolls. It was fun! I got the beef fried rice. Tasted good. It was wonderful actually meeting my host, Mr. Davis, and the rest of my peers in person though. We mostly just talked about college and plans for the future, along with some other more off-topic topics, but it was definitely enjoyable. Would do again.

 

Day 8: The Finale

Today we presented our final presentation to Mr. Self, and it went really well. It felt really good and went way better than I thought it would (not that I had low expectations or anything). It was actually kind of casual, especially since sometimes he would pose a question and then we would have a small discussion before getting back to the presentation. This made the whole experience less nerve-wracking. I’m really proud of what my group and I accomplished these past 8 days, and the presentation to Mr. Self was proof of all our hard work. It’s kind of sad to think that this is the last day, but it really was a great experience and I had fun. Also, spending our last day together in person was a nice way to finish things.

Day 8: Custody WebEx Court Continued

Today was another day filled with custody hearings, so things went more or less the same as the day before.

One difference, however, was one case I witnessed today involved all sides agreeing that the biological parents should regain custody of their children due to the many ways the parents have tried to change including taking drug screenings and doing therapy sessions to adapt to their lives are guardians of their children. This hearing taught me that even though some parents may initially make mistakes, the court allows many to have a second chance and that at the end of the day, the welfare of the child is prioritized by every party.

Nearing Completion

Today, I finished what I started yesterday in separating the lignin value from the fungus and putting it in the background. Now, the fungus spreads evenly across the simulation as it chases the glucose produced from the enzymes breaking down the lignin, which fits reality much more closely in how it creeps across the wood in the background, much like real mold.

Because lignin is now tied to the background, it means more is readily available, so more of it gets broken down into glucose, which is then used by the fungus to stimulate growth, leading to a much higher amount, about 8 times as much. I expect this is how it is in reality as well, as the cells should have a fairly high density. With this crucial step, the final model nears completion. Tomorrow, before the last meeting, Emily and I will combine codes one last time.

Dr. Aziz told us today that what we have completed so far is similar to what he would expect a graduate student to do, and he said that we would be receiving high marks if we were his students.

Day 8 – Last Day/Conclusions

This morning I started off by meeting Jack Shea who told me his story about how he got to SAS. He manages an infrastructure group and he has 6 project managers. He was a construction engineer for 5 years then left to be a general contractor for a few months, but he realized how much he loved SAS and he came back for a job in IT and now works there for 33 years. He showed me around the data centers and then he brought me to my next meeting where I met an old soccer teammate/CA Alumni Connor Mann who was interning along with another woman from Kansas. He was working to clean the code gathered from different places and make it more accessible for sales, pre-sales, and basically anyone else in SAS who needed to use it. Then I met with Allison Becker, their boss. She told me that 80% of her time is spent preparing data and 20% is spent implementing it. She used data to figure out if a group’s project is going to be successful. Then during and after lunch I ate pizza with all the employees and we debriefed with a woman from human resources and we got to speak with members of a group called young professionals. They gave us advice about college, jobs, and life in general. They told me how important it was to figure out other people and be nice to them and treat them how they appreciate being treated. So, overall the SAS experience was very helpful in learning how to make business communications and how to handle myself more formally in a business environment and work and learn.

Day 8 – Last Day :(

Unfortunately my last post was deleted; however, I wanted to reiterate my thanks for Ms. Peele for having me and everyone over at LS3P for teaching me so much and letting me shadow them. This was a wonderful experience I will never forget so thank you. Here are the images from the last blog post, they are from the house I designed, and the links are 360 degree panoramas.

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