The mission of GallopNYC is to improve the lives of children and adults in New York City facing developmental, emotional, social, and physical challenges through the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding. Riders improve the growth of functional and mental abilities through the interaction with horses. The responsibility of my internship isn't unexpected. I was ready to be patient, willing to offer help and spend time with children. What is different from my expectation is the enviroment. I thought I would intern in a big stable or park. The workplace enviroment is totally different from IHSL’s environment obviously. The stable is dusty and smell. Hay and horses poop are everywhere. My mentor and co-workers are volunteers in this organization. They are helpful and friendly. And we respect to each other.
Since my internship is special, we don’t need to dress professional. Everyone is just casual. I don’t actually need to talk a lot, what I need to do is body language. Because we usually play little game with riders, so I don’t know if my communication skills have improved. I already get used to do routine work, like organizing tools, helmets and being a side-walker. The first time I got to the stable, I didn’t like the environment. There is smelly and dirty. My nose has a bit allergy to this place, because it is so dusty. After few days, I started to get used to it. The other challenges is bewaring when I walk around horses. There were two volunteers get hurt so far. So I need to be careful.
My internship schedule is pretty relaxing. I am missing few hours, so I will look for weekend program to see if I will able to make it up. In the rest of five weeks, I hope I could learn to lead a horse, and to be a lead-walker. I think it will be a special skill for me since I had never been around horses. New York City is definitely a big city. It contains diverse culture and organizations. Interning helps me to know more about this city.
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We started having classes on Bowling Green since Spring has came.(This horse named Spin Doctor :) |
Wow! Kiki i feel bad about the the smell, but I did that you are being able to learn a new skill that everyone is able to do it! Keep Working hard.! :) !and Enjoy it;
ReplyDeleteWow! Kiki at least you are learning to adapt to new environment system. And I'm pretty sure you will learn to get use to the horses and working area.
ReplyDeleteGreat! I really like the idea of making people feel better by letting them ride on a horse. Riding a horse seems fun to me but last time I actually rode a horse was when I was only 5 years old and god that was scary!! Nice job, keep it up.
ReplyDeletehaha! what an environment. I hope you get to help these kids as you expected to. It sounds like it's not an easy job, be careful. you are doing good so far you must enjoy every minute of it. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteYou know that I watched the drama about horses, oh my god!!!so jelly! (by the way, nice cutie background!!haha) I am grateful that you got through your challenges! add oil my friend!
ReplyDeleteKiki, I think that your internship is really fun! You should feel happy and proud of yourself. You know that I've never been on a horse before:( I dream of riding a horse!! Enjoy your internship and have fun!:)
ReplyDeleteHey Kiki, You seem to enjoy your internship a lot. It's very interesting that your internship has this purpose and I consider that as an amazing thing because it's helping many adults and children.Your background picture looks wonderful!! :)
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